A mineral bath on a mountain. Below you, a sea of clouds. Above you, nothing.
Meggenhorn Castle
A lakeside castle with gardens where time moves differently.
Meggenhorn is not the castle of legend. There are no medieval sieges attached to its name, no famous prisoners. It was built in the 1860s as a private summer residence, a 19th-century gentleman's idea of what a castle should look like, and it sits quietly on a hill above the southern shore, surrounded by vineyards and gardens, looking across the water toward Lucerne.
What makes it worth the visit is the quietness itself. The grounds are open to the public. The estate vineyard, one of very few in central Switzerland, produces a small quantity of wine sold at the property. The views from the terraces across the lake are unhurried by crowds.
Take the regional train to Meggen, walk up through the village, arrive without a plan. That seems to be the right approach.
