Rigi Kaltbad
Rigi Kaltbad is a resort in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Lucerne.
Rigi Kaltbad is a resort in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Lucerne. The resort sits on a sunny terrace at an elevation of 1,433 metres (4,701 ft), overlooking Lake Lucerne above Weggis in Central Switzerland. The locality is part of the municipality of Weggis.
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Worth seeing in and around Rigi Kaltbad
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rigi
The Rigi is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz.
2 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02Rigi Dossen
The Dosse is a mountain of the Rigi massif, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz. The mountain overlooks Lake Lucerne, near Vitznau.
3.1 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rigi Kaltbad
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 46 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 94 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 105 km
- Stations
- Weggis landing stage, 2.9 km · Rigi Staffel station, 1.2 km
- Zurich → Rigi Kaltbad36 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · CHF6–8
- Geneva → Rigi Kaltbad200 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · CHF31–41
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Rigi Kaltbad115 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €16–23
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- Get inRigi rises up from the "Lucerne Riviera" on the eastern coast of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), so the most scenic way to get in from or via Lucerne is by ferry, which run from Lucerne Bahnhofquai (right next to the train station) roughly hourly.
- Get inThere are two primary gateways: Ferry to Vitznau (1 hour), then boarding the Rigi Railway up to Rigi Kaltbad (15 min) or Rigi Kulm.
- Get inWhile the ferry ride from Lucerne to Vitznau is about 20 min longer than to Weggis, the Vitznau ferry and rail stations are immediately next to each other and schedules are synchronized, making this the easier option.
- Get inFerry to Weggis (40 min), then walking about 15 min uphill to the Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car (every 30 min).
- Get inRigi Railways tickets are valid for both train and cable car, which makes going up by train and down by cable car a popular combo.
From Wikivoyage: Rigi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Rigi Kaltbad
Rigi Kaltbad is 36 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.