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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(Schilthorn Cableway)
Day trippers can venture high above Gimmelwald by taking a cable car up to the Piz Gloria restaurant, where the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service was filmed.
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Comments (1)
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
Posted by maureen schutz on July 12,2010 | 04:19 PM