This diverse 18-hole course is laid out on the plain of the Limpach Valley, with the obstacles provided by artificial lakes and renaturalized brooks. The golf course, which is 6.2 km long in total, has 14 water obstacles, the longest fairway in Europe at the eleventh hole (666 metres) and the only par in Switzerland. Golf Limpachtal Unterdorf, 4587 Aetingen Web; www.golf-limpachtal.ch
Switzerland's only stone museum displays rare stones from the Roman and the Renaissance period, introduces the city's stone structures and explores the art of stonemasonry Open: May to October : Tuesday to Saturday, 2 pm to 5 pm Sunday 10 am to 5pm Audio Tour Stone Museum Hauptgasse 60 (western entrance to the Jesuit Church) Solothurn Web: www.steinmuseum.ch
The baroque garden, the valuable furnishings and the paintings tell stories from a time when Solothurn had political and economic ties with the French court. Open: April to October: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 2 pm to 5 pm Sunday 10 am to 5 pm Nov to March see : www.schloss-waldegg.so.ch Waldegg Castle Schloss Waldegg 1 4532 Feldbrunnen-St Niklaus Web: www.schloss-waldegg.ch
There's plenty to see here: the historic building, rifles, pistols, sabres, swords, uniforms and flags. The 400 suits of armour on display in the armoury room (Rustsaal) are among the highlights. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 1 pm to 5 pm Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm Old Arsenal Museum Solothurn Zeughausplatz 1 4500 Solothurn Web: www.museum-alteszeughaus.ch