A chain of cable cars from the valley floor through the car-free ledge village of Mürren to a summit restaurant that turns slowly through a panorama of 200 peaks.
From the Schilthorn you look across at the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau rather than standing on them. Many people think it is the better view.
Cable cars climb from Stechelberg through Gimmelwald, Mürren and Birg to the summit at 2,970 metres. At the top, the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant turns a full circle in under an hour.
On a clear day it shows some 200 peaks, from the Jura to Mont Blanc. The building starred in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and a small exhibition remembers it. At Birg, the Thrill Walk clings to the cliff.
Mürren sits on a ledge 800 metres above the valley, car-free and quiet. It is the prettiest base in the region.
A morning on the summit and an afternoon walking down.
Ride up the cliff to Gimmelwald and on to Mürren.
A steel path with a glass floor and a rope tunnel along the cliff.
Breakfast in the revolving restaurant as the peaks swing past.
Wander the car-free lanes and the view terrace over the valley.
Walk down through meadows to Gimmelwald and take the lift to the valley.
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Bus from Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg for the cable car, or train and cable car via Grütschalp to Mürren.
Buy at the valley station; rail passes give discounts, and early-bird breakfast deals run in summer.
Sleep in Mürren to have the summit and the village to yourself early and late.
Bernese Oberland practical notes →Photographs from Wikimedia Commons and Pexels under their licences.
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