Vakantieoorden in Zwitserland

Op het wereldwijd unieke bewegwijzerde natuurleerpad in het natuurlijke leefgebied van de marmot kan men op bijzondere wijze kennis maken met de winterslapers.

Imposing mountains and any number of leisure activities combined with a wide range of accommodation make the Jungfrau Region, with the resorts of Grindelwald, Wengen, Lauterbrunnen and Mürren, an outstanding holiday destination.

Een typisch vissersdorp met zijn promenade onder de arcaden van historische gebouwen.

Een indrukwekkender centrum is er niet: de middeleeuwse binnenstad van Payerne wordt bepaald door de monumentale voormalige abdijkerk uit de 11e eeuw.

De dichter had gelijk: "Saillon ... die krijgshelm, achtergelaten in de vlakte". Een machtig verleden doemt op als we tussen Martigny en Sion in de Rhône vallei opeens het middeleeuwse dorpje Saillon ontdekken.

Arth-Goldau, the Schwyz twin locality located between Lakes Zug and Lauerz, is the starting point for the trip up the Rigi, as well as a Lake Zug boat cruise. The alluvial fan of the huge avalanche is now home to the renowned Goldau Zoo. Last but not least, Arth-Goldau is an important railway node along the Gotthard line.

The tranquil central Swiss holiday and excursion region around Küssnacht am Rigi lies where Tell once felled his adversary, Gessler. The Seebodenalp is a vista-rich plateau half-way up the “queen of the mountains”, the Rigi.

The small town of Olten lies between Solothurn and Aarua at the southern foot of the Jura on the river Aare. Thanks to its central location in the Swiss Mittelland, the town is a popular venue for conventions and meetings. The unspoiled nature of the nearby Jura heights however also makes the area an attractive leisure region.

The small town of Burgdorf at the gateway to the Emmental – thanks to the cheese of the same name, a well-known hilly and forest landscape with spacious farmhouses – possesses an exemplary mediaeval old town with late-baroque patrician houses and an impressive castle. The town is the ideal starting point for excursions into the Emmental and for visits to the surrounding towns of Berne, Solothurn, Biel and Thun.

Delémont (German: Delsberg), the capital of the Jura canton, lies between the towns of Basel and Biel in the north west of Switzerland, near the French border. This historic town is embedded in the densely forested, hilly Jurassic landscape. Mediaeval buildings, neat house facades and attractive museums form the townscape of the old town.