Skip to content

Central Switzerland

Things to see in Central Switzerland

22 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A large stone monument covered in white protective sheeting and scaffolding, situated on a grassy hillside next to a tree.

Ägerisee · History & Heritage

Battle Of Morgarten Monument

1908 monument overlooking Lake Ägeri
The KKL Luzern culture and convention centre on the lakefront, with its overhanging roof

Lucerne · Cultural Experiences

KKL Luzern (Culture and Convention Centre)

Jean Nouvel's lakeside concert hall, home of the Lucerne Festival
The image shows the upper station of a cable car system with a green gondola, a building labeled "GASTHAUS MOSTELBERG", and a large sign on the station roof reading "Sattel HOCHSTÜCKLI".

Sattel · Activities & Adventure

Drehgondel Sattel-Mostelberg

World's first revolving cable car in Sattel
A paddle steamer excursion boat with a Swiss flag sails on a large lake with forested hills and snow-capped mountains in the background.

Lake Lucerne · Boat Tours

Excursions By The Water

Lake Lucerne cruises in Switzerland
A distant view of a village nestled on a green hillside at the base of a large, steep mountain with a prominent rock face, featuring a church with a white tower and several buildings.

Seelisberg · Historic Towns

Historic Paths In Seelisberg

Historic paths above Switzerland's founding site
AI-generated illustration of Hotel Rigi Kaltbad

Rigi Kaltbad · Activities & Adventure

Hotel Rigi Kaltbad

Historic 16th-century spa in the Swiss Alps
A snowy outdoor scene featuring a large white building complex with a distinctive long, red enclosed slide extending from it, set against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains and a clear blue sky.

Morschach · Activities & Adventure

Swiss Holiday Park

Alpine holiday park in Morschach, Switzerland
Pilatus Kulm summit station on the rocky ridge of Mount Pilatus

Lucerne · Activities & Adventure

Mount Pilatus

Lucerne's dragon mountain, climbed by the world's steepest cogwheel railway
A high-angle landscape view of a large lake with a town along the far shore, green hills in the foreground, and a white chapel on a hill to the right.

Ägerisee · Beaches

Lake Ägeri

Turquoise lake in Canton Zug, site of the 1315 Battle of ...
Lake Uri shoreline near the Rütli meadow

Seelisberg · Cultural Experiences

Rütli Meadow

Symbol of the Swiss Confederation
Chapel Bridge and the octagonal Water Tower on the Reuss in Lucerne

Lucerne · Historic Districts

Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke)

Lucerne's 14th-century covered bridge and Water Tower
A scenic landscape view of a large lake surrounded by green hills and mountains, with a red house visible on the right slope.

Lake Lucerne · Boat Tours

Lake Lucerne

Alpine lake in central Switzerland