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Airport-Zurich - Kloten - Weggis (Lake Lucerne)
62 Km

(Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes)

Leaving the Airport, you immediately get on to the Autobahn direction Zurich.

- Left : Hilton Hotel, right :Mövenpick Airport Hotel.
- The motorway leads you through a tunnel.
- Follow the sign : Luzern /Gottard/Chur/
- Then downhill, leading to long Escher-Wyss Bridge - careful Radar!
- Follow Lucerne/Gottard/Chur direction
- You pass the Manesse Strasse and then go up the ramp, keeping to the right side. After 800 metres, this road branches further right. (do NOT follow Chur/St. Gallen sign!!). You pass Brunau Railway Station left. Continue - reaching Adliswil.
- Pass through Adliswil you arrive at the Sihlwald. To your right forest, to the your left the river Sihl. (through the Sihlwald takes 12-15 minutes)
- You arrive at the junction Sihlbrugg; take right arm. Pass through Industry Complex. You arrive at traffic lights leading to the Autobahn. Follow Gotthard direction.
- Keep on the Autobahn until you see the sign Rotkreuz. Branch off here. Continue on Autobahn until you see the sign Küssnacht. Branch off here. Continue some 500m..then turn left. Continue on, passing a big restaurant right - Frohsinn, where lorries are parked. A little further on, you will see Weggis marked - take turn right ( bypass around Küssnacht ). When you join up with Küssnacht road, turn right. This brings you to the town of Küssnacht. At the four-fork junction, take road left. Pass by village of Greppen.
- At the outskirts of Weggis, turn right at the Avia Tank-filling station. Then left. Pass a high-rise building Alpenblick (right). Pass tennis courts right. On the next curve LEFT is the avenue to the Hotel Albana. Drive up to the main door - parking places are available at this level.

For those travelling from Zurich Airport to Weggis: (train/boat)

- Take the train for Luzern in the Airport. You arrive in Zurich main railway station. Approx. 15 minutes later. Do not leave the train. After about 20 minutes halt, this train continues on to Luzern 45 minutes. Directly opposite the main railway exit, you will find the boat for Weggis - 35 minutes. If you let us know your arrival time in Weggis, we shall fetch you at the boat station. Otherwise, the Information Office at the boat station will ring us if you ask them.

Basel - Lucerne - Weggis
130 Km

(Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)

 

- Route: Autobahn Basel - Luzern ( Emmen Süd )
- In Basel take the autobahn ( marked green ) in the direction LUZERN/GOTTARD
- At Zofingen continue in the direction of LUZERN
- At Sursee continue in direction EMMEN Süd
- At Emmen-Süd drive Richtung ZUERICH (Northwards)
- At Root continue to Rotkreuz
- In Rotkreuz turn off to the right and continue to Küssnacht
- Take the autobahn exit KUSSNACHT
- Continue to drive to Küssnacht, Greppen and Weggis ( 7km)
- Take the exit for Weggis at the AVIA- Filling station.
- Continue another 300m to ALBANA. on your left.

Lucerne - Weggis
20 Km

(25 minutes)

 

- Starting from the Railway Station: Pass Railway Station, turn left and take outside lane, with the Lake and the boat station on your right.
- Turn right over the bridge, follow road, lake on right, the Lucerne Cathedral is in front of you to left.
- Take the direction GOTTARD.
- Continue on the lake road - always with Lake to your right.
- Pass Hotel Hermitage right.
- You reach a long-drawn out suburb of Lucerne called MEGGEN.
- Pass one very modern church left and near the end of the suburb another church right.
- Continue to Merlischachen
- Continue to Küssnacht.
- Go through Küssnacht and continue on lake road to Greppen.
- Bypass Greppen. Go up a fairly steep hill.
- Continue on to an AVIA Garage on your right.
- Turn right
- Turn left.
- Continue straight on.
-You pass a high-rise building on your right. Alpenblick.
-Pass 2 tennis-courts on your right.
-Slow up. The ALBANA is now visible on your left.
-Around the next curve, turn left up the avenue to the hotel. There are plenty of parking places at this level.

Lugano (Ticino) - Weggis
198 Km

(2 hours 30 minutes, normally, please note possibility of delay in GOTTARD TUNNEL)

 

At Lugano take the autobahn in the direction of BELLINZONA
- Drive over the Monte Ceneri Pass
- At Bellinzona take direction GOTTARD (16km)
- Direction Altdorf
- Watch out for the exit for FLÜELEN/BRUNNEN
- Take the Axenstrassen to Brunnen
- Drive along the lake to Gersau, Vitznau and Weggis
- Take the WEGGIS EXIT
- Follow lake road ( lake on left)
- Continue until the tour-road intersection. Continue straight on.
- Pass Catholic Church on your right. Red Spire
- 800 metres further on sharp right is the entrance to the Hotel Albana

Bon Voyage !