Top Switzerland Rail Tours

An exciting day, The trip started with a meet in a bus parking area. We then travelled for about 15-20 minutes and found ourselves at the base of Mount Pilatus. We started with a 4-person gondola that took us to the half-way point. We then transferred to a large Panoramic Gondola that took us up the rest of the way. The Summit consists of "Hotel Pilatus-Kulm", and "Hotel Bellevue" two beautifully hotels each with their own restaurants as well as the Ibex Bar & Panorama Grill if you what something less expensive. The FLORAKO radar station, a highly secure air defense and civil aviation radar post is also located at the summit. We spent a couple of hours on the summit exploring both inside and outside the main complex, We even spotted three individual Mountain Goats sunning themselves among the rocks. When we started the mountain, we used the "Mount Pilatus Cogwheel Train", the world's steepest rack railway. It was a 30 minute descend that showed off the panoramic views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps. At the bottom, We boarded a ship and made our way across Lake Lucerne to Lucerne. It was a wonderful day and well worth the money.