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James Bond Switzerland – 007 movie location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2012 while visiting Switzerland and searching for locations to take landscape photographs, I’ve found some interesting info about Schilthorn<\/a> mountain. It was written that building on the top of the mountain was featured in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service<\/a><\/em>. I watched the movie once again (I had watched it before couple of times as being fan of James Bond switzerland series). I found the building on the top quite interesting, and decided to go there during my Swiss journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessing the summit of Schilthorn – Piz Gloria Resturant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the day when my trip to Schilthorn – Piz Gloria Restaurant was planned the weather wasn’t nice. It was raining, clouds were very low, and there was strong wind blowing. I decided to use cable car instead of hiking. Fortunately, despite strong wind, the cable car was running. I drove to Stechelberg where bottom station of cable car starts run. It’s little village set in the botom of Lauterbrunnen Valley – very famous valley surrounded by cliff walls of even 1000 m high. It’s really picturesque. When you start the journey by cable car from Stechelberg to Schilthorn you need to change couple of times – in Gimmelwald, M\u00fcrren, and Birg. The whole journey from Stechelberg to the top of Schilthorn – Piz Gloria takes 32 minutes. The hiking route from Gimmelwald takes ca. 5 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schilthorn – Piz Gloria – revolving restaurant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Schilthorn is supposed to be one of the best viewpoints in Switzerland. The summit has a panoramic view from where Jungfrau<\/a>, M\u00f6nch<\/a>, and Eiger<\/a> are visible as Three Sisters, which is another nickname for those mountains. From there you may also view Jura Mountains<\/a> up to the Vosges Mountains<\/a>, the Black Forest<\/a>, and Mont Blanc<\/a>. Inside of Schilthorn top station there is restaurant Piz Gloria. The restaurant revolves a full 360 degrees in 45 minutes and you may watch all these views sitting and drinking coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best viewpoints in Swiss Alps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the day of my journey I didn’t hope for beautiful views as the weather was awful. However when I reached to the summit, it stopped raining, clouds started to move fast, and the sky cleared up. After couple of minutes I admired really great view of Three Sisters mountains, and I started to take landscape photographs. I really prefer cloudy sky instead of full sunshine as clouds make photos more dynamic. I invite you to view gallery of photos from my journey to Schilthorn Switzerland below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elevation of Schilthorn – Piz Gloria summit: <\/strong>
2,970 m (9,740 ft)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Time to get to the top:<\/strong>
by hiking: ca. 5 hours
by cable car: 32 minutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Important:<\/strong>
Murren is car-free village. You can access the village only by cable car.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hike difficulty:<\/strong>
easy – from Murren to Rotstockhutte
very steep – from Rotstockhutte to Schilthorn <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hike distance and elevation:<\/strong>
13 km – distance from Murren to Schilthorn – Piz Gloria
ca. 1700 m – elevation from Murren to Schilthorn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cable car ticket price for adult (from Stechelberg):<\/strong>
from 108 CHF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cable car to Schilthorn operation hours<\/strong>
Departures every 30 minutes from Stechelberg, from 7.55 to 14:55 h. Ascents from Stechelberg every hour xx.25 and xx.55 h. Descent from Schilthorn – Piz Gloria every hour xx.03 and xx.33 h.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Useful links<\/strong>
Schilthorn cable car<\/a>
Schilthorn hiking map<\/a>
Murren village website<\/a>
Jungfrau Railway website<\/a>
Jungfrau Region<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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