Family holidays with children in Switzerland - attractions and entertainment

Switzerland provides everything for a comfortable family holiday. There are several large amusement parks, water parks, and children's museums in the country. In addition, travelers with children will be interested to go cycling or hiking along a special route. Children can relax outdoors, find out something new during excursions, and spend some time with their parents. At ski resorts, children, especially teenagers, will be amazed too. There are special trails. Schools that teach how to ride skis or snowboards, are everywhere. There is everything in this country to encourage children to love sport and a healthy lifestyle.

One of the largest indoor water parks in Europe, the Alpamare, is located in the town of Bad Tölz. There are dozens of various slides for children and adults, a pool with thermal water and a pool with sea waves in the park. Tourists can lie on a hammock, visit a solarium, and attend an aqua aerobics class. The swimming pool, where waves form, is particularly amazing. Every half an hour, a wave of about one meter is created. After sunset, a spectacular and incredibly realistic storm with lightning, thunder and rain begins in the pool. Another similar water park is in St. Gallen; it's called Santispark. Its visitors can also swim in the pool with waves, visit the solarium, and SPA. There is a bowling hall, billiard, saunas, and restaurants too.

There are also lots of amusement parks in Switzerland. The largest entertainment park for children and adults is Happyland in Grange. There are 25 slides and rides, and more than 300 different playgrounds and recreation areas. There is one more unusual park near Interlaken. That’s Jungfrau Park. Its territory is more than 10 thousand square meters; there are about 20 thematic pavilions connected by transitions. In each pavilion, children and adults can get acquainted with the amazing historical facts and the mysteries of science. The sections tell about the ancient Egyptian civilization, about life in the Sahara desert, the civilizations of Latin America before the invasion of Columbus, about submarines, and sunken treasures. In each pavilion, the excursion is accompanied by a theatrical presentation, lectures, and a multimedia exhibition. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Not far from Zurich, on the shore of Lake Turler, there is the Pegasus Small World. This place represents to its young visitors a huge collection of toys from different eras. In addition to toys, there are rides, beautiful trails, baths and observation platforms featuring enchanting views of the lake. In Lucerne, there is the unique park and museum of transport, where children can not only get acquainted with historical and modern models, but also ride a historic mountain train, sit in a cockpit, and visit a cinema showing thematic movies. Transport fans will also be pleasantly surprised by the exhibition in the park of railway miniatures, Swiss Vapeur Parc in Bouvre. It recreates a network of roads, along with dozens of locomotives with trains.

Geneva will amaze a sweet tooth. There is a chocolate laboratory in the Stetler store. During the tour, you can taste delicious Swiss chocolate. In the puppet museum, there are about 200 dolls from 20 countries. You can not just look at the exhibits, but also visit a theatrical performance with them. In Zurich, you should definitely look into the zoo. The territory of a huge complex is divided into thematic zones or continents. The each zone recreates the natural habitat of animals as close as possible. Visitors can watch feeding of penguins, fish or monkeys. On the territory of the zoo, there are restaurants and food courts, where you can always relax and have a snack.