Mount Rigi
Guide
Photo: Andrew Bossi · CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$140ViewpointAllow 5–7 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
The Queen of the Mountains: a boat across the lake, Europe's oldest mountain railway up to 1,797 m, and a sea of lakes and peaks in every direction.
A brief history
The Vitznau–Rigi railway opened in 1871 as the first mountain railway in Europe. Victor Hugo, Mark Twain and Queen Victoria all came up here.
Tips
- Best time
- A clear day; sunrise and sunset are the classics
- Cost
- About CHF 75 round trip (check)
- Allow
- 5–7 h
- Free days
- None
- Hours
- Trains and boats usually run all year; times change with the season (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- Mount Pilatus: Lucerne's mountain, by gondola from Kriens.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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