Mt.Pilatus......The top can be reached with the Pilatus Railway, the world’s steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnachstad, operating from May to November (depending on snow conditions), and the whole year with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens.
Cable Car to Pilatus
Mt.Piltus...Pilatus was named after a local legend which alleges that Pontius Pilate was buried there.
Pilatus has the longest summer toboggan track in Switzerland (0.88 miles or 1.350 km) and the biggest suspension rope park in Central Switzerland.
Jurisdiction over the mountain is divided between the cantons of Obwalden, Nidwalden, and Lucerne.
Elevation 2,132 m (7,000 ft)
Top view of Pilatus
Another stunning View
Bertel Thorvaldsen's Lion Monument in Lucerne commemorates the Swiss Guards who died while defending Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution.
Lion Monument, the oldest preserved figurative monument in Switzerland
The Clock Tower (Zeitglockenturm) was Bern's first western city gate (1191 - 1256) and is now one of Bern's most important sights.
Water fountain at Bern
Walk thru Bern Old City.....on the right is the Einstein house was rented by Albert Einstein from 1903 to 1905
Lake Geneva from the Road...
Skyline on the way to geneva....
Statue at Geneva...In memory of the late Swiss Soldiers....
Jet d'eau (Water Fountain)..In 1886, a company located at the end of the lake used to pump and distribute water under pressure to provide the craftsmen’s machines in former times.
Fountain and the garden near lake geneva
Geneva Garden
world's largest floral clock consisting of 6000 flowers
The Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) is located on the shore of Lake Geneva near Montreux, Switzerland.
The castle consists of 25 independent buildings that were gradually connected and now form a single whole.
The Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) :It was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536.
View down from the Castle to the shores of lake Genava
Speedways behind the castle through the mountains
close up of the clock mounted on the castle
Front view
Boat going to dock near the castle in Lake Geneva...
Golden Pass train Halted at Gstaad...It Connects Central Switzerland and Lake Geneva with this attractive train ride
View of Zermatt
Zermatt is a small car-less mountain town in the Swiss Alps, nestled at the foot of the Matterhorn
Church at Zermatt
Chalets at Zermat
Beautiful windows of a chalet on close ups...
We got rains and you can see the roads of Zermatt...with its wet looks...
Another view of the silent town....
The roads are nearly empty with no Cars..only pedestrians...
I got this snap from a curio shop in Zermat.....different range of pale colours!!
Lovely Dogs...I just got them on my walk thru Zermatt...
Another different shade .....
Its almost 8.45pm at Villars....and you can see the sun set rays passing thru the clouds...view from our hotel....
Another pic from Villars..Amazing colours of Greens!
Close up of an other church....
Villars, located on a natural balcony with southern exposure, in the heart of the Vaud Alps. At an altitude of 1,300 m, its an idyllic setting featuring a spectacular panorama extending from Lake Geneva to Mont-Blanc.
The Cailler chocolate factory is about 45 minutes from Payerne, in the town of Broc - very close to the town of Gruyeres, where the cheese is from. It's part of the Nestle stable of companies, based in nearby Vevey.
The view walking out of the factory . Picture perfect, n'est-ce-pas?
the most spectacular waterfall in central Europe, on the upper Rhine River just below Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland.
The total fall of the cataract, including the rapids, is about 100 feet (30 m), the width 492 feet (150 m). There are two main falls divided by a pillarlike rock formation, that on the right bank dropping about 50 feet (15 m), on the left, 65 feet (20 m). Rhine River
Walk thru a small brige to Rhine Falls...you can actually see the fishes swimming down :-)
Boats on the bank of River Rhine ( culturally and historically one of the great rivers of the continent and among the most important arteries of industrial transport in the world. It flows 865 miles (1,390 kilometres) from two small headways in the Alps of east-central Switzerland north and west to the North Sea, into which it drains through The Netherlands )
City....Old Style..gave some brownish look.....Its Zurich!!
View ofthe city Zurich from the bridge...
Boats again on lake Zurich!!
The Grossmünster ("great minster") is a Romanesque-style church that played an important role in the history of the Protestant Reformation. It is one of the three major churches of Zürich (the others being the Fraumünster and St. Peterskirche). The core of the present building near the banks of the Limmat River was constructed on the site of a Carolingian church originally commissioned by Charles the Fat[1]. Construction of the present structure commenced around 1100 and it was inaugurated around 1220.
An other bridge on Lake Zurich
Tried a Black and White pic :-)
This is an Amazing site of Swans and Ducks on Lake Zurich
Feeding time :-)
Got one really close..:-)
yet an other duck zoomed in....
Perfect Shape to click:-)
Thats swimming fast....:-)
I got this cloud ....see its reflections on the water...its Amazing...Again lake Zurich!!
This was our place to stop over on Lake Zurich
View of a building with amazing shapes :-)
Flower time :-)......and now you will see just flowers....
Rose......
Thats has a water drop :-)
Pine Cone close ups...
amazing colours....
This is a postcard pic :-)
blooming pinks..
top view.....
count the colours ....you will go mad:-)
Thats a typical swiss chalet window :-)
tried getting close to one flower
whites....
this light in between flowers.....:-)
tall ones....
Spotty whites
Hmm........what a colour...
Range of Pinks...
Perfect Wall paper pic
Yes...Its a perfect Red Bud
yet another collection...
whites collection
an other view
yellow and Reds
this is a huge flower....
Thats the splendid - Engelberg!!
Altitude Engelberg: 1020 metres Max altitude Titlis: 3200 metres
Chalets in Engelberg
Engelberg Town : Engelberg became internationally known as a resort and spa, but is today visited as much for skiing as for its clean air.
In the Middle Ages, Engelberg was known for the educational accomplishments of its Benedictine monastery, whose school was well-known and regarded throughout the country.
With its combination of modern sports facilities and alpine location, Engelberg is a magnet for both summer and winter tourism
Walk up thru the mountains...Engelberg!!
Valley of Flowers.....behind is mount Titlis...Engelberg
Another view on my treak.....
Chalets......Engelberg
Majetic mountains...Engelberg!
Flowers in Engelberg!!
collections
Anotherr colour...
Mapel leafs..engelberg.
You can See this Angel..almost every where in Engelberg...and so its name...
another collection...
blues...
leafs again....one of my fav. Pics!!
Last but not the least!
There's more to do in swiss...you can go crazyy......you can see!! Hope you enjoyed the album...Anoop
