Ambling Adventures

Day Fourteen : Gruyère – Much More Than Just Cheese Leaving the La Fouly mountain campsite, our journey to Lausanne took us via the picturesque medieval town of Gruyère, located in the Fribourg canton of Switzerland. Known worldwide for its…

Day Eleven : Camping Des Glacier via Zermatt. We began our eleventh day of our Swiss adventure at Camping Jungfrau, leaving early as we had day trip planned, a 2hr 30mins drive to Tasch, where we were to catch a…

Day Eight: Gotthard Tunnel & Sustenpass Detour! After the relative bustle of Lugano, we were eager to return to the great outdoors. From Lugano Lake, our destination was the captivating Camping Jungfrau in Lauterbrunnen. The route we planned involved taking…

The most direct route to our next adventure, Lake Lugano Camping, would have taken us around 3.5 hours on the main roads. Instead, we chose a more scenic, winding path via the village of Meiringen and over the towering 2429m…

Manor Farm Camping lies in the heart of Switzerland, nestled near the picturesque city of Interlaken and perched on the shore of Lake Thun. Our journey to this dreamy campsite was marked with anticipation and excitement, and it did not…

Day One: Setting Off From Hampshire As we set off from Hampshire in early June 2023, our destination, Interlaken Switzerland, was over 700 miles away. The plan for our first day was pretty straightforward: drive to Folkstone, board the Le…

Welcome to the blog version of our travel diary/guide to Switzerland; the full 96-page PDF version is also available, where we go into more detail about all the places we visited, the drives, and the campsites.   We are Marcus…