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Brunnen Travel Guide

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Brunnen [1] is a small town in Central Switzerland. Due to its unique location, Brunnen enjoys a breathtaking view of the lake and mountains.

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Get in

By train

Brunnen can be reached via Zug or Lucerne.

Get around

Brunnen is small enough to explore on foot.

See

  • The Lake

Do

  • Paragliding, Run by "Touch And Go", Parkstrasse 4, Tel. +41-820-5431 [2]. Flightside Urmiberg, reachable by cable car (cable car closed on Monday). Tandem flight CHF170.
  • Experience Hell's Hole (Hölloch). The longest cave in Europe (170 km). Can only be explored guided. Wed-Sun (10AM, 1PM, 3:30PM). Tickets: Adults CHF15, Groups (from 10 person) CHF13/person, Children up to 15y CHF10. It's necessary to have warm clothes and good shoes as the temperature of the cave is at a constant 6°C during both summer or winter.
  • Hiking. There are several paths, ranging from 1.5 to 6 hours. Consult Brunnen Tourismus, Bahnhofstrasse 15 (Tel. +41-41-8250040) for more information.
  • Kayak-ing. Run by "Adventure Point" Tel. +41-79-3242417 or +41-79-2477472, email: info@adventurepoint.ch. Price/day: Adult (2-3 people) CHF80, Teenager (up to 17y, 3-4 people) CHF70, Families (children up to 14, 4 people or more) CHF100. Direction: From station Brunnen, take a bus to bus stop 'Schwyzerhus'.
  • Winter sport: Ski, snowshoe walking, ice skating

Buy

Eat

Drink

  • Easy-Pub: Run by an inventive barkeeper called Wisi. Billiard, tabletop soccer, dart. Gersauerstrasse 25 [3], near City Hotel.

Sleep

Campsites

Two campsites [4] are on the western side of the Muota river, near the Urmiberg cable-car.

  • Hopfreben, Tel. +41-41-8201873. Schedule for 2006: April 14-Sept 22.
  • Urmiberg, Tel. 41-820-3327, Fax +41-41-8203327.

Budget

  • Bed & Breakfast Boehringer (Family Sigrid & Jörg Boehringer), Sportplatzweg 28, Tel. +41-41-8201775, email: sigridboe@yahoo.de. Rates: CHF45/person/night incl. bed linen.
  • Bed & Breakfast Girsberger (Mrs. Monika Girsberger-Burri), Viktoriastrasse 8, Tel. +41-41-8220002, Fax +41-41-8220001, email: monika.girsberger@giag.ch. Rates: CHF75/room (double), CHF50/room (single). For 7 nights, excl. taxes CHF390.

Splurge

  • Seehotel Waldstätterhof [5], Waldstätterquai 6, Phone +41-41-82506 6, Fax +41-41-8250600, Email: info@waldstaetterhof.ch. Rates: CHF106-710

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