Vitznau - (Rigi)

Vitznau (440 m/1,444ft): a popular summer holiday resort affording extensive views, from which a rack-railroad ascends the Rigi (35 minutes). There is another rack-railroad up the Rigi from Arth-Goldau, to the east. At the far end of the village, on the left, are two cableways, one to Hinterbergen, the other to Weissenfluh (Wissifluh, 936 m/3,071ft: hotel), both giving access to fine walking country. The road continues past the beach and then winds its way around the Obere Nase, skirting the shore of the lake or running a little above it, with extensive views. 5km/3mi from Vitznau is the terminal of a car ferry to Beckenried on the south side of the lake (service every hour, taking 15 minutes).