Meiringen Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
About Meiringen
Meiringen is in the upper valley of the River Aare, theHaslital, at the point where several side valleys join. Each valley leads to a mountain pass so the village was at a confluence of routes and grew up as a market town and stop-off for travellers. In the 19th century it was a poor sort of place and many emigrated, but from 1880 Alpine tourism took off; the roads were improved and the railway arrived in 1888. One eminent tourist was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) who at age 16 had spent a year at the Jesuit school in Feldkirch in Austria, where he took up skiing. Early skiers had to slog up the mountain just to make a single run back, but the railways meant you could ride up and ski down: Henry Lunn and his son Arnold founded Lunn Poly travel company with this in mind. In 1892 Doyle
Top Attractions in Meiringen
Explore the best things to see and do in Meiringen:
- ★Aare Gorge
- ★Glatthard Sport
- ★Model Railway
- ★Museum Landschaft Hasli
- ★Pollux Sport AG
- ★Reichenbach Falls
- ★Sherlock Holmes museum
Where to Eat in Meiringen
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Victoria Restaurant
Where to Stay in Meiringen
- 🏨Das Hotel Sherlock Holmes
- 🏨Hotel Dakota
- 🏨Hotel Meiringen
- 🏨Hotel Victoria Meiringen
- 🏨Parkhotel du Sauvage
Meiringen Travel Guide Sections
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