Footprints of William Tell

Five Stars!! Pas­cal was a gra­cious host. My wife and I felt he deliv­ered a first class expe­ri­ence. He guid­ed us through the breath­tak­ing towns of Inter­lak­en, Grindel­wald, Kleine Shei­degg, and Lauter­brun­nen. His knowl­edge of the coun­try, cul­ture, and land­scape was very impres­sive. I also like that he knows which hid­den spots are not as touristy. We will def­i­nite­ly be using his ser­vices again very soon! Thank you for a won­der­ful day, Pascal!

Amaz­ing day with local expert! My wife and I had an amaz­ing day of pri­vate cus­tom tour­ing with Pas­cal with includ­ed: small cable car over dreamy land­scapes, arte­sian moun­tain cheese mak­er, authen­tic Swiss lunch in a his­toric build­ing, alpine water­fall, and choco­late tast­ing and mak­ing! An amaz­ing day from start to fin­ish, all the while enjoy­ing Swiss moun­tain roads in a Porsche Cayenne GTS! Pas­cal has a true love for his home coun­try, is a wealth of knowl­edge, and a gift­ed guide. High­ly rec­om­mend SWISSPECIAL and Pas­cal to any­one look­ing for cus­tom cen­tral Swiss tours!

most mem­o­rable fam­i­ly trip! I con­tact­ed Mr. Pas­cal pri­or to vis­it­ing Switzer­land and arranged a trip for myself and fam­i­ly (process was smooth and sim­ple). Pas­cal accom­mo­dat­ed our inter­ests in what was a high­ly per­son­alised unique expe­ri­ence of the awe-inspir­ing Swiss coun­try and in what became our family’s most cher­ished mem­o­ry of a trip. He is punc­tu­al, knowl­edge­able, warm; the per­fect guide to coun­try he knows best. Our expe­ri­ence was both infor­ma­tive and inti­mate, spe­cial as opposed to com­mer­cial. We vis­it­ed a local farm and wit­nessed authen­tic cheese-mak­ing, an ice cave, rode up the moun­tains and viewed mon­u­men­tal glac­i­ers, rel­ish­ing the scenic nature around us in a dri­ve that was in itself part of the expe­ri­ence. Above all that, Pas­cal took pho­tos of our fam­i­ly through­out the entire trip to remem­ber this won­der­ful day which he mailed to us after- beau­ti­ful pho­tos in their own right! I can­not rec­om­mend SwissSpe­cial high­ly enough- do not miss out!

Full day pri­vate tour I had a full day tour with Pas­cal in the area around Lake Lucerne that was one of the most enjoy­able days i have ever had. His knowl­edge and enthu­si­asm for the area was appar­ent at every stop we made. The scenery was breath tak­ing as we vis­it­ed moun­tain side farms where goat cheese is made dai­ly, viewed the lake from every angle and had cheese and wine on a moun­tain top farm that can only be reached by a two per­son tram­car that is used to move peo­ple and sup­plies to the farm high on the moun­tain side in one of the most beau­ti­ful places that I have ever seen. I saw things that can only be seen if a local takes you there. I have been all over the world and have seen many beau­ti­ful things, but noth­ing com­pares to what Pas­cal showed me. The tour was the high­light of our trip to Switzer­land. I high­ly rec­om­mend a day with Pas­cal to see one of the most beau­ti­ful places in the world through the eyes of a per­son who lives there and loves every minute he spends there. It will be an expe­ri­ence that you will nev­er forget.

The only way to see the Swiss Alps is with Pascal! Our par­ty of four was in Lucerne for 4 days. The spe­cial day excur­sion with Pas­cal was by far the most ful­fill­ing and spe­cial part of our time in Switzer­land. He picked us up in his Porsche at our hotel and off we went up the moun­tain roads — Pas­cal is an Excel­lent Dri­ver! His nar­ra­tive as we drove to our first des­ti­na­tion was very infor­ma­tive and inter­est­ing and he was open to all of our ques­tions. He is also very gra­cious in stop­ping for restroom breaks, etc. Our first stop to a small cheese mak­er where the process was explained and then we tast­ed three cheese sam­ples of dif­fer­ent ages. The own­er of the farm was very accom­mo­dat­ing with allow­ing us to pet her live­stock — even a fair­ly young calf. Because of Pascal’s rela­tion­ships with the locals, we enjoyed a com­plete­ly pri­vate expe­ri­ence! The next stop was to the glac­i­er water­fall at Rosen­laui. What a tru­ly awe-inspir­ing feat of nature that we would have nev­er found on our own. A stop at Sustern Pass where Pas­cal relat­ed his per­son­al sto­ry of being on the moun­tain was height­ened by the pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties of the moun­tains, heart-shaped lake and a sight­ing of a mar­mot! Our final stop was a moun­tain farm with a pri­vate gon­do­la. Pas­cal took extra care in shar­ing with us his con­ver­sa­tions with the farmer and work­ers so we could get an authen­tic feel of their dai­ly life. We again had fan­tas­tic views and we took many pho­tos and videos. We pet­ted their goats and cows and end­ed the day with a deli­cious meat and cheese tray and beer. Pas­cal took many pho­tos of our group through­out the trip and deliv­ered copies to us very quick­ly, which was appre­ci­at­ed. We love Pas­cal and will book with him again when we come back to Switzerland!

Absoluter Per­fekt Das Team von Swissspe­cial bietet Erleb­nisse und Aus­flüge welche bess­er nicht sein kön­nen. Sym­pa­thisch, stets mit dem Bezug zur Ortschaft und viel span­nen­dem Hin­ter­grund­wis­sen begleit­et Pas­cal Rast und sein Team die Gäste zu diversen High­light in sein­er geliebten Heimat. Sel­ten haben wir mit jeman­dem zusam­mengear­beit­et welch­er seinen Job mit ein­er solchen Lei­den­schaft und Freude aus­führt. Unsere Gruppe kam aus der ganzen Welt, Swissspe­cial hat es geschafft, ihnen die Schweiz auf sym­pa­this­che und faszinierende Weise näher zu brin­gen. Alle waren begeis­tert und wür­den sofort wieder auf Tour gehen mit Pas­cal und seinem Team. Wir freuen uns bere­its jet­zt aufs näch­ste Mal, egal ob Som­mer oder Win­ter, wir wis­sen, dass Pas­cal stets das per­fek­te Erleb­nis für uns bere­it hat. Grüsse KAESER 360° Events GmbH

Ein absolutes Highlight Als Käselieb­haber sind wir auf den Besuch ein­er Alp­käserei aufmerk­sam gewor­den und haben den Trip bei Swis­spe­cial (über Che­di Ander­matt) gebucht. Am Buchungstag wur­den wir von Pas­cal abge­holt, der uns her­zlich empf­ing. Dann ging es mit dem beque­men Porsche zur Tal­sta­tion Muse­nalp, wo wir das aufre­gende Seil­bäh­nchen bestiegen, das uns auf die Alp brachte. Dort trafen wir auf das äusserst nette Käser­paar, das uns erst­mals alles zeigte und erk­lärte. Ein­mal dabei sein bei der Pro­duk­tion von Rohmilchalp­käse war für uns das Grösste. Unsere Fra­gen wur­den kom­pe­tent beant­wortet und wir durften dann auch unseren eige­nen Käse schöpfen. Der sehr kurzweilige Mor­gen wurde bei einem Mit­tagessen im Restau­rant Muse­nalp abgeschlossen. Dann ging es zurück zur Tal­sta­tion und auf den Weg nach Ander­matt. Zu unser­er grossen Über­raschung und Freude fuhr Pas­cal nicht ein­fach direkt son­dern über die alte, ziem­lich aben­teuer­liche Got­thard­strasse. Er erk­lärte und erzählte sehr viel Wis­senswertes. Schlussendlich nah­men wir in Ander­matt Abschied und beschlossen den atem­ber­auben­den Aus­flug. Pas­cal ist nicht nur ein kom­pe­ten­ter Guide der über die ganze Gegend Bescheid weiss. Er ist auch ein äusserst sym­pa­this­ch­er Men­sch, der so einen Trip zum High­light macht. Den näch­sten Aus­flug mit Pas­cal (z.B. das Snow Cat Adven­ture) haben wir bere­its ins Auge gefasst.

Most Amaz­ing & Excit­ing Day In Swiss Alps We had a sin­cere­ly mem­o­rable, unfor­get­table time with Pas­cal. We were pleas­ant­ly sur­prised when he picked us up at our hotel in his Porsche Macan, the per­fect vehi­cle for tour­ing the Swiss Alps. The day start­ed vis­it­ing & mak­ing cheese at an alpine cheese fac­to­ry. Despite the fact this was the last day the cheese fac­to­ry would be open because it was the end of the sum­mer, the own­er & staff — who were very busy prep­ping for the clos­ing — were most gra­cious and accom­mo­dat­ing. I got a great pho­to of Pas­cal out­side the fac­to­ry demon­strat­ing yodel­ing through a Swiss cow horn. The day pro­gressed climb­ing high­er to remote glacial lakes, where I was able to take some great pho­tos of wild flow­ers close-up with the lake, glac­i­er and moun­tains all in clear focus. Near­by, we stopped off for a lunch of deli­cious Rusti. Pas­cal is a true “moun­tain man” who love to hike these beau­ti­ful majes­tic moun­tains. Pas­cal had a sur­prise for us: he has spe­cial arrange­ments to uti­lize the self-oper­a­ble cable car owned by the Elec­tri­cal Pow­er Com­pa­ny. This cable car sits above a glacial lake and trans­vers­es across it to the low­er part of the moun­tain. After demon­strat­ing how to oper­ate the cable car, Pas­cal drove down the moun­tain to pick us up at the ter­mi­na­tion point of the cable. After­ward, he had anoth­er sur­prise: he took us to a pedes­tri­an sus­pen­sion bridge high above a point where two moun­tain rivers con­verge near­by the road­side. Walk­ing across this bridge leads to the steep­est funic­u­lar in the world. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, because it was end of the sea­son, the funic­u­lar was closed down. But it was still the per­fect end to an amaz­ing day. I took many pho­tos and Pas­cal was par­tic­u­lar­ly grate­ful that I sent him pho­tos of him­self show­ing us around.

Unique Expe­ri­ence & Amaz­ing Guide We booked the “Make your own Alpine Cheese” expe­ri­ence at our hotel. After Pas­cal picked us up in the morn­ing with his SUV and took us to the vil­lage next to the goat farm, we took a tiny cable car to get to our des­ti­na­tion on the moun­tain­side. Our hosts were absolute­ly love­ly and we had a lot of fun mak­ing cheese. They even invit­ed us to their home to have a sec­ond break­fast and taste their pro­duce. On the way back to the hotel, we took a small pic­turesque road and Pas­cal gave us a lot of inter­est­ing infor­ma­tion about the region. The whole expe­ri­ence felt very authen­tic and we high­ly rec­om­mend it!

We had the most amaz­ing time in Switzerland We had the most amaz­ing time in Switzer­land. Pas­cal tai­lored the whole expe­ri­ence to our wish­es and wants. Pas­cal was very knowl­edge­able, accom­mo­dat­ing, pleas­ant, and fun! We spent two whole days with him and saw so much that we wouldn’t be able to see on our own. Dur­ing two days with Pas­cal, we made cheese at the local fam­i­ly owned farm, hiked through woods to a cool hid­den lunch spot, ate a horse sausage (amaz­ing and total­ly legal), rode a Snow­cat to a hotel that was buried under 30 feet (10 meters) of snow, then the own­er of that hotel cooked us a pri­vate din­ner in the under­ground restau­rant and walked us around for­mer mil­i­tary base that he turned into the hotel. Need­less to say, we had an incred­i­ble expe­ri­ence, 100 pic­tures and a VERY VERY cool video that Pas­cal took on his GoPro. Pas­cal is such a good pho­tog­ra­ph­er, so always smile on the trip We enjoyed our trip in Feb­ru­ary 2018 so much, that we will be book­ing Pas­cal for anoth­er two days in Sep­tem­ber 2018.