Sleep with a cow
If you’re an up-and-coming herder or dairy fan, head to Pays-d’Enhaut in Vaud, a French-speaking state, to test your tasting and mixing skills while learning how to make one of the tastiest alpine cheeses. please give me. .. Bold, fruity and nutty-tasting, Etibaz is a rare part of the classic Gruyère, produced over an open flame in one of the more than 130 alpine mountains between the glaciers of Lake Geneva and the vineyards of Lake Geneva. .. .. Visitors can hike to the chalet where the farmers stay with the herds throughout the summer and graze in the wild-flowered meadows.
For a particular treat, sleep overnight in hay on a cow, learn how to milk them in the morning, and help make the batch of the day efficient. Prices for adults / children start at £ 42 / £ 26 and include accommodation, dinner, breakfast and cheese making (chateau-doex.ch).
Become physical
Summer skiing
Summer months are the perfect time to conquer Europe’s largest and greatest summer slopes. Avid skiers can head to the 3,883m Kleinmaterhorn and join national ski teams around the world to explore the 21km slopes that are open every morning (don’t worry, there is a ski school for improvers). I have).
At the top of the ski area, the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise Cable Car Station offers vast views of the summit. You can also enjoy activities such as snow tubing and glacier palace where you can descend 15 meters inside the glacier and explore the frozen ice world. Sculptures and slides. Purchasing a lift pass on the Zermatt side (zermatt.ch) for at least 3 days will allow access to local cycling lifts and ski areas. Stay at Unique Hotel Post (hotelpost.ch). Available from £ 182 per night for double the price.
FollowRoute 1291
This summer, the Lake Lucerne region begins Route 1291, a challenging 186-mile bike path that begins and ends in one of Switzerland’s best-preserved medieval cities, Lucerne. Named after the year Switzerland’s first federal charter was signed, this seven-step route presents some of Switzerland’s finest castles, historic towns and mountain landscapes.
Designed to take a week to work on, this route loops down to Andermatt via Altdorf and back via the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Entrebuch Biosphere Nature Reserve. Stay at the Art Deco Hotel-montana.ch. Double from £ 184 per night.