You run three steps down an alpine meadow and then the ground simply resigns — tandem paragliding from Beatenberg, high above Interlaken, delivers ten to twenty minutes of soaring between the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau with two turquoise lakes below. The pilot handles everything; your job is the running and the gawping. Ask for a morning flight for the smoothest air, or afternoon thermals if you fancy acrobatics. It is weather-dependent, so leave yourself a spare day.
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