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Pink sunset over Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Lake Geneva, Switzerland (Colin Paterson/Photodisc/Getty)

Destinations in Switzerland

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Geneva		Hotels
Zurich		Hotels
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Lucerne		Hotels
Bernese Highlands		Hotels
Graubunden		Hotels
Swiss National Park		Hotels
Ticino		Hotels
Valais		Hotels
Vaud		Hotels

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Switzerland Travel Guide

Within its borders Switzerland has nearly every variety of landscape, vegetation, and climatic condition known in Europe. Only a few dozen miles separate the lowest point in Switzerland, the shores of Lake Maggiore (where palm trees thrive in a Mediterranean climate), from the highest, the Dufourspitze (where the climate is one of eternal snow and ice). Read More

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The Goat Route
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Ski tourists flock to the Haute Route of France and Switzerland. But ROB STORY and his buddies wanted more, so they skinned, pisted, off-pisted, and got pissed all the way across the westernmost Alps—with a little help from 59 lifts and Hunter S. Thompson.
Bombing the Alps
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A Whole New Whirl
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With heli-ski tours in the central Alps, the Swiss prove their mastery of perfection—again
Skiing Europe: A Baker's Dozen
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Summer Snow 101: Getting Schooled in the Best Summer Skiing Spots
All Over the Alps: France and Switzerland

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Trip Ideas

Switzerland's Top 20 Adventures
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Hiking the Haute Route: Mountaineering's Birthright
Tyrolean : Hut-to-Hut Trekking in the Alps

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

France & Italy: The French & Italian Alps
Country Walkers
from $3398, 7 days
In the part of the world where mountaineering was born, this tour offers an exhilarating glimpse of the European Alps. Chairlifts, gondolas, and a...
Switzerland Cycling Vacation
DuVine Adventures
from $3895, 6 days
Switzerland is an amazing trip for cyclists. Its often traffic-free roads and cog-railways make it safe and very user friendly bicycle vacation. This...
The Heart of Europe
Intrepid Travel
from $3020, 21 days
Put your finger on the pulse of Europe‘s beating heart on this overland journey through Italy, Switzerland and France. From historical and...
Across the Berner Oberland: Self-Guided
Distant Journeys
from $1450, 10 days
Hiking in the Berner Oberland region is a very popular and with good reason: the hiking is excellent and staying in the villages along the way a...
France, Italy & Switzerland - Tour du Mont Blanc
Boundless Journeys
from $3695, 9 days
The Tour du Mont Blanc is undeniably one of the world's greatest inn-to-inn hiking routes, and a classic mountain adventure. ...