As we discovered during our Iceland trip, the disco will be the most unique element of the trip, but exploring an area you were highly unlikely to visit otherwise will be a sweet bonus. Lauterbrunnen is renowned for its green beauty and proximity to the 974-foot-high Staubbach Falls, while Mürren, a village that you pass on the way to the disco venues up at Birg and Schilthorn, is car-free. While skiing is unlikely to be on the menu in May, activities such as paragliding, hiking, farm visits, and river rafting should be, as well as a slew of Swiss restaurants with dreamy vantage points, serving all manner of fondue and rösti.
So how exactly did Jonny find the destination this time, since it’s not the sort of spot you stumble on? “I always liked the idea of opening Detour Discotheque on top of a mountain—it seemed like the obvious next step—so I spent a long time researching Alpine venues in a variety of countries,” he explains. “In the end, I went to that area of Switzerland on a hunch and was recommended the main venue, Piz Gloria. It’s a revolving restaurant and a filming location for a Bond movie. The journey up in the cable car is so astonishing, it made sense straight away.”
Weekend tickets start from £199 (about $216), which includes approximately £160 (about $203) worth of cable car travel. Anyone subscribed to the Detour Discotheque mailing list will have access to an exclusive pre-sale ticket allocation from Tuesday, December 5. Lauterbrunnen is reached by train or car from international airports at Bern, Zurich, Geneva, and Basel. Train travel to Lauterbrunnen from central London takes under nine hours. A coach service will transport guests between Lauterbrunnen, Stechelberg, and Interlaken. detourdisco.com
