Spiez
Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern.
It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
Getting to Spiez
Spiez is a major junction and so is served by trains from all over Switzerland. Trains go to Bern and Interlaken, as well as further destinations such as Brig, Basel and Zürich HB. There are direct connections to Milan (Italy) and Berlin (Germany) too. Visit sbb.ch for further information.
- 01Spiez
- 02Spiez Schiffstation
Things to do
Take a tour on the forest-covered lakeshore between Spiez and
Where to eat
- 01Hotel Restaurant Seegarten Marina
Friendly, local restaurant with a good range of local food and wine, including fresh fish from the adjacent Thunersee (Lake of Thun).
Getting around Spiez the local way
- Get aroundA historical walking path through Thun can be found on the Tourism Department's web site [http://www.thun.ch/fileadmin/media/tourismus/rundgang.pdf].
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