Bern’s local mountain, the Gurten, is reachable in only 20 minutes from the city center and offers fantastic views across the Alps and the Bern region. All those beautiful places that seem to be so far away are accessible as pleasant day trips.
Thanks to its central location, Bern is the ideal base to discover the whole of Switzerland: The Emmental region, Bernese Oberland with Interlaken and the Jungfraujoch, Lake Geneva region, central Switzerland and Valais can all be reached in half-day and day excursions.
Bern is a traffic junction with perfect air, road and rail connection and with its own airport (only 11 km away) as well as connections to the TGV, ICE and Italian high-speed trains.