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| | _ Vitznau Switzerland guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Whereas Weggis can seem a trifle twee or over pretty, tranquil Vitznau – set in a sheltered west-facing bay close to the narrowest strait of the lake – has plenty of character, despite the hordes of day-trippers in the village centre. |
 | | Less than two hours’ walk east from Vitznau is tiny GERSAU, a patch of sloping meadow that was, from 1390 until the French invasion of 1798, the smallest independent free republic in Europe, with all of two thousand inhabitants. |
 | | Hourly buses connect Weggis, Vitznau and Gersau, while different buses run from Gersau on to Brunnen and Schwyz. |
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