Fodor's SwitzerlandWritten by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Switzerland, Europe's mountain playground, is a classic tourist draw. Fodor's Switzerland is the perfect guide for travelers seeking to ascend the slopes of the Alps and feel on top of the world. When they come down from the mountains, they find thriving, cosmopolitan cities steeped in history and culture. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path · Coverage of Zurich, Eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Graubunden, Ticino, Luzern and Central Switzerland, Basel, Fribourg and Neuchatel, Bern, Berner Oberland, Valais, Vaud, and Geneva |
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Zürich Zürich is surprisingly small but its wealth of cultural | |
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Switzerland Lodging Primer | |
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Top Things to Do in Switzerland | |
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Alpine Alps Altstadt Appenzell Average main Basel Beginning of Chapter Bern bike boat Breakfast cable car café canton Centre Ville Centre Ville Rive century Château cheese church City Center city’s Closed Sun Cons Contents Previous Chapter daily Davos dining dishes Essentials Visitor Information Fodor’s Choice fondue French Fribourg funicular Gallen Geneva Graubünden Gruyères Gstaad hiking Interlaken Kleinbasel Kreis lake Lausanne Lauterbrunnen Leukerbad Locarno Lugano lunch Luzern massage meals medieval menu miles modern Montreux Moritz mountain Mürren Musée Museum Neuchâtel NIGHTLIFE offers Old Town outdoor park Pontresina Pros region resort restaurant Rive Gauche rooms Rösti route Saas-Fee sauna Schaffhausen season shops street suites summer Swiss Switzerland Table of Contents terrace there’s Ticino tourist office tours trails train station Travel Tues.–Sun Valais valley Verbier Vevey views village walk waterfront wine world’s Zermatt Zürich