Derborence - Mountain Lake formed by Landslides Derborence Derborence Lake was created as a result of a massive landslide near Sion in the 18th century. The eponymous valley is a nature reserve with a pristine beauty that...
Tectonic Arena Sardona Engi The 300 sq. kilometer area around the Piz Sardona shows the geological phenomenon of overlay - older rock strata are to be found above younger ones. They bear witness...
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,...
Artful hiking in the Valle Verzasca Locarno The old muleteer's track that connects Sonogno to Lavertezzo is called "Sentierone per l"arte". It is a Sculpture Trail that inspires hikers to ponder the region's...
Malcantone - Land of Chestnuts Arosio This Ticino hill landscape ranges from the Gulf of Agno on Lake Lugano to Monte Lema. Picturesque Ticinese villages, narrow mountain lanes and vast chestnut forests...
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...
Centre of the art of watchmaking Jura Region-Drei-Seen-Land The Jura and its three lakes: No one is ever in a hurry in the watchmaking region between Geneva and Basel. Discover lakes, mountains, valleys and unspoilt nature one...
Chestnut Trail and Murg Gorge Murg Thanks to the Föhn wind and the nutrient-rich acidic soil, European chestnut trees thrive at the entrance to the Murgtal (Murg valley). The chestnut trail with its...
Crossing the Great St. Bernard Hill Orsières You can set out on a real hike across the Alps, leaving from the Great St. Bernard hill accompanied by friends or family and arriving at the vilage of La Fouly, via...
DIY Dry-stone Walling! Paspels Schloss Sins is the starting point for all our courses and really is the perfect place in which to prepare both mentally and physically for the dry-stone walling ahead...
Funivia Monte Lema Miglieglia View of Lake Maggiore and Lake Lugano from 1,624m above sea level. Starting point for walking tours on both sides of the border.
God da Tamangur - Arvenwald Scuol The highest continuous area of stone pine forest in Europe, at the eastern edge of the National Park. For the Rhaeto-Romansch people, the God da Tamangur symbolises...
Göscheneralp: Gentle Tourism and Hard Granite Göschenen-Göscheneralp The Göscheneralp, far from the traffic flow of the Gotthard Autobahn, is a paradise for hikers and climbers.
Hike Along the Suonen in the Baltschieder Valley Baltschieder Small irrigation channels are alimented by glacier water. They have been in place since the 14th Century. Today there are well-groomed hiking trails which follow them.
