A gondola from Kandersteg removes most of the climbing, leaving a gentle twenty-minute stroll to one of the Alps' most improbable sights: a turquoise lake cupped by two-thousand-metre rock walls. Continue along the panorama trail above the water for the full amphitheatre effect, then row a wooden boat or ride the summer toboggan run back down. Effort-to-reward ratio: unbeatable.
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