Lake Geneva & the Valais3 places
- The Aletsch GlacierThe largest glacier in the Alps, a twenty-kilometre river of ice curving between peaks, viewed from ridge-top villages…
- The Matterhorn & ZermattThe most recognisable mountain in the Alps, a near-perfect rock pyramid standing alone above a car-free village, first…
- GruyèresA single cobbled street of medieval houses running uphill to a castle, with the Alps behind it, the cheese it gave its…
The Bernese Alps & the heartland2 places
- Lauterbrunnen & the JungfrauA flat green valley walled in by sheer cliffs with seventy-two waterfalls spilling off the tops, and car-free villages…
- Lucerne & Lake LucerneA medieval town on a lake ringed by mountains, with a covered wooden footbridge from the fourteenth century and cog…
Zürich & the Northeast1 place
- The Rhine FallsOne of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe, where the whole Rhine pours over a wide ledge with a jagged rock…
Graubünden & Ticino1 place
- The Glacier Express & the Bernina LineA day-long train billed as the slowest express in the world, crawling across a viaduct that curves into a cliff, over…