Grindelwald Question

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I’ve personally been to Grindelwald 4 times over the years. It’s a beautiful area but we prefer to stay in Wengen away from the massive amounts of tourists and junk shops. Everyone is entitled to their own preference on what they want to experience.

And just to note, as this is a public forum, I would advise that you not include all your contact information for the whole world to have access to…..

Thanks, Margie. I will continue down the path as you suggest. Also, overall, I trust Forum readers that they will not share my specific contact info beyond the Forum. However, you are right, this is the internet and I appreciate your point. Finally, I have send a similar request to [email protected] as well for a potential link to Rick and/or his guidebook editors.

Hopefully, you will receive only the honest responses you are requesting.

While on a Rick Steves in Aix, France, our guide told us that Rick doesn't care for Cezanne's art and the tour doesn't really see any Cezanne sites. Cezanne is my favorite artist, but I didn't take it personally.
People are different.

Mr Weeks, I would suggest you completely remove your contact information from your post (you van edit). While regular participants will respect your privacy, there are bots who comb through online forums looking for such information.

As to your comments, I think it's important to note that RS guidebooks are never intended to be a comprehensive or thorough review of all places in the country. He has to make some choices, but not with a proscriptive purpose. His bottom line is to encourage travelers to find their own special places. Consider the RS guidebooks and videos to be an introductory guide for people who may not have any prior experience in that particular place. And yes it is biased to American tourists, on a tourist budget and time schedule. Just my opinion.

Also, overall, I trust Forum readers that they will not share my specific contact info beyond the Forum

While you might feel confident about regular forum users, anybody with internet access can read it, so I would simply hit the "edit" button and delete your personal information.

Thanks, Sam. Done.

A big difference between eg. Grindelwald (and to a certain extent Lauterbrunnen) versus Wengen and Mürren is that the former are currently overrun with traffic, while the latter are quieter, because they are harder to get at. Whenever I go down to Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald I always think the same thing: If only there were less cars...

I suppose Rick Steves thinks so too.

For me, there’s something magical about staying up in the mountains, in Wengen or Mürren, rather than down in Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald looking up at them.

Also a bit puzzled by lack of info on Grindelwald here, as it seems Grindelwald offers access to top hikes like Manlichen to Kleine Scheidegg, or a good hike for beginners might be Grindelwald First to Bachalpsee. It seems to offer accessible adventure activities on First as well. Family members of mine spent time in their past in Grindelwald and loved it.

as it seems Grindelwald offers access to top hikes like Manlichen to
Kleine Scheidegg

There’s a cable car from Wengen that goes up to Mannlichen in 5 minutes.