If visiting in summer, relax at the Aarebad Marzili pool area and be sure to join the locals in floating in the fast-moving Aare River.
In summer, visitors can hike for miles, (even go hut-to-hut on multi-day hikes), mountain bike, swim, sail, parasail, trottinette and fly down mountain coasters.
Choose the Zurich-Lucerne-Interlaken route to go from city to scenic city, or the stunning Glacier Express
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