Rick Steves' Europe: Gimmelwald, Switzerland

On a mountainside above the Lauterbrunnen Valley, it's still possible to find Swiss traditions in a 700-year-old hamlet populated by contented cows and hospitable villagers

  • By Rick Steves
  • Smithsonian.com, May 01, 2010
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Goats in Gimmelwald Switzerland

(Courtesy of Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door)


Gimmelwald set amid the grandeur of the Bernese Oberland, remains pleasantly stuck in the past.

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we saw the channel 19 telecast last night and would love to plan a trip to this area. Hurry....want to go this October...love "out of the way" trips and this is one we need to experience.

thanks and we shall look forward to your response.
jack and maureen schutz



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