Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

I've been to that area. It's every bit as beautiful as those pictures show. If you go in august, the waterfalls should still be going. I'll give some basic tips.

Know how you're getting about. You aren't driving, but I think its important to give some advice on the subject anyways. You likely want to stay relatively close to major roads. The major highways are all relatively easy to travel, minor but newer roads for the most part are not too bad, but can get snowed out -any time of year- if they go high enough in the mountains (Many do.). For under-developed roads, you will learn a thing or two about treacherous conditions. One lane mountain passes with plummets to your death still exist when heading to the smaller/remote towns. Additionally, some towns are built pre-cars, and it shows, their roads are too narrow for cars to transverse safely. I'm not too experienced on the hiking side of things, but I saw people hiking, especially along the major highways. That may seem like a strange thing for someone who's from America, but the roads in switzerland are absolutely beautiful. The scenric highway 2 alongside highway E35 in particular is amazing. I'd look up a guide on the best places to actually hike, but I saw plenty of people do it, and people will generally give hitchhikers rides.

As for food, food is generally very good. I'd put it on par with france. Most small towns have very skilled chefs in their restaurants. You will eat very good for good prices just about anywhere.

Entertainment wise, you'll find the most near the major cities. Small cities are very rural, and people don't come or go from them in large numbers. Its very calm and peaceful, but expect a laid back atmosphere were people are chill, and bars to have mostly people watching football matches. Many ski lodges at this time of year will be nearly abandoned, and at most you'll find one person keep watch somewhere inside of them. Absolutely great if your into zen/nature sort of tourism.

If you're looking for more a scene, I highly suggest checking out lucerne. Lucerne is an amazing city. Is fairly large, active clean and beautiful, and one of the main starting points for people heading into the mountains. Its a bit touristy, so feel free to skip it if you aren't after the pluses and minuses that tourist areas can bring. I mostly stayed at bed and breakfast type places, and found prices to be on average reasonable to high reasonable. Not as bad as touristy areas/cities can be, but expect to pay more than rural towns in most of europe. (60-90$ish/night).

I'll be here next year most likely. But for BASE jumping.