Going to Bernese Highlands

What to do in Bernese Highlands

by Christine Loomis

Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau—the names conjure up images of craggy, cloud-piercing peaks white with snow even when alpine valleys and villages below are living a flower-filled summer. These are the legendary peaks of the Bernese Alps, and even if they don't tell the whole story of Switzerland's Bernese Highlands, they are both the stage and backdrop. Bernese Oberland lies in the southwestern part of the country. Its primary villages are Brienz, Interlaken, Grindelwald, and Meiringen, each with its own charms in summer and winter.

Brienz sits on the eastern shore of deeply hued Lake Brienz, and on the narrow-gauge railroad line that connects the holiday destinations of Interlaken, Meiringen-Hassilbert, Brunig, Lucerne, and Engleberg. Families typically visit Brienz in large part because of part of the family-friendly...

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