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the summits is called Rigi- the Winkelriedhaus, a late
Kulm (1,798 m/5,900 ft), less Gothic building that houses
than half the height of the a museum of local folk crafts
Matterhorn, but a lot easier STAY and traditions.
to climb with children.
A popular base is Vitznau,
which lies in a sheltered bay Rigi Kaltbad 11
on the north shore of Lake Spa Hotel
Lucerne. Vitznau is also the A designer retreat Engelberg
base station of the oldest high on Mount Rigi ! D4 £ @ n Klosterstrasse
rack railway in Europe, with epic views. 3, www.engelberg.ch
opened in 1871. It leads up ! D3 ⌂ Zentum 4,
to just below the summit Rigi Kaltbad Within easy reach of both
of Rigi-Kulm, offering ∑ hotelrigikaltbad.ch Lucerne and Zürich, Engelberg
breathtaking views. is one of central Switzerland’s
 main moun tain resorts. It lies
at an altitude of 1,000 m
Hotel & Spa
10 Internazionale (3,280 ft), at the foot of Titlis,
whose rocky peak reaches
Stans A powder pink 3,239 m (10,627 ft) to a glacier.
! D4 £ @ n Bahnhofplatz confection with The village nestles around
4; www.tourismusstans.ch pleasant rooms in the Kloster, a Benedictine
the town centre. monastery. Founded in the
Stans is a town on the banks ! E5 ⌂ Viale Stazione 12th century and rebuilt in
of the River Engel berger Aa. 35, Bellinzona ∑ hotel- the mid-18th, it has an exqui-
Above the small town rises internazionale.ch site Rococo church, built in
the Stanserhorn (1,900 m/ 1735–40. The monastery,
6,234 ft), the summit of which  and its working cheese dairy,
can be reached from Stans by are open to visitors.
funicular and the world’s first Engelberg has about 80 km
double-decker cable car with (50 miles) of skiing pistes. It
an open top. also offers tobogganing and
The town’s charming monument to Arnold von ice-skating facilities. Marked
historic district revolves Winkelried who sacrificed his trails in the vicinity lead up to
around Dorfplatz. This square life to help his Confederate the summits of Schlossberg
is dominated by a Baroque comrades defeat the Austrians Titlis, Urirotstock and Hutstock.
parish church, Pfarrkirche St at the Battle of Sempach There are also many cycling
Peter und St Paul, with a in 1386. routes. The Rotair cable car,
Romanesque tower, the Also noteworthy in the which rotates as it travels to
remains of an earlier church. town are the Höfli, a medieval give passengers an all-round
In the centre of Dorfplatz turreted house that contains a view, runs from Stand, above
stands a 19th-century museum of local history, and Engelberg, over the Titlis
glacier. Those with a head for
heights can also inch across
the Titlis Cliff Walk, Europe’s
highest suspension bridge,
at 3,040 m (9,980 ft).

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