This cathedral is currently being renovated so I was able to view the inside, but the 203 feet…read moretower was open to climb to the top (entrance at the back). You pay 3.00 CHF per adult ticket once you reach the top of the stairs. The cathedral is made of a pale local marble and is Solothurn's most prominent landmark and can be viewed from afar. At the top of the tower, on a nice day, you have a fantastic 360 degree view of Solothurn, the river, and the alps. It is definitely worth a climb to the top even on a high cloud day just to see over the town and river. I will definitely need to go back to view the inside of the cathedral once the renovations are complete. The town is known for the number 11. There are 11 fountains, and in the cathedral eleven altars, eleven bells and eleven steps to each flight of the approach stairway. I don't remember the reason behind why the superstitious lucky number 11, but it can be found everywhere throughout this lovely Swiss town.

Just 20 minutes by foot outside the city centre of Solothurn awaits a storybook real life…read moreexperience of Einsiedelei. You can receive a map from the Solothurn tourism office of the places to see in Solthurn and this is marked as #14. Just a short distance from town, off of St. Niklausstrasse is the start of the trail entitled, meditationsweg, which takes you along a bubbling brook through a pristine fairytale like forest to this hermitage situated in the Verena gorge. Here you will find the hermit house with garden (actually maintained by a hermit), Verena and the Martins Chapel and the Magdalene Mount of Olives and the Grotto. There are maps guiding you along the way, you can make the walk a loop by heading up and through the village of Kreuzen, which has a fantastic restaurant that you can stop and rest at. The entire time I was walking along this path I felt like I had walked into a fairy tale book. One can definitely meditate on life here. This is a definite must see if you are in Solothurn for a visit.