In co-operation with Switzerland Tourism
We have now visited the Rhine Falls in Switzerland, or Rheinfall as it is called in German. This waterfall is Europe's largest and second widest, and here you can see impressive amounts of water flowing. To get here, we drove along the Grand Tour of Switzerland, that is, the beautiful road through Switzerland.
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Grand Tour to Schaffhausen
Driving from Lucerne to Schaffhausen should not really take more than 1.5 hours. Now we chose to drive along Grand Tour of Switzerlandwhich is the beautiful road around Switzerland. When you follow the Grand Tour, you may not be in a hurry, but you can be sure to drive nice roads. This particular route took in both palm-fringed beaches and high mountains.
Grand Tour of Switzerland
We'll tell you a bit more about how driving a car and motorhome in Switzerland works later on. For now we can mention the Grand Tour of Switzerland, which is an excellent route to follow if you want to see the most beautiful parts of Switzerland. There are both physical maps and maps to download to your GPS, but we have mainly followed the route by following the signs.
By ferry across a lake
"The sign points straight into the lake," I exclaimed when the "Grand Tour" sign did just that. At first I thought I had seen it wrong, but I had not. We were going on a ferry!
The Rhine case in Switzerland
Finally, we arrived at Schaffhausen and the Rhine Falls in Switzerland, which is the second widest waterfall in Europe at 150 metres wide and 23 metres high. We can agree that the waterfall is impressive, and we were here during perhaps the driest period in a long time. From what we understand, it could be very more water in the case.
You can walk around the area and see the waterfall that way, and there are also a variety of boat tours. We took the "yellow" tour called "Panoramic tour of the falls", which takes about half an hour.
Vattenfallet Rhenfallet
The boat stopped at the small island in the middle of the fall, and there we and all the other tourists could take the stairs up for a view of the rushing water. There were plenty of tourists and some queuing on the stairs, but still great to experience the waterfall from the centre of the rapids!
When we went back, we drove close to the waterfall, so the water splashed into the boat. I was able to take a photo anyway, before I had to hide the camera under my shirt ...
Borgen Castle Laufen
At the Rhine Falls there is also a castle, Schloss Laufen. The castle is known since 858, when it was home to the barons of Laufen. The castle has now been renovated and there is both a hostel and a restaurant. I was most impressed by the elevators (you can see them in the centre of the picture!) that comfortably take people up to the attraction.
Plenty of fish
By the way, in the waters of the Rhine Falls there are lots of fish. We also saw a single small duck that tried to swim, but kept colliding with the fish when it tried to paddle with its feet ...
Video from the Rhine case in Switzerland
Peter put together a video of the Rhine Falls in Switzerland. Feel free to check it out!
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4000mil says:
Meeen what lovely days you have in Switzerland!
I've been to the country, but I haven't really done it. But it's always on my list.
19 August 2018 - 8:24
Helena says:
An amazing country! Absolutely right to have it on the list! Where in Switzerland have you been?
19 August 2018 - 14:08
Seija Viitamäki-Carlsson says:
Nice there, been there! You are doing well.
19 August 2018 - 8:29
Helena says:
Glad you were here Seija! Very nice! 🙂
19 August 2018 - 14:08
Ama de casa says:
WOW!!! A fantastic waterfall AND a castle with a lift on the same day! Absolutely incredible, I think I have to go there 😀.
Very beautiful views and roads. Definitely worth taking a little more time and travelling the fancy route 🙂.
19 August 2018 - 8:38
Helena says:
I almost suspected that you would like the lift 🙂 And yes, if you only have time, the Grand Tour is an experience in itself!
19 August 2018 - 14:09
Mr Steve says:
There is no end to what Switzerland has to offer.
19 August 2018 - 9:52
Helena says:
Agreed! 🙂
19 August 2018 - 14:09
Husis blog says:
These waterfalls, so powerful to see and hear all the thunder it brings.
19 August 2018 - 10:41
Helena says:
Water can be really powerful! I imagine it's even more powerful here in the spring!
19 August 2018 - 14:10
Ditte says:
It's great to come back to Switzerland through you. I have lived here and studied and travelled around a lot. But, alas - a long time ago. But the sights and the beautiful nature are still there.
Thank you for the tour and all the beautiful pictures.
19 August 2018 - 12:23
Helena says:
Glad you're joining the tour Ditte! Understand that you have many memories from Switzerland!
19 August 2018 - 14:11
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
We can only thank them for letting us go to Switzerland and adding another destination to our "to-do" list.
Grand tour seems fantastic and we like waterfalls (today we managed Njupeskär, Sweden's highest).
19 August 2018 - 15:36
Helena says:
It is fantastic to travel along the Grand Tour, and very practical to have a route to follow! 🙂 Lovely with a visit to Njupeskär, we have not been there.
31 August 2018 - 14:36
BP says:
The Grand Tour sign was the smallest I thought, I almost missed it among all the other signs.
The Rhine Falls are dramatic, incredibly impressive. And all those fish - are there fishermen who catch them? They're not exactly small fish. Awesome!
19 August 2018 - 20:58
Helena says:
I have no idea what is done with the fish actually, but there were many and they are big! 🙂
31 August 2018 - 14:37
Elisabeth says:
Sweet Switzerland!!!
19 August 2018 - 21:11
Helena says:
Switzerland is amazing! 🙂
31 August 2018 - 14:37
Helena says:
Thanks for more info on the waterfall Daniel! 🙂
31 August 2018 - 14:38