Switzerland Travel

Switzerland is blessed with all the bounties of nature. It is the most preferred tourist destination among all the countries in the world. The climate is temperate, but varies with altitude. Switzerland has cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters and cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers. Switzerland is known for its mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) but it also has a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes. The highest point is Dufourspitze at 4,634 m while Lake Maggiore is only 195 m above sea level.

Italian, German and French are the official languages of Switzerland. Many English people can also be found here. Unwrapped flowers must be presented to the host to show appreciation. White asters and chrysanthemums flowers are reserved for funerals, so precaution must be taken when presenting flowers to others, even red roses are better avoided. One can move around in casuals but it is important to dress in warrant jackets and ties when attending social gatherings or when eating out at a fine restaurant. Swiss Franc is the currency used here.

Capital City: Berne
Major Cities: Baden, Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Biel, Brig, Chur, Fribourg, Genève, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne, Locarno, Lugano, Luzern, Martigny, Montreux-Vevey, Neuchâtel, Schaffhausen, Sierre, Sion, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thun, Winterthur, Zug, Zürich

• The Castle of Chillon: near Montreux
• The Lavaux vineyards: on the shore of Lake Geneva
• The Castles of Bellinzona: in the southern canton of Ticino
• The Abbey of St. Gallen
• The Top of Europe and the Sphinx observatory: a “village” with a post office on the 3,500 metres high Jungfraujoch above Wengen
• The Grande Dixence: a 285 metres high dam, south of Sion
• The Landwasser viaduct: on the railway between Chur and St. Moritz
• The Matterhorn: from Schwarzsee, Gornergrat or simply from the village of Zermatt
• The northern walls of the Jungfrau and Eiger: two of the most celebrated mountains in the Alps, they can be seen from the valley of Lauterbrunnen or from one of the many summits that can be reached by train or cable car
• The Aletsch Glacier: the longest in Europe, the Aletsch wild Forest is located above the glacier, best seen from above Bettmeralp
• The lakes of the Upper Engadine: one of the highest inhabited valley in the Alps at the foot of Piz Bernina, they can be all seen from Muottas Muragl
• The Lake Lucerne: from the Pilatus above Lucerne
• The Oeschinensee: a mountain lake with no rivals above Kandersteg
• The Rhine Falls: the largest in Europe, take a boat to the rock in the middle of the falls

If you want also do Tobboganing, Cross-County Skiing, Snow-Shoe Trekking, Ski Runs, Freestyle.

• Typically Swiss Hotels
• Wellness Hotels
• Child-friendly Hotels
• Design & Lifestyle Hotels
• Historic Hotels
• Golf hotels
• Swiss Deluxe Hotels
• Holiday apartments and chalets
• Kids Hotels
• Historic hotels