02 REVISITING LUCERNE
The medieval city of Lucerne is often choked with tour buses, but new developments around the spacious lake it sits on, called Lake Lucerne by tourists but known as Vierwaldstättersee to locals, promise to thin crowds and offer accessible doses of authentic Swiss Alps. To help mobilise the masses, overnighters will automatically receive the William Tell Pass, good for use on the region’s buses, boats, trains and cable cars, including the new Stoosbahnen, Switzerland’s steepest funicular railway that accesses family-friendly Stoos, a scenic alpine resort and home to 21 miles of piste, a new lady bug-themed hiking trail, cheese markets, and yodelling and alphorn concerts. Just across the lake is the new, swanky Bürgenstock, a modernist four-property resort offering achingly gorgeous alpine views and a 10,000 sq m spa.
