Schilthorn

Cue James Bond theme for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service because this is the peak where it was filmed. The Piz Gloria is perched on the top of the Schilthorn at nearly 3000m above sea level, but if it wasn’t for the Bond film it might have never been completed. Read more

Hoher Kasten

At over 1,700m above sea level, Hoher Kasten has the third highest revolving restaurant in the country beaten only by the ones on Saas Fee and the Schilthorn. Located in Appenzell Innerrhoden, which itself is surrounded by Appenzell Ausserrhoden on three sides, which itself is surrounded entirely by St. Gallen, Read more

Pilatus

Like the Matterhorn, the Pilatus is a famous mountain in Switzerland reaching over 2,100m above sea level. It has two cable cars and the world’s steepest cogwheel railway to bring you up and down without breaking a sweat. Though if you want to reach the summit at 2,128m you’ll have Read more

Saxon Switzerland

You know that really famous picture of a little stone arch bridge on a middle of nowhere cliff called the Bastei bridge? Yep, that’s Saxon Switzerland that looks like its straight from an Avatar movie. Although it has Switzerland in its name the entirety of the national park lies in Read more