Any cheese and chocolate factories around Lucerne?

Hello, want to show the kids a cheese making and a chocolate factory in or around zurich, lucerne,interlaken ..not going to gruyere and montreux.Thanks.

Hello Rohini

You do not need to go to Gruyeres or Broc - I have done the chocolate train excursion but have also visited 2 other cheese - making demonstrations nearer to your suggested bases.

From Lucerne it is only a 43 minute ttrain ride to Engelberg where you can visit the cheese factory at the monastery. It is smaller than Gruyeres but less crowded. There is a shop and an excellent café.

A bit further away and a slightly more complicated trip to a bigger cheese factory would be at Afflotern - in- Emmental. Train at 9.16 from Lucerne (platform 11 to Huttwil, arrive at Huttwil at 10.14, bus at 10.17 to Affoltern-Weir, arrive 10.33, another short bus ride at 10.37 which reaches Affoltern-in-Emmental at 10.39. This trip runs hourly and though it sounds complicated would be pretty easy and this factory is excellent. Again shop and restaurant/café for lunch.

I don't know so much about chocolate but I do know that there is a place in Interlaken, the Grand Café Restaurant Schuh where you can watch a show at 17.00 every day. It costs 16chf which includes a 8chf voucher to spend in the shop or restaurant.

I don't have experience of that chocolate show but I enjoyed the visits to both the cheese factories.

Hope this helps you out.

Maggie

That is some very useful and exact information.Will do one of the cheese factories, probably engelberg and the chocolate show and cafe.Thank you so much.