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Meiringen
! D4 £ @ n Bahnhofplatz
12; www.haslital.ch
This small town lies in the
heart of the Hasli valley, the
Upper Aare valley east of
EXPERIENCE Mittelland, Bernese Oberland and Valais
the Brienzersee. It is a snow
sports resort in winter, and a
base for hiking and mountain
biking in summer.
Meiringen lies near the
Reichenbachfälle, the waters
chosen by the writer Arthur
Conan Doyle as the scene of
Sherlock Holmes’s “death” after
a struggle with Professor
Moriarty. The Sherlock
Holmes Museum features a Grindelwald, one of the of the village leads to a wooded
representation of the famous most popular destina- trail up to the Oberer Gletscher,
detective’s drawing room at tions in the Swiss Alps a glacier inching its way down
221B Baker Street, London. the Wetterhorn.
From Meiringen a funicular
takes visitors to the top of the Sherlock Holmes Museum
Reichenbachfälle. From here " ⌂ Bahnhofstrasse 26
there is a stupendous view of # May–Sep: 1:30–6pm daily;
the cascading waters. Dec–Apr: 1:30–6pm Wed &
Also of interest in Meiringen Sun ∑ sherlockholmes.ch EAT
is the small church at the top
of the town, built in 1684 over Aareschlucht
a Romanesque crypt. # May–Oct: sunrise–sunset Bergrestaurant
Between Meiringen and ∑ aareschlucht.ch Bussalp
Innertkirchen is the impres Climb through cow-
sive Aareschlucht, a deep dotted fields for hearty
gorge cut by the River Aare. mountain fare.
14 ! D4 ⌂ Bussalp
Reichenbachfälle Grindelwald ∑ bussalp.ch
§ 033 972 9010 (funicular) ! D4 £ n Dorfstrasse 110;
# Funicular: early May–Jun, www.grindelwald.ch
Sep & Oct: 9–11:45am &
1:15– 5:45pm; Jul & Aug: The road and railway lines into Piz Gloria
9am–6pm the mountains diverge just A revolving restaurant
south of Interlaken. One branch offering good food and
carries into the Lauterbrunnen down-to-earth prices.
valley towards Mürren; the ! C5 ⌂ Schilthorn
other heads east along the ∑ schilthorn.ch
Lütschen valley to Grindelwald.
Nestled beneath the Eiger,
Wet terhorn and Mettenberg C UND M
this lively resort village has
long been one of the most Great pastries in a
popular destinations in the former ski school chalet
Alps. In winter it offers good with views to the Eiger.
skiing, and in summer great ! D4 ⌂ Almisgaessli 1,
hiking. A onehour walk east Grindelwald ∑ cundm-
grindelwald.ch
A statue of Sherlock
Holmes in Conan Doyle
Place, Meiringen
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