Holidays to Switzerland Travel Podcast Episode 58 Transcript

Engelberg and Mt. Titlis: Home of glacier adventures & incredible views

You can see the full show notes and listen to this episode > here.

Announcer

Are you dreaming of visiting Switzerland? Planning a trip to Switzerland is very exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. How do you choose which are the many scenic cities, towns, and villages to visit? Which mountaintop excursions should you take? And what’s the best way to get around Switzerland? And of course, how much of the country can you realistically see within your time frame? If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions, this is the podcast for you. This is the Holidays to Switzerland Travel podcast. And in each episode, your host, Carolyn Schönafinger, chats with Swiss travel experts to answer your most commonly asked questions, provide practical tips and take you on a virtual visit to the most popular destinations, and of course, some hidden gems to help you plan your dream trip to Switzerland. You’ll hear plenty of conversations about Swiss cheese and chocolate, too. Are you ready to plan your trip to Switzerland? Well, let’s get started.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Grüezi. Welcome to episode 58. I’m your host, Carolyn, and I’m thrilled to have your company today. One of the many things I love about Switzerland is that there’s always somewhere new to explore, whether that be a city, whose streets you’ve yet to wander, a lake that you haven’t yet cruised on, or a mountain that you’re yet to conquer. For a mountain lover like me, there are endless choices, as Switzerland has more than 10,000 named mountains. Ten thousand. And thanks to Switzerland’s compact size, many of these mountains can be easily reached from the major cities, too. Take Mount Titlis, for example. The valley cable car station to Mount Titlis is just 45 minutes from Lucerne, so it’s super easy to get to. And as well as incredible views, there is lots to see and do there, which makes me wonder, why haven’t I ever been here? Like I said, there is always something new to discover, whether you’re planning your first visit to Switzerland or your 20th. I met today’s guest, Peter Niederberger, at a recent Switzerland Tourism event in Melbourne, Australia, and invited him to tell us all about Mount Titlis and the village of Engelberg.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Peter is the overseas sales manager for Mount Titlis and has spent most of his life in the Engelberg Valley. He is passionate about this little part of Switzerland and has lots of great information and some local secrets to share with us today. Before we to hear from Peter, I’d like to say thank you to the lovely folks at Switzerland Tourism for sponsoring the podcast. You’ll find plenty of places to discover in Switzerland on their website, myswitzerland.com, so do go and take a look. Whichever place is you to site to visit in Switzerland. Don’t forget to pack your camera because one thing is guaranteed. If you need the perfect shot, you need Switzerland. Now, I can’t wait to hear what Peter has to say about Engelburg and Mount Titlis so let’s get started.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Hi, Peter. Thank you so much for coming on to the podcast. It was lovely to meet you a few weeks ago when you were down here in Australia. So it’s great to be talking to you now that you’re back in Switzerland. Would you like to start by introducing yourself and tell our listeners a little bit about yourself?

Peter Niederberger

Hi, Carolyn. Good to meet again. Thank you for the opportunity. I’m happy to share some news and information of Engelberg and Mount Titlis with you, and probably to start about myself. I I actually grew up in the valley of Engelberg and was attracted by the towering mountains towards the end of the valley from early on. So I was always in the outdoors and hiking a lot as a child, biking, and especially skiing, became my big passion as a young boy. So therefore, probably wasn’t a big surprise that I ended up in Engelberg itself when I was about 20 years old and stayed since then. By now, I’m happily married. I’m a father of three. And of course, I to give on my passion for the outdoors and for the nature to my family.

Carolyn Schönafinger

What a great thing to pass on. So for those listeners who are familiar with Engelberg and Mount Titlis, can you tell us exactly whereabouts in Switzerland we’ll find them?

Peter Niederberger

Sure. Probably if you have the map of Switzerland right in front of you and you point with your finger right in the centre, you might hit the spot of Engelberg. We are right in the heart. We’re in central Switzerland, also referred as Lake Lucerne region sometimes. The village is at the end of a valley about 30 kilometres south of the city centre of Lucerne, so it’s quite easy to reach by car and train. The train actually runs every hour from the city centre to Lucerne. It’s only 45 minutes, and then you’re right in the mountain village of Engelberg.

Carolyn Schönafinger

It’s very convenient for people to visit from Lucerne or even from Zurich, so it’s not that far. Let’s start with Engelberg. Can you tell us a bit more about the town and some of the things that you can see and do there?

Peter Niederberger

Yeah, sure. Well, I think if you look at Engelberg, we have to look at it also historically a little bit because Engelberg actually dates back into the 12th century when Benedictine monks founded the monastery here and the village in 1120. The village name would translate into Engelberg, or probably better, the Mountain of Angels. So it was the monks that gave the village its name. The Monastery is still an active monastery, and it even offers guided tours for visitors or silent retreats for guests. So you can also stay in the monastery and spend some part of your days together with the monks. But obviously, over the years, the Engelberg has emerged into an internationally known mountain resort, which is for its rather small size with only 4,000 residents, incredibly diverse, I’d say. Guests find accommodation across the whole range. So from a youth hotel or an authentic family-owned boutique hotel up to the brand new five-star Kempinski Palace, which is right In the village, you’d find everything. So there’s something for every taste and every budget in Engelberg. What I believe is the most common interest of people coming to Engelberg is definitely nature. Either guests come for a sightseeing on Mount Titlis or any of the other surrounding mountain tops, or they’re drawn to Engelberg for the outdoor sports, which there is obviously plenty of.

Peter Niederberger

But the common sense definitely is always the experience of the beautiful nature surrounding. And maybe my must-sees in Engelberg or things you really shouldn’t miss out, definitely will be Mount Titlis, which we’re probably going to talk a little bit more afterwards, which is central Switzerland’s highest viewpoint. It’s a glacier mountain, so it offers 365 days of snow on the top, and it has some of the most spectacular views from all of Switzerland. And that’s already mentioned before, of course, the Monastery is a must see, whether you just go in to the garden and to beautiful church or to a guided tour. And then three probably not known or hidden must sees, which I always love to tell people, is to visit one of the Alpine cheese dairies. There are many of little Alpine cheese dairies surrounding Engelberg. There’s even a trail called the Alpine Cheese Trail, which is a multi-day hike, but you don’t have to do the whole hike. You can just pick one or two of the cheese dairies and really go up to these farms and see how they do the cheese in a traditional way and do some tasting. And obviously, you can also buy some cheese on spot. And then the second, the next one would be the farmer cable cars, the so-called Buiräbähnli. Engelberg is home or has the highest density of cable cars all of Switzerland. And 26 of these cable cars in our valley are these Buiräbähnli, or in English, farmer cable cars. And there’s also a multi-day hike where you can link these cable cars together. So if you’re in to a mixture of nostalgia, adventure, beautiful hiking trails and breathtaking views, then this so-called Buiräbähnli, is a is just the right thing for you.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Those little cable cars, you said the translation was farmer, farmer cable cars. Is that so that the farmers who have farms up on the mountains can get to their farm?

Peter Niederberger

Yeah, right. You got it. Yes. So it’s really, the valley of Engleberg was quite a poor valley in the old days because obviously there was just farming and it was very hard to maintain the fields because it’s in a very narrow valley with steep meadows. So people didn’t have the money to build roads and therefore where they had a lot of inventions around cable cars and a lot of inventions that have become known all over the world now were actually done in this valley. And a lot of farmers linked their farms up in the hills with cable cars to the villages down in the valley. So that’s quite a funny fact.

Carolyn Schönafinger

That would be something really great to see.

Peter Niederberger

Very unique. Absolutely. A very unique and very authentic to the region is. And probably last but not least, my last must see or must do in Engelberg, which is not for everybody, but Engelberg so I guess, Engelberg is a real insider tip when it comes to sporting adventures in the vertical. It has five via ferratas that you can do from Engelberg. There’s eight climbing gardens. There’s various boulder spots and countless alpine climbing routes. So we’re probably not known worldwide as climbing, but it really has everything your climbing heart desires right in Engelberg.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Wow. Okay. That’s something else I didn’t know. You’re full of hidden secrets for us. So thank you very much. Do you think Engelberg is a good place to come and visit any time of the year?

Peter Niederberger

Yeah, I definitely think so. I think Engelberg has four very distinctive seasons, and I really love the transformation from season to season. From the spring flowers to the warm And this year, even hot summer weather. And then to the colourful autumn with all the forests, leaves turning to yellow, gold, bronze colours, and then obviously the long snow-covered winter season. So when people ask me, what’s your favourite season? The older I get, the more I struggle with an answer. When I was young in my youth, I was living for winter time. I was loving the snow. I was loving skiing, being outdoors, skiing almost every day. By now, I really can’t say which season I like the best It’s nice to see the mountains and the nature change with every season and to enjoy the different activities. Every three or four months, there’s something new to do. And I’m always looking forward to the new one.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Every season is so beautiful.

Peter Niederberger

I agree.

Carolyn Schönafinger

You touched on there before Mount Titlis. And so Engelberg is the gateway to reaching Mount Titlis. How do people get from the village up to the mountain?

Peter Niederberger

So Mount Titlis is definitely one of the big highlights of Engelberg. To travel up the mountain, it takes about 30 minutes. So it’s quite convenient journey. You take a eight-seater gondola from Engelberg to the station Stand via Trübsee, which we’ll probably talk a little bit afterwards, which is a nice place to do a stop, actually. And after that, at station stand, you change to the world’s first revolving cable car, so-called Titlis Rotair, which is a round gondola or tram, and it turns around 360 degrees while it moves up to the summit of Mount Titlis. So everybody gets to see the whole view. So it’s quite easy, convenient excursion up the mountaintop. It doesn’t run on a tight time schedule. So you cannot be late for a departure because there’s a eight-seater starting in Engelberg. So every few seconds, there’s an 8 seat gondola coming through the station, which is quite nice. When you’re travelling, you don’t always want to look on your watch and see, Oh, am I late? Can I reach the next train? So that’s really convenient.

Carolyn Schönafinger

So if people are coming from, let’s say, from Lucerne by train, is it very easy then to get from the train station to the cable car station?

Peter Niederberger

Yes, absolutely. As you know, in Switzerland, we love our public transport and we try to connect everything. Also in Engelberg, we do the same. We do have several bus lines that stop right in front of the train station and you can jump on the bus and it takes you to the rails there to the gondola station. So this is about two minutes ride on a bus. All the buses that run through the town are free of charge for everybody. So whether you hold the Swiss Travel Pass or not, whether you stay in Engelberg or just here for a day tour, you can use all the buses free of charge. And then the other option you have, which I think is the nicer one, you can also take a walk. It’s about 10 minutes and you walk by a lovely creek towards the station of Mount Titlis. And that’s probably 10 minutes walk with the picture stops, maybe 15 minutes walk. And a nice add on to this walk is that you actually pass by the ski jumping hill of Engelberg, where we host two World Cups, ski jumps every year, so you can take a photograph of the world’s largest natural ski jump.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Well, there you go. Another hidden secret for us. So you mentioned there just before about going on the gondola and you change at a Trübsee. What are some of the things that people could do rather than just heading straight up to the summit? If they decide to stop at Trübsee, what are the things that they can do there?

Peter Niederberger

Trübsee, I think, it’s a must stop for everybody, and it’s definitely a must It’s the must stop for all the families because there over the last few years, the cable car company built several theme trails. And there’s a stunning mountain lake, and it’s just a perfect place to spend some time and enjoy the nature. There’s There’s also two zip lines that go from the station down to the lake, and there’s trampolines, and there’s a back jump. So a true paradise for children of all age. But also for nature lovers, it’s really a must stop. As I said before, halfway on Mount Titlis, it’s the perfect starting place to take the boats out on the lake and look at the glacier from below. It has lots of beautiful walking trails. I wouldn’t call them hiking trails. They’re like 40 minutes trails. And you can You can walk to a beautiful waterfall. It’s called the Waterfall Loop, which is a wonderful sightseeing point, or you can do a loop around the lake. And also you can take out the boats on the lake, actually, and look at the glacier from below. And it’s just stunning natural paradise.

Peter Niederberger

And it would be really a pity if you would miss out to step out of the gondola at Trübsee. And because you like my hidden tip so much, I have also two for Lake Trübsee, of course. Oh, interesting. Number one, highly recommend to stay the Alpine Lodge Trübsee. It’s a hotel, 37 rooms right at the station. And the big plus, of course, is in the evening, all the guests have to leave the mountain, travel back down to Engelberg or even to the hotels in Lucerne. And that means in the evenings, you have all this beautiful nature for yourself. And a hidden tip number two is take a hike or take the chairlifts towards Jochpass and Engellenalp, which is actually part of the famous via Alpina that goes through Switzerland. And it brings you to one of the most stunning mountain lakes in Switzerland, which is called Engstlensee and you have really stunning views there to the Bernese Oberland and a beautiful, very cliché blue mountain lakes. That’s really a beautiful hidden gem as well. But if you want to do that one, you have to allocate a full day to it. So you cannot go to Mount Titlis and do the tour to Engstlensee and come back. That would be too tight.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Well, there’s plenty of things to do there at Trübsee, obviously. So we definitely better include a stop there on the way to the summit. And what are we going to find when we get to the summit of Mount Titlis?

Peter Niederberger

Yes, I think the summit, the big highlight of the mountain, as already said, is the highest viewpoint in the region of central Switzerland. It’s also the only public accessible glacier in the region. Therefore, it has no 365 days. What I believe is really the to is the views. These views are spectacular because Mount Titlis is the highest elevation to the north of Switzerland, which means if you look north, you can see very far, far across Switzerland. You can really see across Lucerne, Zurich, Basel, all the way to Black Forest area in Germany on a clear day. Whereas if you turn around and you look south, you’re really at the border of the Alps. And as far as you can see over every mountain range, you will only see snow-covered mountain peaks. And this is really, really stunning views. Of course, there’s plenty of activities that you can join on the summit. I always tell people there’s a few must do like the Titlis Cliff Walk, which is Europe’s highest situated suspension bridge.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Can you tell us a little bit more about that for people who haven’t seen pictures of that?

Peter Niederberger

It’s a suspended bridge on the summit linking two cliffs. You walk actually on the back of Mount Titlis, on the south face of Mount Titlis. It’s about 100 metres long. It’s about one metre wide, and it goes about 500 metres down into the abyss. So it’s just a spectacular view walk that is really nice. It swings a little bit. So sometimes people are like, oh, I’m afraid of heights. I don’t know if I can do it. But my dad… You’re one of them, okay? So you like my dad? So you like my dad. So you’re like my dad. So I guarantee you, you can do it. But it’s swinging slightly. So people sometimes have a bit of a challenge to start, but it’s something you’ll remember forever. That’s for sure.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Is that free for people that visit that Titlis?

Peter Niederberger

Yes, correct. The Titlis Cliffwalk is included in your ticket. Yeah, correct.

Carolyn Schönafinger

And what else is up there to do?

Peter Niederberger

Besides the Cliffwalk, which is also included in your regular ticket is the Titlis Glacier Cave, which is a tunnel that is about 20 to 30 metres measures on the surface of the snow. So you really walk through the ice and you can touch the walls of the eternal ice from the inside. We did some measures actually with the University of Zurich to find out how old is the ice in this cave. So we drilled a hole and for analysing the ice. And we found out it’s roughly about 5,000, a little bit more than 5,000-year-old. So you can walk through a tunnel and touch 5,000-year-old ice, which I think is really spectacular.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Yeah, that’s pretty cool.

Peter Niederberger

And besides I think for families, they really have to do the ice flyer chairlift. That’s a little additional fee. And it’s a six-seater chair. It whisks you down over the crevasses. You can see into the crevasses. Takes about four minutes. And at the end of the ice flyer, you go off and you’re ending up in the snow tubing park or in the Titlis Glacier Park, where we have snow tubes, sleds, different type of snow toys. You can play along. There’s a magic carpet at the bottom, and you can do a couple of loops and just have a good time in the snow, even in summertime. And after you’ve done some loops and took some pictures, you take the chairlifts back to the summit.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Wow. Okay. So there’s plenty to do. What about restaurants and food and stuff? If It’s easy to get up there?

Peter Niederberger

Yes. So I would say also there there’s something for every budget and every taste. There’s a self-service restaurant, there’s a surfed restaurant, there’s a picnic room even. So you can also bring your own food if you travel on a lower budget or if you’re on a backpacking tour. And there is plenty of shops, from souvenir shops to chocolate shops to ice cream bars to, obviously in Switzerland, a watch shop. So also there’s something for everybody.

Carolyn Schönafinger

You mentioned there all those different snow activities that people can do. If someone’s visiting Switzerland and they’ve never seen snow or they’ve never touched it before, Titlis would be a great place for them to go and have that snow experience.

Peter Niederberger

Oh, yes, absolutely. I think that’s also one of the points a lot of people actually come to Titlis to get this snow experience in summertime. And whether they had touched snow before or not, I think it’s just a really nice experience to travel from warm, green weather up to a mountain and then finally end up touching snow. And that’s always spectacular, even for me. I’ve done it hundreds of times. I still think it’s a great feeling, yes.

Carolyn Schönafinger

And I guess one thing that we should mention to the listeners, too, is if they are coming from down in Lucerne or the lower area where even if it’s beautiful and warm, it could actually be quite chilly at the top. So they need to be prepared with bringing some warm clothes.

Peter Niederberger

Yeah, that’s actually a very good point. Yes. Even in summertime, the cities can be quite hot in Switzerland. And you wouldn’t think of bringing too warm of clothes along. But for the mountains, I always recommend to have at least some wind protecting jackets. It doesn’t have to be a snow winter jacket, whatever. That’s probably too much. But just something that’s a bit holding back the wind. That’s probably slightly waterproof. That’s good enough. And always good to have proper shoe work. So close shoes, not flip flops or sandals or sport shoes. Just some good shoes, yes.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Yeah. Something that’s a good solid grip on on them. I guess walking through the glacier cave, it could be quite slippery.

Peter Niederberger

Yeah, it is actually. You’re walking on ice in the glacier cave. So, yes, you better have some grip on your shoes, yes.

Carolyn Schönafinger

So what would you say is a good amount of time for people to allow to visit Mount Titlis?

Peter Niederberger

Yeah, that’s always a tough question. I get this asked a lot. There is never enough time, I say. But it depends really on your schedule that you travel on. If you’re on a tour through Europe and you maybe have only limited time to do Lucerne and some of the excursions, then one day is good enough. Even two-thirds of a day, it’s 45 minutes from Lucerne to Engelberg, and you go up the mountain, half an hour. You have some time on the mountaintop Have lunch on the mountain, travel back to Trübsee, enjoy the nature around Trübsee a little bit, go back to the village, take a stroll through the village, and then either stay in Engelberg or take the train back to Lucerne. So that’s good enough for a day. But obviously, you miss out on all the the mountain tips I gave you. So that’s always the challenge here. But I think it depends really on the people’s timing and the interests. So from, I’d say, two-thirds of a day to three days, you can do something on the mountain.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Yeah, okay. You said before that the cable cars go every few minutes or very frequently from Engelberg. Do they run all year round?

Peter Niederberger

Yes, they do. There is a break, though, from Stand to the summit of Mount Titlis with the Rotair, which is always in the beginning of November for maintenance work. Then it’s closed for about 11 days, always the two first weeks of November every year. But otherwise, like Lake Trübsee, for example, you can reach 365 days a year.

Carolyn Schönafinger

When the ski season is fully underway, where do most people ski? Is it at the summit?

Peter Niederberger

No, the skiing is really spread out through the whole mountain. It always starts in the summit in early October. So we do have one of Switzerland’s longest ski seasons, and we’ll open always in the first week of October. And then the skiing only happens on the glacier. But when it’s in full swing, the people really spread out. They can ski at the Joch Pass side. They can ski towards the Angelen Lake, which I mentioned before as a beautiful hike. They can ski on the summit. They can ski all the way down to Engelberg. It’s a very beautiful downhill run to the village. So it really It depends on probably also on your level of skiing, whether you rather to the blue slopes, which are more on the Joch Pass side, probably, or if you’re more of an advanced skier, then you’ll probably head for the summit.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Okay. Yeah, good to know. Now, should visitors buy their tickets for Mount Titlis in advance, or is it okay just to buy them on the day?

Peter Niederberger

Both is possible. I would probably recommend to buy it in advance and to see if there is some special discounts available, some Sometimes there’s promotions if you book early, so you can definitely take advantage of those. If you come at the day, there’s always tickets available. We don’t have a maximum people of guests that we allow or anything like that. So you’ll always be able to buy a ticket also on-spot.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Yes. Okay. Those specials that you said are sometimes available. Are they listed on the Titlis website? Is that right?

Peter Niederberger

Correct.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Where would they find it?

Peter Niederberger

They would find it on the website, www.titlis.ch. Usually, they’re quite obviously highlighted, so I’m sure they’ll find it.

Carolyn Schönafinger

If one of our listeners is travelling and using a Swiss Travel Pass or a Swiss Half Fair Card, for instance, do they get a discount on their ticket price?

Peter Niederberger

Yes, correct. So with the Swiss Travel Pass, you get a 50 % discount on the return ticket from Engelberg to Mount Titlis. For all the pedestrian tickets, the Swiss Travel Pass is valid, but not for any skiing tickets. That’s important to know. So if you’re a skier, you have to buy your own ski or day or multi-day pass. And they are usually not combinable with any of the discount pass like Tell Pass or Swiss Travel Pass and so on.

Carolyn Schönafinger

One thing I think we should mention also is the webcams, because often if you’re down in Engelberg or in Lucerne, the weather could be quite different there to what it is on the mountain. It’s always a good idea for people to check the webcams before they head up to the mountain, and they can find those on the website as well, which is, for people that don’t know what we’re talking about, it’s live video footage of what the weather conditions are at the top. I think that’s a good tip for people to know. Do you have any other tips that would help them to make the most out of their excursion?

Peter Niederberger

Yes, I think the webcam is a very nice tip you just mentioned. It’s also nice, probably If you do it before you travel, you really know what you will expect. There is like 360 degrees cameras, especially at Trübsee and Mount Titlis, which gives you an idea of what it actually looks like at these two points. And besides that, I think to get the most out of the excursion, it’s probably good to allow you enough time. I think when I watch people moving on the mountain and see how they experience the mountain differently, I think the ones that are on a tight schedule, they forget to take it all in. They are on a tight schedule, they take the pictures and run to the next spot and they miss out on the experience. I think it’s good to allow you enough time and probably stay in Engelberg and say, we do Mount Titlis today. If we have four hours fun playing in the snow, we can still go to Trübsee the next day. If you are saying, I have three hours time, then you want to pack in everything in these three hours, and then it’s probably hard to get the most out of the excursion. That would be my tip, but sometimes it’s the the way it is, but that would be my tip, yes.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Great advice, though. If you can make the time and you’ll enjoy the whole experience a whole lot more.

Peter Niederberger

I agree.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Is there anything else that we should talk about that we haven’t covered, do you think?

Peter Niederberger

I think we were pretty good in covering the most important facts and things to do in Engelberg. Probably we didn’t talk too much about skiing itself and winter season. I think there it’s quite important or what’s a funny fact that we are very snow-reliable. Therefore, we also have one of the longest season, like I said before, and we are very much known for off-piste skiing. We do have a special microclimate in the valley of Engelberg. We get a lot of the snowstorms travelling from Northwest, from the Atlantic, and they come towards the Alps. And because we are the first big mountain of the Alps, the clouds get stuck and circle around the before they move on. So if you look at snow depth in the Alps over the last few years, Mount Titlis was always within the… Or Engelberg was always within the top three resorts in the Alps with the biggest snow depth. So that’s definitely a nice plus to have and offers a lot of great opportunity for the advanced skiers that want to take it off piste and want to ski some powder. You ski from 3,000 metres to 1,000 metres, so you have 2,000 verticals, and that gives you a lot of which you can only find in the Alps.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Yeah, great. If someone is, let’s say they’re staying in Lucerne for a couple of days and they’re going to do one mountain excursion, why should they choose Mount Titlis?

Peter Niederberger

I would say they should choose Mount Titlis because it’s the most diverse of all the mountain excursions. You can travel to the glacier, which is special. It’s the only mountain in the region where you have snow. You have the views on the suspension bridge. You travel with two different cable cars on the way up, even with the one that is rotating. And then obviously, you have the stations, Stand and Trübsee, which offers something completely different. It’s like two mountains in one mountain excursion. So this is a huge add-on, which I think is the reason why people should choose Mount Titlis.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Yeah, that sounds like a very good reason to me. I better make sure I get there pretty soon.

Peter Niederberger

You should. Let me know.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Thank you very much Peter, it’s been great to chat to you and learn all about Engelberg and Mount Titlis. I’m sure you’ve made plenty of listeners keen to get there as soon as possible, just like me.

Peter Niederberger

Thank you, Carolyn. It was a pleasure talking to you. I hope all your listeners enjoyed my inside views and my tips. Thanks a lot. Thank you.

Carolyn Schönafinger

Can you see why I’m kicking myself for not having visited Mount Titlis or Engelberg yet? It’s really three excursions in one. If you include a visit to Engelberg, a stop at Trübsee with its lake, zip line, and hiking trails, and then the summit of Mount Titlis, where you’ll find year-round snow, a glacier cave, the Cliff walk, and breathtaking views. And all this is just 45 minutes from Lucerne. Incredible. If you’re staying in Zurich, you don’t need to miss out either, as you can join a guided day trip to Mount Titlis, too. If you’re interested in learning more about any of the places or activities that Peter mentioned, including his local secrets, you can find the details in the show notes for this episode. You can find those show notes at holidaystoswitzerland.com/episode58. Thank you so much for joining me today. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, I’d be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to leave a rating or review on Apple or Spotify or whichever platform you’re listening on. This will help other folks planning a trip to Switzerland to find the podcast, and we can help them to plan their own dream Swiss vacation too. Until next time. Tschüss.

Announcer

If you’d like more great resources to help you plan your dream trip to Switzerland, there are lots of ways to connect with us. Visit our website, holidaystoswitzerland.com, sign up for our monthly newsletter, or join our friendly, helpful community of past and future travellers in our Switzerland Travel Planning Group. You’ll also find the links to connect with us in the show notes for this episode. Show notes and the list of all previous episodes are available at holidaystoswitzerland.com/podcast. Don’t miss out on your fortnightly dose of Swiss Travel Inspo. Hit the subscribe button on your favourite podcast app so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed the show, please leave a rating. That’s all for this edition of the Holidays to Switzerland Travel Podcast. Thanks for joining us and happy travel planning.

You can see the full show notes and listen to this episode > here.