Best Swiss Drives – Tour #7

We had some friends over for dinner last week and they were kind enough to bring us a terrific book – The AA Best Drives: Switzerland. Today we took Tour 7: Lakes, Peaks and Pastures. This drive took us to central Switzerland around Thun, Spiez, Lenk, and Gruyeres. We had a great day with lots of blue sky so the scenes were terrific. We stopped at Speiz Schloss which had some great views of Lake Thun and is a great example of a 12-century castle. Then it was off to Lenk which is a ski town with a terrific view of the mountains. Our last stop was Gruyeres, home of the famous cheese, and our favorite stop by far. It has everything – a terrific castle, a cheese factory, a chocolate factory, and a bizarre museum of HR Giger (the person who created the monsters in Alien – totally cool!) You can see our pictures from Switzerland by car here.