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Municipality in Bern, Switzerland
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Spiez is a picture postcard town in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland.
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The first castle at this site was built yet in 933. Nowadays castle houses museum and a cafe. It's also possible to climb the castle tower.
The Swiss Pyramid
Heimat- und Rebbaumuseum Spiez
Friendly, local restaurant with a good range of local food and wine, including fresh fish from the adjacent Thunersee (Lake of Thun). The restaurant's garden terrace faces directly onto the small, picturesque marina and offers a lovely view of houses cascading down the hill to the lake, as well as the pyramidal Niesen above the town.
Seestrasse. Shared bathrooms.
Four star superior hotel situated 0.5km away from the railway station, 100 m from the city center.
Spiez itself is easy to discover just by "getting around". So you can catch this special "holiday feeling", which made Spiez a famous wellness and wellbeing location.
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Bern · Regional · BRN
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