Adventure-wise, Switzerland has serious 007-cred. James Bond himself is half-Swiss; Ursula Andress, emerging from the sea in Dr. No, was born near Bern; Sean Connery motors through Switzerland in 1964’s Goldfinger. The action in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is centered at Piz Gloria, a revolving restaurant atop Schilthorn, the highest peak in the Bernese pre-Alps. Available for dining and events, Piz Gloria joins the following stirring adventure options for group “bonding” in Switzerland.
In 1995’s Goldeneye, 007 bungee jumps off the 720-foot Contra Dam, near Locarno. Adventure operator Trekking Team offers this same experience—voted one of the all-time movie stunts—via “Bungy 007” and other local high-altitude leaps.
It’s sky-high dining in a cable car with multi-program operator Rigi Events, which from May to September takes groups of up to 20 on a panoramic culinary experience high above Lake Lucerne inside a cable car up majestic Mt. Rigi.
At Melchsee-Frutt in central Switzerland and at the igloo village of Engstligenalp in the Bernese Oberland, groups can build their own igloo, with overnight accommodations and Europe’s largest igloo restaurant included at the latter.
Mini-Olympic tours are an ideal way to experience Swiss culture first-hand. Tour Switzerland takes Zurich-based groups of up to 49 people via coach on a full-day exploration of the rural Bernese Midland region. The experience includes a mini-Olympics involving three ancestral Swiss disciplines—crossbow shooting, Platzgen (similar to pitching horseshoes) and Alphorn blowing—plus a four-course lunch.
