Hikes proposed Lavaux Vineyard Terraces: The Swiss Wine Route Montreux A three hour hike on the Vineyard Trail from St. Saphorin to Lutry is filled with temptations. Terrace after terrace offers fabulous views over Lake Geneva. While...
Sights St-Ursanne / Clos du Doubs St-Ursanne According to legend, the little town of St-Ursanne was founded by the Irish monk Ursinicus, who lived as a hermit on this isolated spot. Even today, this place...
Sights Benedictie Convent of St. John, Müstair Müstair The internationally-renowned Convent of St. John in Müstair enjoys UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listing and owes its existence and uniqueness to Charlemagne. It is...
Sights Guarda – The Schellenursli-Village Guarda Guarda in the Lower Engadine is so beautiful a village that it was awarded the Wakker Prize. It also received the distinction "Of national importance". One of its...
Sights Bernina Express Pontresina An imposing viaduct built with roughly hewn stone, framed by the wilderness of the mountain world, with high alpine fir trees and steep rock faces. On the viaduct, the...
Sights "Col-des-Roches" Cave Mills Le Locle If brooks and rivers run only sluggishly above ground, hydropower is nearly impossible to harness. That is why the inhabitants of the valley of Le Locle began to use...
Sights Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe Grindelwald The Jungfrau Railway, which leads through the heart of the mountains and up to the highest train station in Europe (at 3,454 meters above sea level), offers...
Sights Greina Plateau Sumvitg The Greina Plateau (Plaun la Greina) is a unique, Alpine tundra located between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino, at an elevation of 2200 meters. It can only be...
Sights The Glacier Express - Zermatt-St. Moritz Brig From Matterhorn to the Upper Engadine or vice versa in seven and a half hours. There are of course faster ways to travel. But none as beautiful as the journey by...
Sights Lake Oeschinen - a Mountain Lake for Sybarites Kandersteg Lake Oeschinen, which lies above Kandersteg, is a pristine mountain lake, fed by the glacial brooks of the three-thousand-meter peaks of Blüemlisalp, Oeschinenhorn,...
Hikes proposed Treasure Chest Alp Flix Savognin The hiking circuit from Sur to the idyllic moorland lakes, Lake Neir and Lake Blos, leading past the Alpine settlements of Cuorts and Tigias reveals the extraordinary...
Hikes proposed Aletsch Panoramaweg: The Swiss Glacier Trail Bettmeralp Europe's longest glacier is not listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for no reason. The landscape through which this four-hour hike from Bettmerhorn mountain station...
Theme Trails Vineyard Trail between Salgesch and Sierre Sierre This walkway among the vineyards connects Salgesch with the Château de Villa in Siders. Each of the 80 information signs along the way features a theme. The wine...
Sights Seeberg Lake Zwischenflüh High above the Diemtigtal, at the end of a little side valley and on the way over to the Simmental, is the picturesque Seeberg Lake (1831 m). This nature conservation...
Sights Cailler chocolate factory Broc As Switzerland's oldest chocolate factory, Cailler has been producing innovative and fine chocolate products since 1819. This state-of-the-art visitor tour at the...
