Lucerne

Lucerne is a beautiful small city in the heartland of Switzerland, across the lake from Altdorf, where legend has it William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head. In addition to being a fine place to visit in and of itself Lucerne is a great base from which to explore famous Swiss sites such as Mount Rigi and the Rütli Meadow.

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  • Lucerne is one of the most beautiful cities in Switzerland. The city is seperated by the river Reuss, the one side of the city is called the old city and the other side the new city. The new city holds the train station and variuos new buildings. The most impressive of all is the KKL which stands …  Leith S.
  • Luzern was absolutely beautiful. I'd wake up in a cabin about 200 meters from the lake with some locals blaring Johnny Cash out of a tent. Walk to town to get a bite to eat and see the mountains surrounding the lake on my trip into town. There was also a castle wall that you could see the entire …  Alden D.
  • take a trip across the lake on a boat, it's a great way to see the scenery  Haley K.
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Lucerne Travel Guide is based on Lucerne by Ryan Holliday, Stella Hürlimann, Konstandakis, Vidimian, Cayla, Eiland, iGuide and others. Lucerne Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.