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‘Gateways to heaven’: readers’ favourite trips in Europe’s mountains

Funicular on meadows and mountains in Switzerland
That’s a bit steep … the Stanserhorn funicular in Switzerland near Lucerne. Photograph: Denis Linine/Alamy

All the fun of the funicular in Switzerland

No doubt your first thought on hearing the words “double-decker” is of a bus. But in the Swiss village of Stans, an old wooden funicular carriage ascends to the station, where a double-decker cable car awaits. Inside, a spiral staircase leads you to an open upper viewing deck. At the summit, the views back to Lucerne are superb, and there are alpine marmots to spot too. There was a wedding ceremony going on at the summit on our trip!
Martin

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