What’s New - Discover Switzerland: Experience the Best of Switzerland - page 76

What's New

For this new edition of Discover Switzerland, our authors
have hunted down the fresh, the revamped, the hot and
the happening. These are some of our favourites. For up-
to-the-minute recommendations, see lonelyplanet.com/
switzerland .

1 CITY BEACH
Zürich's City Beach ( Click here ), a trendy rooftop beach in the Kreis 5 district, features
500 tons of sand, swimming pools and a bar on the roof of a city car park.

2 COW TREKKING
Riding at cow pace through bucolic countryside is hot in northeastern Switzerland thanks
to one farmer's experiential approach to organic dairy farming. Saddle, riding crop and op-
tional picnic provided. Bolderhof (

052 742 40 48; www.bolderhof.ch ) in Hemishofen, 3km

west of Stein am Rhein.

3 RIGI KALTBAD
Ticino architect Mario Botta will knock your socks off with his latest Swiss work, these
stunning mineral baths and spa with designer views of Lake Lucerne from their Mt Rigi
lookout ( Click here ).

4 LAVAUX VINORAMA
Pea-green vines cascading into Lake Geneva are a magnificent sight and Lavaux's latest
wine-tasting address, cut out of concrete beneath vineyards, adds a new dimension to visit-
ing the Unesco-listed wine region ( Click here ) .

5 ICE WORLD
Why glacial ice is blue, what asexual glacial fleas do, how fast glacial ice moves: the new
Eiswelt exhibition above the Aletsch Glacier on Bettmerhorn (2856m) is absolutely rivet-
ing (admission free;

9am-4pm Jun-mid-Oct & Dec-Apr).

6 URBAN TAPAS