Getting There
The hike starts at the public car park on the road leading down to the Grandhotel Giessbach, so getting to the start of the hike by car is the easiest option.
By Car: Putting “Giessbach 1201, 3855 Brienz” into your GPS will take you to the car park. The journey from Zürich takes about 1hr 45min. The cost of parking in the public car park at the time of this post is 5 CHF per day.
By public transport: There is no easy way to get to the place where I started the hike by public transport, so your best option would be to start and finish the hike at the hotel boathouse. You can then travel to the hotel across the lake by the ferry from Brienz (links to timetable and fare plan below). Trains from Zürich to Brienz take about 2h 30min.
Time table for Lake Brienz steamboat.
Fares for Lake Brienz steamboat.
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