Switzerland

The Golden Loop starts ideally in the morning, purchased a self-guided tour ticket. In Lucerne, after a bus ride from the metro station where the ticket is purchased, steeply ascend many thousands of feet upward in a gondola ride with roughly ten or so others. This takes you to the peak of Mt Pilatus, and its astounding views of the city, lake, and meadows all from one vantage point below above the cumulus clouds.