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Arriving at Grosse Scheidegg you gain a fine view back down the Rosenlaui valley

Main Bases

INNERTKIRCHEN (625m) lies in the bed of the valley about 6km southeast of Meiringen in an upper grassy plain. Reached by postbus, or by train from Interlaken via Brienz and Meiringen, the village has two campsites, five hotels and a variety of chalets and apartments for holiday let. It has limited shopping facilities, but there’s a PTT and tourist information office. To the east the Susten Pass road cuts into the Gadmental, which in turn forks soon after with one of its branches delving into the Gental. Innertkirchen, therefore, is conveniently situated to make the most of several very fine walking districts.

MEIRINGEN (595m) is the main tourist centre of the valley. Although old, little remains of the original town, for two serious fires destroyed much of it in 1879 and 1891. (A total of 293 houses were burned in the two fires.) Napoleon was here in 1810; other visitors have been Conan Doyle, Gertrude Bell, Hilaire Belloc and King Albert of the Belgians. Melchior Anderegg, one of the great mountain guides of the Golden Age, had a farm at nearby Zaun. The church, with its 14th-century Romanesque tower topped by a wooden spire, is worth a visit. Served by railway from Interlaken, Meiringen is very much a modern resort with no shortage of shops, restaurants, banks, PTT, sports facilities and a tourist information office. There are a dozen or so hotels ranging from small family-run establishments to the five-star Parkhotel du Sauvage where Conan Doyle used to stay. For lower-priced accommodation try Simons Herberge on Alpbacchstrasse (77 beds, 49 dorm places; Tel 033 971 17 15 www.simons-herberge.ch). The nearest campsite is 2km to the west; Camping Balmweid (Tel 033 971 51 15 www.camping-meiringen.ch), and there’s a cableway to Reuti on the Hasliberg terrace above the resort.