Top 3 favorite in CH
 

What is your top 3 favorite things to do/ride/hike/etc in switzerland. It can be an excursion, a hike, whatever. The 3 most memorable things ...

Some many choices. Others will disagree but among my favorites are:<BR>1. Excursion to top of Jungfrau<BR>2. Lake Geneva boat trip - Lausanne to <BR>Yvoire, France<BR>3. Shopping in downtown Lugano (stayed at the Hotel Dante, just a funicular ride from the train station) - outdoor market is practically outside your hotel's doorstep. Colorful, lively, and delicious food.<BR>Have fun, Linda

Here you are:<BR><BR>- eating a raclette or fondue in a small, warm mountain chalet that literally SMELLS of melted cheese;<BR><BR>- on a crystal clear day, hiking in the Engadin and reaching a point up around 2'500 meters where, when you stop and listen, there is NO sound...<BR><BR>- after a long hike, wading and swimming around in the indoor pool at the Hotel Julen in Zermatt and letting the water jets massage your legs and your feet.<BR><BR>

XXX, well, I can agree with your 3 but have to add the Shilthorn on a clear day w/snowcapped mts around me. <BR>Our day in Soglio was incredible, Kandersteg was a treat...it is impossible to narrow favorites to 3. Almost any waterfall would make my list too...I will say we hated Yvoire. &lt;G&gt;<BR>Aloha, Linda

1) Walking the trail through the LaVaux vineyards, 2) --(many years ago) visiting the outdoor museum at Ballenberg, and 3) watching the lights of Brissago and Ascona in the blue-violet dusk of Lago Maggiore from my little balcony at the Albergo Panorama. Sorry, I couldn't make that last one short. <BR><BR>By the way, I noticed the disagreement re Yvoire. Don't you think it depends upon the day of the week and the time of day (and probably season) that you visit? I have found that to be true with most discovered places like Brienz and Rothenburg (de). Sleep over so you can experience them alone at 5 a.m. and they are wonderful. J. (I'm an early riser.)

1. Hike to the Fruedenshutte from Lake Oeschinen See<BR><BR>2. The Schilthorn and hike back down via Gimmelwald<BR><BR>3. The Groenergratt out of Zermatt including a hike to the Hotel Trift.<BR><BR>Ron