Welcome to Lucerne
Lucerne was the first stop on our train trip through Switzerland and Northern Italy with Collette Vacations. It was a beautiful city set on the shore of Lake Lucerne. We got a great tour of the city, but there was a lot things we didn’t get to see so we want to get back there eventually. One afternoon we when just outside of town and took a cog railway up Mt. Pilatus. It is billed as the steepest cog railway in the world. We had fantastic views of the Swiss countryside once we got up there. Instead of taking the cog railway back down we took a really long Gondola car system all the way back to the suburb of Kriens and then the bus back to the hotel.
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- Population 82,000
- Metro area 220,000
- In German speaking Portion of the country
- Founded in 750 as a Benedictine Monastery
- On Lake Lucerne which is fed by the river Reuss
- Chapel (Kapellbrucke) Bridge built in 1300’s
- Mt. Pilatus just outside of Lucerne
- 6,983 ft high
- Highest peak is named Tomlishorn
- Steepest Cog Railway in the world. Leaves from Village of Alpnachstad.
- Runs May to November)
- Gondola system runs year round
- You can take a boat on Lake Lucerne to get to the cog railway and then a city bus back to Lucerne from the Gondola ride if you are not on a tour
Walking Tour
Mt Pilias Cog Railway and Mtn.