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where there is a station for trains back to Chur.
From there, take the bus to Lenzerheide. Or, if
you are still up for more thrills, get off the bus
at Churwalden Post and walk a short way
through the village to the Suspension Rope Park
on Pradaschier Mountain and the adjacent rail-
mounted dry toboggan run. On this 2-mile track, you’ll
hurtle down the mountain through a series of canted U-bends and
rollercoaster drops.
FROM WENGEN
The Top of Europe
This is the advertising slogan of the railway to the highest station in
Europe, Jungfraujoch, at 11,332 feet above sea level. It is simplicity
itself to reach the station: From Wengen, narrow-gauge rack trains
claw their way up the mountain to Kleine Scheidegg on a saddle in
the mountains beneath the Eiger summit. There passengers move
to an adjacent train for an extraordinary tunnel journey. Two stops
along the way allow passengers to gaze through a picture window
in the tunnel at the impressively steep north wall of the Eiger.
This is one of the most remarkable railway tunnels in the world,
having taken 16 years to bore and opening in 1912. From the
unlined rock cavern where trains terminate, lifts take passengers
to different levels at the Jungfrau peak. Visit open-air platforms and
the Sphinx Observatory, which has a glazed observation hall to
give views in all directions and down the gently curving 14-mile
Aletsch glacier. Don’t miss the Ice Palace, a vast cavern of wildlife
ice sculptures and other exhibits.
Bond on the Slopes
This excursion takes you to the Schilthorn, the peak from which
George Lazenby and Diana Rigg set off skiing in one of the most
thrilling sequences of the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service.
Take the train from the car-free resort of Wengen down to
Lauterbrunnen. Walk through the short tunnel to the cable car for
Grütschalp, followed by the train along the cliffs to another car-free
resort, Mürren. The views of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau sum-
mits are superb.
A walk through the attractive village brings you to the cable car
station for the Schilthorn. Part of the pleasure of a trip up the moun-
tain is the panoramic views from the Piz Gloria revolving restaurant,
which doubled as the lair of Bond’s nemesis.
Retrace your steps to return to Wengen.
Anthony Lambert has written or contributed to more than a dozen travel
books, including four Insight guides and Switzerland Without a Car, now in
its fifth edition (Bradt Travel Guides).
62 INTERVAL WORLD Summer 2016 IntervalWorld.com
Privilège Residenzhotel Sunstar Arosa II is located in
Arosa, a secluded resort town at the end of the
Schanfigg Valley that’s home to one of the highest 18-
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Privilège Res.hotel Sunstar Davos II is an ideal home
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*This is an all-inclusive resort, requiring the purchase of a meal plan payable to the resort.
Accommodations at AOP, DVP, FLI, and LZH are available for purchase through the Getaway program and
generally will not be available for exchange.
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October 1 through December 31, 2016.