Lake Brienz - South shore driving tour
To reach the Axalp (9km/6mi) you take a narrow road which branches off the Lucerne road on the right at the hamlet of Kienholz, 3km/1mi from Brienz. The road skirts the east end of the lake at the inflow of the Aare and climbs up the slopes on the south side of the lake, past a turning to the Giessbach. It then winds its way up to the Axalp (1,460-1,549 m/4,490-5,053ft; good walking and skiing, with ski-lifts) from which there are far-ranging views. From here there is a beautiful footpath into the Upper Giessbach valley, and also a 1.25 hours' walk to the Hinterburgsee, a beautiful mountain lake in the Hinterburg nature reserve.
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Giessbach Falls
The Giessbach (663 m/2,175ft) can be reached by road or by boat to the Giessbach See landing-stage (15minutes from Brienz) and from there either on foot (20minutes) or by funicular (345 m/1,132ft). The best view of the Giessbach, which tumbles down from a height of 300 m/984ft, to the lake in a series of falls over successive ridges of rock on the beautifully wooded hillside, is to be had from the terrace in front of the Park Hotel. There are footpaths up both banks to the highest of the three bridges, under which the stream emerges from a narrow gorge and plunges into a rock basin 60 m/197ft deep.
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