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Canton Obwalden, Switzerland

 

Walden, wherever you look: together with the half-canton Nidwalden, Obwalden once formed Unterwalden, one of Switzerland’s ancestral cantons. Obwalden is located in the centre of Switzerland and lies between Luzern and Interlaken. It represents everything most people usually imagine when they think of Switzerland: marvellous landscapes, high mountains such as Pilatus and Titlis, skiing areas with guaranteed snow, well-constructed hiking trails, a mild climate, crystal clear lakes, good air, and an affectionate hospitality. Sometimes it’s good when ready-made pictures become true!

The small municipality of Giswil is primitive and it is precisely for this reason that it is beautiful: only 3,500 inhabitants live in an area that is as large as Zurich.





Hotel Terrace

Terracestrasse 33, CH-6390 Engelberg

Set in a majestic mountain landscape, this fantastic Art Nouveau hotel built in 1903 still looks just as impressive today. Even in the prewar years the Terrace was the embodiment of everything one imagines a luxuary hotel to be. It has preserved this unique charm and splendour to the present day, weaving its spell to entice its national and international clientele to return again and again.

Following comprehensive renovation, the hotel now has everything one could possibly expect of an upper three-star hotel. Today, thanks to its modern infrastructure and professional management by Bergbahnen Titlis Rotair, the hotel is a place where individual guests, business gatherings and tourist groups find their every wish satisfied.


Hotel Hoheneck

Dorfstrasse 4, CH-6390 Engelberg

In this historical place, in the heart of ancient Switzerland, we greet and welcome your warmly at the Hotel-Restaurant HOHENECK, full of traditions.

Due to its perfectly central situation and its tempered climate in summer and winter, the spa of Engelberg offers, with its unaltered landscape and multiple possibilities for sports and leisure time, the ideal setting for your holidays.

The Hotel HOHENECK in the origin a simple place of rest and pension for pilgrims, is today well-known as a very comfortable hotel. We are at your disposal for hospitality and culinary delicacies.

Our hotel has 80 beds, all the rooms with bathroom, radio, phone, fridge and TV. Our guests have at their disposal: a big dinning hall, a traditional living room, a cosy bar, a gourmet restaurant, sauna and solarium and a sunny terrace.


Hotel Country house

Brünigstrasse, CH-6074 Giswil

Hotel Landhaus is centrally situated in the heart of switzerland at the foothill of the Brünigpass. In only 30 driving minutes we are reachable from Luzern in 70 minutes from Zurich/Bern. Surrounded by a green oasis of meadows, forests and mountains we offer hearty hospitality far away from stress and bustle. Relax in rooms with warm atmosphere or on our roofed terrace with a beautiful view over Obwalden. A tasty cuisine and friendly service complete our relaxing offers.




The municipality’s highest mountain is the Giswilerstock. In the valley in which this place is located, you will find many of Switzerland’s treasures: Medieval wooden houses, for example, such as “Schrotenmatt“ house, the oldest house, built in the year 1467.

The houses conform as harmonically to the mountainous region like the lovely parish church St. Laurentius, for example. Those loving records might travel to Alpnach on Lake Lucerne: the rack-railway which leads onto the Pilatus is regarded as the steepest of the world, with a gradient of up to 48%. Hikers might prefer a walk over parts of the famous Way of St. James, which leads through half of Europe to the tomb of the apostle James in Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

Small churches and chapels flank the path, for example on the way between Stans and Flueli Ranft. The Lungerersee, in whose clear water the surrounding mountains and forests reflect their image, is up to 23 degrees warm and thus proves that mountain lakes sometimes also invite less hard-boiled people to bathe. The lakeside resort Lungern welcomes you with a fine sandy beach and a 56 metre long water slide, amongst other things…have a good time!

 





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