Monday, August 31, 2009

You Never Know What You'll See Inside a Swiss Castle




The Castle in Oberhofen, on Lake Thun, has everything from Louis XVI style garden rooms to Turkish smoking rooms, pictured above. It features a hodgepodge of designs, making it a museum of style, rather than a display of true castle authenticity. If you want to see a castle just like the royals left it, you'll have to head to Canton Aargau to the castle in Wildegg.

But either way, I still recommend Castle Oberhofen. It's two boat stops from Thun, or if you prefer to hike, about a two-hour hike away along the lake, passing through vineyards and forests (and up and down a few hills, as my legs are reminding me today). Just follow the yellow hiking signs to Oberhofen. And then relax and take the boat back.

2 comments:

Thandelike said...

Love the Turkish smoking room...and even the water color in the exterior shot looks Turkish (turquoise) to me!

Chantal said...

It's beautiful. Worth the three flights of stairs :)

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