Hero of 1,001 Travel Posters

Shadowed by the Eiger, Mönch, and the Jungfrau peaks, the vista of the Lauterbrunnen Valley has been captured in innumerable books and postcards. If you wanted to bag this panoramic photo, you used to head to mountaintop Wengen, but it is now so overbuilt you can't get That View. Instead, head for the Panorama Spazierweg trail: take the underpass at Lauterbrunnen's train station to exit on the left side of the village and find the Stocki Road and take the left turn up the hillside. The entire hike to Wengen takes 1½ hours, but the most picturesque part is reached in 15 minutes. Here, in a section lined with cow gates and little barns, case out the right meadow to get the best vantage spot. Another 15 minutes on the trail deposits you at a tiny hut with benches and a cross. Get some more great shots from here, then return to the valley floor. Sir Edmund Hillarys can continue up to Wengen—an hour-long, very steep hike.