Visiting Globi: Family weekend in Valbella

Have you ever been greet­ed by a per­son­al let­ter from Glo­bi on hol­i­day? We have! Check­ing in to the youth hos­tel in Val­bel­la. In addi­tion to a let­ter, we receive lots of inspi­ra­tion and vouch­ers for activ­i­ties to be redeemed in the next few days. Each child also gets a colour­ing and puz­zle book from Glo­bi in Lenz­er­hei­de.

Hei­d­see lake: Ani­mal fun and cool play­grounds

Our first adven­ture awaits us at the beau­ti­ful Hei­d­see lake: name­ly, sev­er­al cool play­grounds and the famous squir­rel for­est. The best place to park is at the Juli­er car park. After a short walk (pushchair-friend­ly) you reach the love­ly squir­rel play­ground, which is also per­fect for small­er chil­dren. You then stroll along the riv­er through the squir­rel for­est. We are lucky and can watch the ani­mals at close range as they play. The trail then auto­mat­i­cal­ly takes you to the small Hei­d­see lake: Here you have plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ties, such as ped­al boat­ing at the water sports cen­tre, swim­ming, lin­ger­ing at the play­grounds and sip­ping a cof­fee at the lido.

On Globi’s trail: The fam­i­ly hike

We’re high­ly moti­vat­ed as we start the Glo­bi fam­i­ly hike on Sat­ur­day. Even from the chair lift, we can see the large play­ground with its cre­ative equip­ment. I rec­om­mend allow­ing plen­ty of time here 😉 On the Glo­bi trail, our feet basi­cal­ly walked them­selves. This is thanks to the many dif­fer­ent inter­ac­tive sta­tions, which are spread out over a good walk­ing dis­tance. One of our high­lights is the «Rega flight». By the way: Parts of the hike can be done with an all-ter­rain pushchair. The won­der­ful panora­ma, the crys­tal blue reser­voir and the many alpine flow­ers are the icing on the cake.

Parad­schi­er: Switzerland’s longest tobog­gan run

To round off the cool week­end, we take the chair­lift up to Parad­schi­er Adven­ture Moun­tain in Chur­walden. Once you have put your climb­ing tal­ents to the test at the cre­ative­ly designed rope park, it’s time to head back down to the val­ley: either on the longest tobog­gan run in Switzer­land or with the zip line.

Our home over the week­end

Dur­ing our week­end in Lenz­er­hei­de we spend the night in the beau­ti­ful­ly sit­u­at­ed hos­tel in Val­bel­la. From here, you have a fan­tas­tic view of the moun­tains and down into the val­ley to Hei­d­see lake. Thanks to the well-equipped fam­i­ly room with its own show­er and WC, as well as the cosy lounge, we imme­di­ate­ly feel at home. This youth hos­tel even has its own games room for the kids. We also find it very prac­ti­cal that we can pre-order a sub­stan­tial packed lunch for the day of our hike. In addi­tion, depend­ing on the din­ner, the youth hos­tel also offers a kids ver­sion. And if you like, you can order a fon­due in advance. We think that’s great!

The bot­tom line: For us, our two-night stay at the youth hos­tel was almost too short. We still have lots of ideas for oth­er activ­i­ties, such as the Schar­moin Mar­mot Run, the Wet­ter­wichteweg trail or the cool indoor swim­ming pool at the Lenz­er­hei­de sports cen­tre. We will def­i­nite­ly be back!

Family trip to Engelberg

Are you look­ing for more tips on what to do with your fam­i­ly? How about a trip to cen­tral Switzer­land. Our youth hos­tel in Engel­berg offers the per­fect start­ing point for many great expe­ri­ences.

Radiant Zugerland

In the beau­ti­ful Zuger­land you can expect a lot of fun, expe­ri­ence and action next to our beau­ti­ful youth hos­tel. Pas­cal, Diana and Levi have test­ed the region and will tell you one or two insid­er tips.