Are you intending to visit Lucerne Switzerland?
We were on a 16 days Europe vacation package recently and Lucerne Switzerland was one of our stops where we did the usual things a Lucerne tourist would do.
We started the day by feeding seagulls at the Reuss River in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland. The fourth largest river in Switzerland, we enjoyed some wonderful moments feeding seagulls and swans there. It was almost being at one with nature.
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Feeding the swan |
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Posing with a seagull |
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Feeding the seagulls |
Another interesting Lucerne tourist attraction that is a 'must-see' is the Kapellbrucke, better known as the Chapel Bridge. During the spring and summer months, you will see the bridge brightened up with lovely flowers.
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The must-see Kapellbrucke or Chapel Bridge |
You can see the 140 metre high brick water tower alongside the Chapel Bridge which has served its purpose as a prison, torture chamber watchtower as well as treasury through the centuries.
At 204 metres long, this is the oldest covered wooden bridge in Europe made up entirely of wood and crosses the Ruess River. Interestingly, whilst crossing the bridge built in 1333, you will be able to enjoy some paintings from the 17th century which were painted directly on the triangular spaces between the wooden gables that were not destroyed by the 1993 fire.
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In the vicinity of the watch giants |
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Interested in winning a watch? Visit Gubelin |
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Even if you do not win a watch, you will at least win this 'gold' bar... :) |
Another must-see Lucerne tourist attraction is the Lion Monument. also known as the Lion of Lucerne. This is a sculpture that commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution. Also known as the Dying Lion of Lucerne, this sculpture was carved out of natural rock on-site.
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Dying Lion of Lucerne |
The Lion lies in his lair in the perpendicular face of a low cliff — for he is carved from the living rock of the cliff. His size is colossal, his attitude is noble. His head is bowed, the broken spear is sticking in his shoulder, his protecting paw rests upon the lilies of France. Vines hang down the cliff and wave in the wind, and a clear stream trickles from above and empties into a pond at the base, and in the smooth surface of the pond the lion is mirrored, among the water-lilies.
Around about are green trees and grass. The place is a sheltered, reposeful woodland nook, remote from noise and stir and confusion — and all this is fitting, for lions do die in such places, and not on granite pedestals in public squares fenced with fancy iron railings. The Lion of Lucerne would be impressive anywhere, but nowhere so impressive as where he is.
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On the way to the Lion Monument of Lucerne |
Whilst on the way to Mount Titlis, we managed to snap some interesting
Lucerne Switzerland pictures. Check them out...
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One of my favourite Lucerne Switzerland pictures |
We went up to
Mount Titlis from Englebert to the summit of Mt Titlis via gondola, cable car and the world's first rotating cable car which gives you a stunning view of the scenery.
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Mount Titlis, 3,020 metres above sea level |
I would not be doing Mt Titlis justice if I did not have a blog post just for that... So, please carry on to
Mount Titlis to check out even more spectacular pictures of our journey up to the summit as well as the glacier cave.
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