we are going to wilderswil for a week them 5 days to lugano in late august 1999 <BR>Can anyone who has been to wilderswil please give me information on what kind of village it is and also how long it takes to go to interlaken from wilderswil. <BR>P.S I will be traving with inghams any stories to tell <BR> <BR>Thank you <BR>

I don't know much about Wilderswil except that it is a train stop on the route from Interlaken Ost to Grindelwald and to Lauterbrunnen. The mountain train that chugs up the mountain to Schynigge Platte leaves from there. <BR> <BR>It really a south suburb of Interlaken. <BR>Lauterbrunnen is about 5 or 6 miles up the line; Grindelwald is about 8 or 9 miles or so, after the train divides at Zweiluetschinen. <BR> <BR>It is flat with hills all around. <BR>I trust that you will be going elsewhere from Wildersil. Other than that I don't know much about it because I never got off of the train there. <BR> <BR> <BR>

Good afternoon, Sam <BR>WILDERSWIL as formentioned is a stop on <BR>the Berneroberlandbahn before Zwielutschinen, it is the bottom terminus for the cog railway going up to <BR>the Schynige Platte, from here trails <BR>lead by the Fauhorn and to Grindelwald <BR>First, either walk down or take a chair <BR>lift and return to Wilderswil by the BOB. Plenty of trails from the Mannlichen, Kleine Scheidegg, Wengen <BR>and Murren. Check out the following <BR>urls for more information. <BR>www.backpacker.ch/ <BR>www.wilderswil.ch/ <BR>www.berneroberland.ch/ <BR>www.wengen.ch/ <BR>www.grindelwald.ch/ <BR>www.murren.ch <BR>and you have the lakes out of Interlaken <BR>and Thun and Brienz and Battenberg are <BR>interesting. <BR>LUGANO Lugano is a city with a lot <BR>going, it is on the lake shore, the <BR>city spreads out slong the lake shore <BR>for quite a few miles, however the center of town is the old town area with <BR>plenty of ristorantes and hotels in all <BR>prices, lake boats go to the small towns <BR>along the Lake Lugano, if you arrive by <BR>rail take the funicular down from the <BR>Bahnhof and you are in the old town section of Lugano. <BR>www.pubblinet.com/ <BR>www.tinet.ch/ <BR>www.citynet.ch/ <BR>www.tourism-ticino.ch/ <BR>PS Interlaken to Wilderswil -how about five minutes..... <BR>Richard of Hickory Hills, IL <BR>

Richard, <BR>Thanks a lot for your info regarding wilderswil <BR>I checked out the sights you suggested and they provided me with some useful info <BR>p.s Would you now if their is a excursion from lugano or wilderswil to Venice <BR>Once again thanks for your help <BR> <BR>sam, Solihull UK

Good evening, Sam <BR>Have used Lugano as a departure point <BR>for air to Venice. Lugano to Venice <BR>is about a 35 min., flite on Crossair, <BR>(www.crossair.ch/) By rail you would <BR>have to go to Milano and then by rail <BR>to Venice would take about four hours, <BR>maybee more. Venice is not a one day <BR>place, would at least three nights and <BR>stay in Venice close to the Pza S. Marco. August can be very warm in <BR>Venice. Richard of Hickory Hills, Il...

when we were in lugano, we walked from our hotel to a small village area built into the side of a hill called Gandria...there are many italian restaurants there and it is very quaint. we had a great dinner there.

Wilderswil is just outside Interlaken ... 3 km. if I recall correctly ... perhaps less. The train ride is 3 minutes. <BR> <BR>Lovely little village outside the mountains. Several shops, hotels. A train stop on the way into the mountains. You'll find useful info on the area beginning at http://twenj.com/bovisit.htm <BR> <BR>Ed

We travelled from Venice to Lugano by train. It is approximately a 5 hour ride leaving Santa Lucia station and travels through Verano, Milano etc. We did Venice in 2 nights, 1 1/2 days and it was adequate.