My Dream Country ( Switzerland )

Switzerland is a beautiful country. The center of Europe, the highest mountain in the Alps is located in Switzerland, a country, charming nature. As a relatively small country, it is also a great family vacation destination.


Whether you focus on Switzerland, alone or in combination, with the longer trip in France or Germany, plan to spend at least a week to explore the attractions of Switzerland. As a tourist a bunch of mother of three children, I know that traveling with children can be hard times.
The Swiss great things fresh mountain air, there is no miracle children of all ages. You can always find space to let the kids hang around, the children were very happy, and your vacation is certainly a huge success.

During his stay in Switzerland, we live in the area of ??Interlaken (Interlaken). In Interlaken center position between the two major lakes (Thunersee and Lake Brienz), Alps towering above, makes it ideally suited to explore Mittelland and the Swiss Bernese Oberland region. Near the end of our stay, we drove to Geneva, and stayed there for two days. The planned visit in the spring and summer. It is best to June or September, July and August, hot and crowded.


Here are some great attractions, plan your trip:

Jungfrau - This is a scenic, because it gets to the top of Europe - a train trip, the Jungfrau Railway is a once in a life time experience. Long (about 2 hours train ride) is a good opportunity to see close Swiss village. On the road, you have to switch the two trains last through the ice tunnel in the mountains. Jungfrau peak height of about 3000 meters, snow-capped year-round. In this highly breathe a bit strenuous, but we did spend some fun time outside to build a snowman in the snow slide. There is an ice sculpture exhibition, as well as looking to Europe. When you need in a different direction by train. Tickets are available from the central train station in Interlaken.

Open-air museum - located in the Ballenberg this open-air museum has a long history of over Switzerland farms and houses. This is a wonderful place, you can walk in a beautiful environment, pet animals, see how people lived 200 years ago. Plan your day to spend a good part of here, because it covers a considerable area.

Bern is about a 30 minute drive from Interlaken. This is a relatively small city, a nice downtown. We walk in the city center, toured the beautiful church picnic in the local park. Bern is a lovely and beautiful exhibits of local wildlife, natural history museum.

Mullen is an alpine village, lost time. Hiding in the mountains between, it is not accessible by car, access your family the best way is to take the cable car up and down. Plan to Mullen around lunch time, enjoy the view while dining. Continue the cable car to the top of the Schilthorn on a famous revolving restaurant.

Trummelbach Falls, water and rocks. A waterfall which flows through the mountain rock splash thunder. Trummelbach alone consumes a huge wall of ice, the highest mountain in the Alps. Downward flow of 20,000 liters of water per second at an alarming rate. A tunnel lift to take you into the mountains, and then you walk in the surrounding waterfalls. Autumn is open daily from April to November.


GENEVA - The tip of Lake Geneva (Lake Geneva) in the French border city became world famous fountain in the middle of the lake. Fountain promote 500 liters per second of water to a speed of 200 kilometers per hour at the height of 140 meters, and from any place in Geneva.

Walking on the lakeside promenade, a closer look at the fountain. Small Botanical Garden near the lake, a beautiful flower arrangement. The walk to the city center and visit the beautiful toy store Franz Carl Weber. My kids loved playing in the store, and try to toys

Winery Lake - scenic drive around Lake Thunersee wind stunning views of the lake and the mountains of the small villages and wineries. To teach their children the history of the castle is great. Although some Thunersee lake surrounding the castle, we chose to visit the the Oberhofen winery is located on the lake. Built in the 12th-century castle belonging to the Habsburgs and the entire era has been changing and updating. This is now a branch, Bern Historical Museum, 16 19th century, the Bern exhibition of furniture and home decoration. Our kids loved the exhibitions and the like grounds and lake front location.

I hope that these attractions will keep you on the right track on your holiday in Switzerland. Whether you choose to do in Switzerland will win for you and your child.