When it takes a boat, a train and a steady hike to get an incredible view, you need to make sure the trip is worthwhile. And sometimes, the trip is better than what you came to see. At least, that is ...

Even Queen Victoria was carried to the 1,798 metre-high summit. In a diary entry made during her 1868 visit, she apparently scribbled, “We are amused”. It was exactly 200 years ago, on August 6, 1816 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Riding the train from Vitznau to the summit of RigI. The train lurches forward from its lakeside station, and soon I'm pressed against ...

For the Mark Twain Trail: From downtown Lucerne, take one of the city's many public boats to the lakeside village of Weggis. Pick up the trail near the Mark Twain memorial marker along the Weggis ...

SWISS ALPS (WJTV) – For this week’s Hump Day Get Away, we’re taking off to explore Mount Rigi on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss Alps. Thanks for signing up! Watch ...

1 / 13MT PILATUS RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND This 1889 engineering feat near Lucerne – which still uses the original tracks – takes top spot as the world's steepest rack railway, with a gradient of 48 per ...