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Mount Pilatus Round Trip
This is a great circular tour, using several modes of transport, around Lake Luzern and the top of Mount Pilatus.
First, the cog railway to the top.....
![First, the cog railway to the top.....](images/pil_cog.jpg)
.....then the alpine choughs at the top.....
![.....then the alpine choughs at the top.....](images/pil_chgh.jpg)
....then the cable car down to catch the trolleybus into Luzern....
![....then the cable car down to catch the trolleybus into Luzern....](images/pil_cabl.jpg)
...followed by a wander round the historic city
(the medieval Kapellbrücke was restored after being destroyed by fire in 1993)...
![...followed by a wander round the historic city
<br />
(the medieval Kapellbrücke was restored after being destroyed by fire in 1993)...](images/luzern1.jpg)
....and a boat moored in front of the Kapellbrücke....
![....and a boat moored in front of the Kapellbrücke....](images/coot2.jpg)
...has a coot's nest, complete with egg!...
![...has a coot's nest, complete with egg!...](images/coot1.jpg)
......and then the trip on the lake steamer.....
![......and then the trip on the lake steamer.....](images/pil_stmr.jpg)
....with a view of some very posh houses on the banks of Lake Lucerne.
![....with a view of some very posh houses on the banks of Lake Lucerne.](images/pil_hice.jpg)