"A Passage to Gimmelwald" a Gimmelwald Travel Page by travelfrosch

In order to be a devout Stevesian, you must make a pilgrimage to Vernazza at least once in your life. But there are lesser destinations, such as Gimmelwald, that allow the granting of indulgences (e.g., visiting a McDonalds while on the road, bringing a second bag, watching Samantha Brown... well, maybe not the last one). We arrived in the afternoon, so the pilgrims were probably on the hiking trail. And why not? it was a nice day.

There it is. The hotel with that special sign. Nobody was around though, but that's not too surprising given the time of day.

Gimmelwald is pretty enough. It seems like an authentic rural village pleasantly situated on a scenic cliff. I was pleased to see it wasn't swamped with tourists like Vernazza. But, nice as it was, we had to move on.