Has anybody been to this festival? (Oct. 11 this year)
I'll be travelling in France the first two weeks of October and think this might be worth a detour. Tips on local accommodations and best rail route are welcome.
For example: would Lyon > Montreux > Lenk be feasible?
Thanks!
Posted by
West Michigan
459 posts
Yes, my wife and I have been to that festival. It was great fun. We stayed at the hotel Alpenruh, very nice hotel. We had a room with a balcony overlooking the street. That came in handy. There is live music, a big food tent, and lots of street vendors. The main event, of course, is all the highly decorated cows and other animals parading through town in a big loop. Very fun to watch and cheer them on. We paid a small amount to inspect the contestants in the town square and then vote for "Miss Lenk". We had no problem not having a car, easy to walk around. You take a train to Zweissimmen, and then another train up the Simmental Valley to Lenk. The bahnhof is close to the center of town.
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Lenk was my first Alpabfahrt several years ago, after 9 previous trips to Switzerland.
It is a small town, and it snowed (slushy ) that morning, making for a magical, intimate experience. I had lunch "with the locals" at a cafe a bit up the hill, and enjoyed the experience immensely!
Unfortunately, I will miss it this year!