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Kriens: Mount Pilatus Roundtrip Cable Car Ticket to the Peak

1. Kriens: Mount Pilatus Roundtrip Cable Car Ticket to the Peak

Visit Lucerne's landmark mountain, Mount Pilatus, with a round-trip cable car ticket. Experience breathtaking views of Fräkmüntegg as you travel up to 2132 meters above sea level. Look out over Lake Lucerne and the Swiss mountains before finding a restaurant at Pilatus Kulm. Start your trip at Kriens valley station and enjoy the 30-minute ride from Kriens to Fräkmüntegg, where you can raise your adrenaline during the visit of the biggest rope park of Central Switzerland. In the winter, try sledding routes and snowshoe trails going from the station Fräkmüntegg down to Krienseregg. At Fräkmüntegg change into the aerial cableway "Dragon Ride" and arrive at Pilatus Kulm, 2132 meters above sea level. Enjoy panoramic views of the Swiss mountains and Lake Lucerne. Walk in the Swiss mountains or on the Dragon Path, named after legends of the mythical creature in the area. You can try some Swiss specialties in any of the restaurants in Krienseregg, Fräkmüntegg, or Pilatus Kulm. Even Queen Victoria stayed at the Pilatus mountain and one of the restaurants at Pilatus Kulm is named after her.

Lucerne: Swiss Museum of Transport Full Day Pass

2. Lucerne: Swiss Museum of Transport Full Day Pass

Delight in an immersive and interactive experience at the most popular museum in all of Switzerland, the Museum of Transport. Explore attractions that focus on road, rail, water, and air navigation, and discover what goes on behind every mode of transportation you ride on. Satisfy your curiosity and find answers to all the questions you have about how cars move, how planes fly, how boats float, or how basically these mechanisms for transport work. Ride little battery-powered boats across the waters on the museum's large boating pool, and use excavators and bulldozers to load and transport construction material in the roadworks arena. Visit the Swiss Chocolate Adventure inside the museum and journey through chocolate's discovery, its manufacture, and its transportation to other corners of the world. At the end of the ride, relish a sweet treat from Lindt's master chocolatiers. The package also includes entry to the daily screenings at the Filmtheatre and the Planetarium where you can watch educational films about astronomy and the earth. All of these activities and more are waiting for you at the Swiss Museum of Transport.

Lucerne Swiss Museum of Transport Entrance Ticket

3. Lucerne Swiss Museum of Transport Entrance Ticket

Head inside the Swiss Museum of Transport with your entrance ticket and explore at leisure. The museum charts the development of rail, air, space, road and water travel with hands-on exhibits, simulators and multimedia displays. Your ticket gives you access to its key exhibition halls and areas, filled with more than 3,000 displays, making for a fun day out for adults and kids. Visit the Aviation Hall to view historic aircraft and flying machines. The museum takes its exhibits to new heights with flight simulators that give you the rush of operating an airplane, helicopter or hang glider. When it's time to get grounded, walk around the Rail Transport Hall to see steam locomotives and model railways, and try your hand at negotiating tunnels, signals and bridges in train simulators. Zoom over to the Road Transport Hall for the history of automobiles and to view 20 of the world’s most iconic cars. You can even turn into a crash-test dummy to experience a bruise-free collision in one interactive exhibit. Other attractions include the Navigation Hall with its fascinating seagoing displays; the i-factory covering information technology; and the Swissarena where you can walk across a one-of-a-kind aerial photo of Switzerland that takes up an entire room. The Media World presents the multifaceted world of media: amongst other things, visitors can produce their own content in a professional TV studio, practice their directing skills, test the editing suite, and discover the opportunities up-to-the-minute media technologies have to offer. Most people find two–three hours in the museum is sufficient, but your ticket lets you explore for as long as you like. For a supplement you can also visit the museum's domed planetarium to witness its dazzling astronomical shows, or its Filmtheater to watch spectacular 3D and high-definition movies.

Lucerne Highlights Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt and Audio Tour

4. Lucerne Highlights Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt and Audio Tour

Get to know Lucerne at your own pace on this interactive scavenger hunt walking tour played on your phone. Decipher riddles, interact with the most important attractions of the city, and unlock interesting facts and legends. An ideal outdoor activity for first time visitors, couples, groups, families, and children. Can be used as a great team-building activity. After downloading the scavenger hunt tour on your mobile device (via a link and login credentials received upon booking), use the mobile app and integrated maps to reach 10 of Lucerne’s most important attractions on foot. You can start at any time you'd like. At each stop, learn about the attraction and solve a location-based riddle that can only be solved if you reach the specific location. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to unlock the correct code and reveal the next destination of the city sightseeing game. At each stop, learn about the attraction and solve a location-based riddle that can only be solved if you reach the specific location. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to unlock the correct code and reveal the next destination of the tour. As you walk through the city, enjoy the flexibility to pause your game at any time to take a break, snap the perfect photos, stop for lunch, or visit a museum. Choose to continue the tour later or save the rest for another day. Start your tour at Jesuitenplatz! Visit the world-famous istorisches Museum Luzern. Photograph the view from the Spreuer Bridge and admire the fairy-tale Nölliturm. The Museggmauer will leave you speechless as the unique view it offers from its towers enchants its visitors. Learn about the world famous Lion Monument. The St. Leodegar with its imposing architecture, will captivate you! The Water Tower is worth the time and space in your mobile memory, as its fairy-tale architecture gives a special touch to the city. The famous and romantic Chapel Bridge will be your next step, while the icing on the cake of this unique tour will be Lucerne Town Hall, a lively part of the city.

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Well worth a visit. The views from the top of the mountain were amazing. The first cable car takes about 20 minutes and at this location is a very good restaurant. Then another cable car takes you to the top, a further 5 minutes. Here the views are spectacular. There is a small restaurant to get a drink and a snack whilst looking out across the mountains. Deck chairs and blankets are available if you want to sit outside in the sunshine. There is a small shop where you can purchase souvenirs.

Very nice experience, it was absolutely magical! ✨ Every penny of the ticket is worth it, plus it was extremely easy to get to the top because everything is so well organized! In addition, it is not necessarily necessary to print the tickets ☺️

Strongly recommend this trip. Such a beautiful place, and a great way to see it! Definitely better if it’s a clear day, but even with heavy cloud it was still pretty magical.

Awesome customer service. The museum and events were more than we expected. Worth the time and the money!

Fantastic places, perfect organization. Obvious advice: start when the plant opens.