Cliff house: Unique Swiss restaurant looks for new tenants | Lifestyle.INQ

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Oct. 27, 2015 file photo shows a view of the Aescher mountain hut in Weissbad, Switzerland. The Gasthaus Aescher, built into a cliff above a valley in northeastern Switzerland, has been run by the same family since 1987. Authorities in Appenzell-Innerrhoden canton said Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 that the current tenants, Nicole and Bernhard Knechtle-Fritsche, are giving up the lease at the end of the 2018 season. Image: Keystone/Gian Ehrenzeller via AP
The Oct. 27, 2015 file photo shows a view of the Aescher mountain hut in Weissbad, Switzerland. The Gasthaus Aescher, built into a cliff above a valley in northeastern Switzerland, has been run by the same family since 1987. Authorities in Appenzell-Innerrhoden canton said Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 that the current tenants, Nicole and Bernhard Knechtle-Fritsche, are giving up the lease at the end of the 2018 season. Image: Keystone/Gian Ehrenzeller via AP

BERLIN (AP) — One of Switzerland’s most picturesque restaurants will soon be looking for a new operator.

The Gasthaus Aescher, built into a cliff above a valley in northeastern Switzerland, has been run by the same family since 1987. It gained recognition outside the Alpine nation when it was featured on the cover of a National Geographic book of “destinations of a lifetime” in 2016.

Authorities in Appenzell Innerrhoden canton (state) said Monday that the current tenants, Nicole and Bernhard Knechtle-Fritsche, are giving up the lease at the end of the 2018 season.

The restaurant opens from May until the beginning of November. CC

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