The Reichenbach Falls are located just two kilometres from the city of Meiringen, but can be reached by several means of transport. Firstly, you need to take a bus from the bus station to the Willigen stop, and then take a cable car that takes tourists to a convenient viewing platform located right above the waterfall. Those who are not looking for easy ways or just want to save a few francs, can reach the waterfall on foot, orientated by special signs with the image of Sherlock Holmes.
The 250 metre high Reichenbach Falls consists of several cascades. The upper cascade, the most turbulent, was immortalised by Arthur Conan Doyle as the site of the death of Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective. At the end of the XIX century, the author himself came to these places, accompanying his wife, who was being treated in Switzerland for tuberculosis. Later he decided to make the Reichenbach Falls the background for the scene of the fight between Holmes and Moriarty. For many years, thousands of fans of Conan Doyle's works gather here on 4 May, the day of his death. A plaque in memory of the detective who made this place famous is fixed on the rock on the observation platform.
Reichenbach Falls is located on the Reichenbach Brook, which is a tributary of the River Are. The waterfall is 40 metres wide at the top. From below it widens three times. There is a funicular railway station near the upper cascade. The lower cascade can also be clearly seen from the windows of the cable car. To the middle part of the waterfall is impossible to get close.
