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Swiss Confederation is a mountainous country in Central Europe. Zürich, Geneva and Basel have been ranked among the top ten cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with Zürich ranked second globally.
Zurich (Zürich, map) — Switzerland’s largest city on a lake as well and a major centre of banking and culture. Geneva (Genève, map) — this centre of arts and culture is an international city home to around 200 governmental and non-governmental organisations. Basel (map) — has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums.
VISIT ZÜRICH • VISIT GENEVA • VISIT BASEL • VISIT BERN
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Berne (Bern, map) — The remarkable design coherence of Berne’s old town has earned it a place on the UNESCO. It has 6.4 km (4 miles) of arcaded walkways along streets decked out with fountains and clock-towers.
Interlaken (map) — the outdoor and action sports capital of Switzerland; anything from skydiving, bungee jumping, hiking, white-water rafting, to canyoning. Lausanne (map) — scenery, dining, dancing, boating and the Swiss wine-country. It is also the public transport hub of Vaud, and a gateway to the alpine Canton of the Valais, home to some of the best known ski slopes in the world.
Lucerne (Luzern, map) — is a beautiful small city in the heartland of Switzerland with direct water links to all of the sites of early Swiss history. Lugano (map) — a gorgeous old-town, is a lakeside city in Ticino; much Italianatà combined with Swiss seriousness.
The most convenient and therefore the most visited months are from late May till early October with a particular, often overcrowded high from July to August.
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> Swiss Alpine Club | www.sac-cas.ch
Region: Valais and Vaud
- Champex-Lac: Orsières (map)
- Matterhorn ski paradise: Zermatt (map)
- Les Portes du Soleil: Morgins, Champéry, Les Crosets (map)
- Verbier — Les quatre vallées: Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz
- Skiregion Aletsch: Belalp, Bettmeralp, Fiesch, Riederalp (map)
- Crans Montana: Crans, Barzettes, Aminona (map)
- Sierre-Anniviers: Grimentz, Zinal, Vercorin, Chandolin (map)
Saas Fee: Saas Fee, Saas Balen, Saas Grund (map) - Leysin: Les Mosses, La Lecherette (map)
- Les Diablerets (map)
- Leukerbad (map)
- Lötschental: Wiler (Lötschen) (map)
- Anzère: Anzère (map)
- Villars-Gryon: Villars-sur-Ollon, Gryon (map)
Region: Bernese Oberland
- Gstaad Mountain Rides: Gstaad (map)
- Jungfrauregion: Mürren, Wengen, Grindelwald (map)
- Adelboden-Lenk: Adelboden, Lenk im Simmental, Frutigen (map)
- Alpenregion Meiringen-Hasliberg: Meiringen, Hasliberg (map)
Region: Central Switzerland
- Brunni-Alpthal: Brunni, Alpthal (map)
- Engelberg Titlis: Engelberg (map)
- Gotthard Oberalp Arena: Andermatt, Hospental (map)
- Airolo-Pesciüm: Airolo-Pesciüm (map)
- Sörenberg: Sörenberg, Flühli (map)
- Hoch-Ybrig: Oberiberg, Unteriberg (map)
Region: Graubünden
- Davos-Klosters: Davos, Klosters (map)
- Lenzerheide-Valbella: Lenzerheide, Valbella, Parpan, Churwalden, Lenz (Vaz/Obervaz) (map)
Engadin-St. Moritz: St. Moritz, Silvaplana, Sils Maria, Pontresina, Celerina, Zuoz (map) - LAAX: Flims, Laax, Falera (map)
- Silvretta Arena: Samnaun, Ischgl (A) (map)
- Gotthard Oberalp Arena: Disentis, Sedrun, Dieni (map)
- Savognin: Savognin (map)
- Engadin-Scuol: Scuol (map)
- Arosa (map)
- Breil/Brigels, Waltensburg/Vuorz, Andiast (map)
- Splügen (map)
- Vals3000: Vals (map)
Region: Eastern Switzerland
- Flumserberg: Flumserberg, Unterterzen (map)
- Toggenburg: — Wildhaus, Unterwasser, Alt St. Johann (map)
- Pizol: Bad Ragaz, Vilters-Wangs (map)
- Braunwald: Braunwald (map)
Grindelwald (map) — the classic resort at the foot of the Eiger. In summer and early fall, is also possible to hike into Grindelwald from well-marked Bernese Oberland trails. *Lavaux (map) — A region of terraced vineyards on the shore of Lake Geneva and a UNESCO cultural heritage site. St. Moritz (map) — glitzy ski resort in the Engadine valley in south-eastern Switzerland. Zermatt (map) — famous mountain resort at the base of the mighty Matterhorn.
There are more than 60,000 km of well maintained and documented hiking trails and cycling routes >> Hiking in Switzerland. You could even send your luggage ahead to the next abode and travel very lightly, with the necessary water and Swiss chocolate! >> lots of huts
Cycling in cities is safe and very common. >> Cycling in Switzerland
Water is drinkable everywhere, even out of every tap, especially so of public fountains, unless explicitly marked with “Kein Trinkwasser”, “Non potable” or “Non potabile”. Do not drink from temporarily installed trough on a meadow in order to water the cattle served by the close-by brook.
Privacy. Take care not to inadvertently violate the privacy of anybody in Switzerland. The Swiss Civil Code and Federal Act of Data Protection states that it is forbidden to make recordings of a person without their explicit consent and this is also true for pictures and video recordings as soon as a person is recognisable.
Potentially you could be sentenced for up to three years in prison for taking and especially publishing pictures and other recordings of any person without their explicit consent, so be mindful of what you take pictures of and respect the privacy of both the general public and celebrities alike.
::: Source: www.ezilon.com
Switzerland showcases three of Europe’s most distinct cultures. To the northeast is the clean and correct, 8-to-5-working, more stiff Swiss-German-speaking Switzerland; to the southwest you find the wine drinking and laissez-faire style known from the French; in the southeast, south of the Alps, the sun warms cappuccino-sippers loitering in Italian-style piazzas; and in the center: classic Swiss alphorns and mountain landscapes.
Eastern Switzerland:
Cantons of St. Gallen / adm. center St. Gallen
Thurgau / adm. center Frauenfeld
Appenzell Innerrhoden / adm. center Appenzell
Appenzell Ausserrhoden / adm. center Herisau
Glarus / adm. center Glarus
Schaffhausen / adm. center Schaffhausen
Graubünden / adm. center Chur
Zürich:
Canton of Zürich / adm. center Zürich
Central Switzerland:
Cantons of Uri / adm. center Altdorf
Schwyz / adm. center Schwyz
Obwalden / adm. center Sarnen
Nidwalden / adm. center Stans
Lucerne / adm. center Lucerne
Zug / adm. center Zug
Northwestern Switzerland:
Cantons of Basel-Stadt / adm. center Basel
Basel-Landschaft / adm. center Liestal
Aargau / adm. center Aarau
Espace Mittelland:
Cantons of Bern / adm. center Bern
Solothurn / adm. center Solothurn
Fribourg / adm. center Fribourg
Neuchatel / adm. center Neuchatel
Jura / adm. center Delémont
Région lémanique:
Cantons of Geneva / adm. center Geneva
Vaud / adm. center Lausanne
Valais / adm. center Sion
Ticino:
Canton of Ticino / adm. center Bellinzona
Aarau
Aigle
Altdorf
Andermatt
Anzère
Appenzell
Ascona
Baden
Basel
Bellinzona
Biel/Bienne
Bettmeralp
Brig-Glis
Brienz
Brugg
Brunnen
Cham
Château d’Oex
Chur
Davos
Delémont
Disentis/Mustér
Fiesch
Finhaut
Frauenfeld
Fribourg
Gimmelwald
Geneva
Glarus
Grindelwald
Gruyeres
Gstaad
Herisau
Ilanz/Glion
Interlaken
Kandersteg
Küssnacht
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Laufenburg
Lausanne
Lauterbrunnen
Les Diablerets
Leukerbad
Lenzerheide
Liestal
Lucerne
Lugano
Martigny
Montreux
Mürren
Neuchatel
Nyon
Pfäffikon SZ
Pontresina
Rheinfelden
Riederalp
Saint-Maurice-en-Valais
Samedan
Samnaun
St. Gallen
Sarnen
Schaffhausen
Schwyz
Sion/Sitten
Solothurn
Spiez
Stans
Tenero-Contra
Thun
Uster
Verbier
Vevey
Villars-sur-Ollon
Wengen
Winterthur
Yverdon-Les-Bains
Zermatt
Zug

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