Interlaken to Beatenberg (driving tour)
From Interlaken station take the Thun road, which crosses the Aare into Unterseen, where the road to Thun bears left: continue straight ahead up the Scheidgasse. 2km/1mi from Interlaken is a road junction, with a road on the right which runs up the Lombach valley to the prettily situated village of Habkern (6.3km/4mi, 1,067 m/3501ft). The road to Beatenberg, to the left, begins to climb through wooded country (attractive view of Interlaken to left) and then takes two sharp bends up the hillside.
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From here it is 3.5km/2mi to the Lueglibrückli restaurant (938 m/3,078ft; parking lot), with superb views.
The road continues uphill on a moderate gradient (views of Lake Thun and the mountains to the left) and then takes another two sharp bends. Farther on it passes a number of children's homes under Amisbühl (1,336 m/4,383ft; views) and then descends into the Sundgraben. From here it is 5.5km/3mi to Beatenberg.
The road continues uphill on a moderate gradient (views of Lake Thun and the mountains to the left) and then takes another two sharp bends. Farther on it passes a number of children's homes under Amisbühl (1,336 m/4,383ft; views) and then descends into the Sundgraben. From here it is 5.5km/3mi to Beatenberg.
Related Attractions
Beatenberg
Beatenberg (1,150 m/3,773ft), a popular health and winter sports resort which spreads out along a sunny sheltered terrace high above the north side of Lake Thun, with magnificent views of the Bernese Alps, from the Schreckhorn to the Niesen. From the Oberland Hotel (parking garage) a chair-lift runs up in 18minutes to the Niederhorn (1,957 m/6,421ft), on the Güggisgrat ridge, with still more extensive views. At the west end of the town is a funicular (1,706 m/5,597ft, gradient 35-40%, 10minutes) to Beatenbucht.
