Start from 33 curated places around Interlaken, CH, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Radius by Stefan Beer
A Michelin-starred kitchen inside the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel with a strict 50-kilometre sourcing radius — every ingredient from within a half-day's drive of the pass, including the bread grain, the butter and the wine. The tasting menu runs in conventional and vegan formats, and there is a sommelier pairing from regional Swiss producers. Formal but not rigid in feel.
Goldener Anker
A French brasserie-influenced kitchen on Marktgasse with a prominent bar and a courtyard, positioning itself as an evening social hub rather than a formal dining destination. The cooking blends classic French preparations with local produce and seasonal shifts, and the bar programme draws a crowd late into the evening. Live music nights are common at the weekend.
Trails & outdoors
Panorama Trail: Männlichen to Kleine Scheidegg
A 4.9-kilometre mostly downhill ridge walk from Männlichen (2,230 m) to Kleine Scheidegg with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau faces directly ahead for the entire route. Rated the easiest technically while delivering the highest visual reward-to-effort ratio of any trail in the region — wildflower meadows, cowbells and unobstructed glacier views. Gondola access from Grindelwald gets you to the start without any climbing.
Bachalpsee from Grindelwald First
A 5.4-kilometre out-and-back hike from the Grindelwald First gondola summit (2,168 m) across high alpine meadows to the twin lakes of Bachalpsee at 2,265 metres, where Wetterhorn and Schreckhorn reflect in still water on calm mornings. One of the most photographed alpine lake views in the Bernese Oberland and achievable in about two hours round-trip. The gondola removes all the ascent effort.
Things to do
Tandem Paragliding from Beatenberg
Tandem paragliding from the Beatenberg launch zone above Lake Thun, landing on the Interlaken flats below — a 20 to 30 minute flight covering roughly 1,000 metres of vertical descent over the town, both lakes, and the Jungfrau range. Multiple operators run year-round, with Twin Paragliding and Skywings among the most established. Pilots are licensed by the Swiss Paragliding Association.
Outdoor Interlaken — Canyoning and Rafting
Interlaken's main adventure sports operator, based in Matten, running canyoning, white-water rafting, bungee jumping and via ferrata across the Bernese Oberland. The bungee is a 134-metre free fall from a gondola over a mountain lake at Stockhorn. Canyoning trips run through the Grimsel gorges near Grindelwald with guides included in all packages.
Landmarks & sights
Harder Kulm
Interlaken's own mountain, reached in ten minutes by funicular from the town centre. At the top, the Two Lakes Bridge observation deck frames Lake Thun to the west and Lake Brienz to the east, with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau filling the skyline beyond. The platform extends out over the ridge, making the view fully panoramic.
Jungfraujoch — Top of Europe
Europe's highest railway station at 3,454 metres, reached by a cogwheel train that tunnels through the Eiger and Mönch. At the top: the Aletsch Glacier, a UNESCO World Heritage site, an ice palace carved into the glacier itself, and the Sphinx Observatory with an outdoor viewing terrace. On clear days, visibility extends to the Black Forest.