Hi friends, welcome back to my Switzerland series! After exploring Mount Titlis, Jon and I headed back down the revolving cable car to the Trübsee intermediary station. Here there are a few places to eat, restrooms (the cable car bathrooms in Switzerland are incredibly clean), a playground, and where you catch the cable car back to the valley station. There is also an adventure park with a zip line and trampolines, but we preferred a peaceful stroll beside the alpine lake.
Along Trübsee there’s an easy two-mile, mostly flat walking path. We decided to walk counter clockwise but either way would be equally gorgeous.
If you want to reflect or stop to enjoy all the beauty, there are benches sprinkled throughout the path. We scoped one out and marveled at how it felt like we were living inside a painting.
I especially loved the color of the water. Alpine likes are my favorite with the mountains in the background contrasting with the turquoise hue of the lake.
One of my favorite things about hiking in Switzerland was the happy cows roaming free on the mountainside. They all wear large bells so you can hear them all over the mountainsides.
Oh how I loved Trubsee!
Eventually we were ready to head back down and catch the train back to Lucerne, this time it wasn’t so crowded. We absolutely loved our day at Mount Titlis and would highly recommend taking a day trip from Lucerne here. The forty-five minute train ride was simple and the views were incredible. We also loved that Titlis had a lot to offer with the cliff walk, ice cave, and the option for a peaceful stroll along Trübsee. Mount Pilatus is another popular day trip from Lucerne, but it requires taking boats, trains, and gondolas and we prefer the path of least resistance.
Jon and I made it back to Lucerne and took a boat ride on Lake Lucerne, but it was miserably hot and the seats were mostly inside. If we had more time in the city I would’ve planned a better boat cruise, maybe next time! We thought Lucerne was the perfect spot to begin our trip in Switzerland. We loved the charming old town and the beauty of Lake Lucerne. It’s also conveniently located and well connected to other parts of the country by public transportation. We weren’t ready to leave Lucerne quite yet, but we were so excited to explore the beautiful Berner Oberland region!
What a beautiful day you had on the mountain tops Lyssy. So nice to have a trail to walk through alpine meadows and beside a lake or tarn. Those dairy cows look like they are living their best life. Thanks for taking us to the heights. Allan
We got lucky with some incredible weather on our trip. It was nice to enjoy the beauty without having to huff and puff to get there. Those cows were happy, they reminded me of big dogs.
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Oh my gosh, I’m in love with this place! The color of the lake is so pretty, and the mountains are stunning. This is my kind of place. Clearly, I need to plan a trip to Switzerland!
I think this is your sign! You would absolutely love it there, the hiking options are endless as are the stunning views.
Jaw-dropping views, pristine nature and warm hospitality – Switzerland’s mountain ranges represent the best the country has to offer. I am glad to see you had a fantastic time exploring them. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
It really was such a perfect day, the views and scenery were unbeatable. It’s hard to believe such a beautiful place exists 🙂
What an incredibly beautiful place. Great photos! I can see how hard it would be to leave this peaceful area.
Thank you! It was so beautiful and peaceful, I wanted to freeze time.
Trübsee and its surroundings truly looks like a painting! Those photos look almost unreal…glad you two had a wonderful and tranquil time there, and I can’t wait to read more about your time in Switzerland!
It really felt like walking around inside a painting, it didn’t seem real! Somehow the views only seemed to get better during out trip!
Oh wow; the views all around that lake are incredible!
It was so stunning!
What a beautiful mountain lake, and looks like not many people did the walk around it so you had it to yourselves. Just you and the cows 🙂 Maggie
It really did feel like we were in our own little fantasy land and the cows were like big silly dogs haha
What an absolutely beautiful place!
It was so beautiful, hard to believe it really exists!
Absolutely fabulous photos Lyssy who wouldn’t love that area. You’ve probably single-handedly boosted tourism.
Thank you! It was so beautiful, perhaps the tourism board would one day invite me back for a follow up (in my dreams 🙂 )
You can but hope
Stunning shots. The scenery looks gorgeous. I love the colour of the lake.
Thank you! It was such a beautiful place to visit.
Oh wow, these mountain shots are gorgeous!!
Such incredible scenery, it was hard to put my camera away!
This is straight out of a dream…I love how idyllic the photos are with the cows; I think this post encapsulates the quintessential Swiss vibes that everyone pictures when they think of travelling here!
It was such a dream! We couldn’t have asked for a better day or scenery. The cows are so quintessentially Swiss, I love them!
It’s so beautiful, it looks like magic. You had the best weather for it as well, and the cows are just so….Switzerland 🙂
We got soooo lucky with good weather! This was such a magical day trip, the views were unbeatable.
Trübsee is so pretty, it almost doesn’t look real. The colours in your photos are incredibly vivid and they almost look like paintings.
It really did feel like we were walking inside a painting, hard to believe places like this exist!
I’m almost sure our own excursion out of Lucerne in 2019 was up and over Mt. Pilatus. Just as you said, you take a boat, followed by a train and a gondola to the top, and in our case, continue back down the other side of the mountain (another gondola), where our tour bus was waiting to take us on further adventures. I can’t imagine another country with the combination of colors, mountains, and vistas you show in your photos. If you’d said “guess which country” there would’ve only been one answer 🙂
I think if we go back we would go up to Mt. Pilates now that we know how easy the public transportation was. The journey really is part of the destination (unless you’re riding the NYC subway). I had high expectations for Switzerland and the beauty totally exceeded all my expectations. Such a stunning country!
It looks so beautiful there, and I love the blue color of the lake, gorgeous!!!
It was such a stunning walk, I didn’t want to leave!
What a beauty!
Such a stunning alpine lake!
Gorgeous, you are right about the Alpine lakes: amazing colours and beautiful backdrops really set them apart. The cows also make for a nicely pastoral setting. This was certainly a packed and highly memorable day for you two. Love your Swiss travel series!
It was such a stunning afternoon! It’s hard to believe places like this exists and those cows just added to the beautiful scenery.
The pure light at altitude makes the colours even more vibrant, adding to the charm of the magnificent scenery.
I couldn’t believe the colors, it was just beautiful!