Lac de Taney is a beautiful Swiss natural mountain lake situated hight above the Rhône Valley, in the canton of Valais on the border to France. This deep-green lake was declared as national natural heritage site in the 1960s and is a real hidden gem that very few tourist…
Have a simple family hike by Switzerland’s second largest dam, le barrage d’Emosson. If you continue further via the Vieux-Emosson, you can get close up with more than 800 dinosaur footprints dating back 250 million of years. David and I have our favorite places we like to bring…
If you and your family are passing by Martigny in the canton of Valais and only have a few hours to spend, what are there to do for the whole family? I would suggest you to have a walk through the Trient gorge on a trail along the…
Étang de Gruère near Biel is not like an ordinary Swiss mountain lake with turquoise crystal clear water and majestic mountains as backdrop. Étang de Gruère is a completely different kind of lake that reminds me so much of my child hood summer around Swedish lakes and forest. I have so…
Are you coming to Switzerland or just want to explore other part of this beautiful country and have no clue of where to stay and what to do. If you ask me, I would say come to stay around Interlaken and take minimum a weekend to explore around…
Hills covered of Daffodils as far as the eyes can see. What more are there to say? I am always in search of hikes around wild flower meadows in Switzerland and how happy wasn’t I when I found a blog post, about Daffodils growing wildly around Vue des alpes…
A sea of wild crocuses. Doesn’t it sound like a place where you want to be on a beautiful spring day?This particular place of sea of wild crocuses can be found on the hills of Rämisgummen in the commune of Eggiwil in the canton of Bern. We found…
If you love spring flowers like I do, come to Saxon in springtime for a beautiful hike in apricot orchard when the trees are in bloom! If you are not impressed by the apricot blossoms then you will surely get impress by the post-card perfect view of the…
When the winter is finally over and the spring has arrive, take a walk in a cherry plantation with hundreds of cherry trees in blossom in the small villages of Nuglar and St.Pantaleon.Two weeks after our beautiful spring walk on the cherry blossom trail in Frick ( you…
No need to wait for Autumn to hunt for wild mushrooms here in Switzerland. As early as March you can search for one of the most beloved mushrooms in Switzerland, the Morels! Another reason to look forward for Spring! Many years ago, a friend asked me if I…
