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Located in the heart of Europe west is simply the Swiss Confederation or Switzerland , one of the world’s most developed countries both economically and culturally. Preceded by the fame of their banks, their chocolate, your watch and, of course, its Alps, Switzerland has become a destination for those seeking tranquility and enjoy the beautiful landscapes.
Among the major regions of Switzerland are at the Lake Geneva, Jura Mountains and Fribourg, Bernese Oberland, Mittelland, Central Switzerland, Basel, Zurich, Switzerland Northeast, Valais, Graubünden and Ticino.
Among the cities that you can not miss are Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Lausanne, Lugano and Lucerne.
Other destinations to visit are Rapperswil, the Swiss Alps, Lake Maggiore, Ascona, and Rio Bellidona Rihn.
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No other form of transport that brings you closer to the charm of Switzerland, and yet so affordable and easy. The trains are synonymous to bring the spirit of the places to visit, and nowhere more true than in Switzerland. Travel in style!
Book a train
If you are visiting from the U.S. or Canada and want to book any train tickets, including the Glacier Express and the Panoramic Express. The reservation system allows you to sort Raileurope and pay online and train tickets in Switzerland are sent to your address. For residents of the UK and Scandinavia.
Types of train tickets
Swiss Transfer Ticket
The Swiss Transfer Ticket provides you with the return trip from the Swiss border or one of Switzerland’s airports to the selected destination (valid 1 month).
Swiss Card
The Swiss Card offers the same advantages as the “Swiss Transfer Ticket”, and you can travel for a month by train, bus and boat to half the normal ticket price. Many mountain railways also apply discounts.
Swiss Pass
The Swiss Pass allows you unrestricted travel by rail, postal buses, and steamboats on the Swiss Travel System network for 4, 8, 15 or 22 days or 1 full month. Includes public trams and buses in 36 towns and cities, and receive a discount of up to 50% rate of mountain railways and cable cars are many, and free access to over 400 museums in Switzerland. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Aletsch Glacier is the highest glacier in the Alps, a mountain chain in the world located in Central Europe. This glacier is 23 kilometers long and los120 square kilometers, is located in the canton of Valais.
Like the rest of the planet’s glaciers due to global warming, the glacier is for the more precise Swiss Alps Jungfrau massif, massif at his feet has the Plaza de la Concordia valleys formed by glaciers Aletschfirn , Jungfraufirn and Ewigschneefeld.
Research centers occupied by more than three decades the glacier, Jungfraujoch since 1937, and since 1976 in the Riederfurka, which led to the advent of tourism and mountain tourism. The southern area is surrounded by cable car Aletsch covering the area between the peaks and Eggishorn Riederhorn, while the view from the top of the glacier can be accomplished during the train ride that leaves from Grindelwald and ends at 3,571 meters high at the Jungfraujoch mountain pass.
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When we speak of Switzerland the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Alps. However, this European country other wonderful hidden treasures that tourists deserve to know: RIHNO Falls is one of them. You could say that is one of those places that is not enough to appreciate it through photos or videos. It is essential to contemplate, live and feel the powerful sound that causes the fall of the waters of RIHNO in a beautiful landscape.
Schaffhausen is the owner of these wonderful people considered the largest waterfall in Europe, with a drop of 30 meters. Below the falls, it forms a natural lookout where you can get a lovely view of this magnificent spectacle. A railway bridge crosses the river above the falls on the north bank we can find Schloss Laufen Castle, where you can sleep. And to feel connected to the fullest with this beauty of nature, you can get on a boat that takes us to a rock in the middle of the falls. At night, the Falls are illuminated by artificial lighting by providing them with another aspect no less charming.
You can get to Niagara RIHNO from Zurich take the train that leaves every day or a bus that runs every ten minutes. One way or another it’s worth visiting this place to appreciate this natural phenomenon that will not disappoint.
Zurich is Switzerland’s largest city with 380,000 inhabitants and is located in the fusion of Lake Zurich with river Limmat. This charming city is lit by the Swiss Alps, which appear to be painted in the skyline.
It is economic and financial center of Switzerland, being the headquarters, for example, the two largest banks in the country, such as Credit Suisse and UBS.
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Swiss contemporary architecture in its ranks, with people like Le Corbusier (1887-1965), which is one of the main architects, urban planners and theorists of the twentieth century. Among his works are building futuristic and functional furniture design, urban development projects.
Brought to the world of design, concept art and architecture. He laid the foundations of modern architecture, such as rationality, economic viability, functionality. Pure and simple forms, predominantly white and using the golden ratio, a constant in her works.
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During a trip to Switzerland, tourists must, first visited the beautiful capital city of Bern, which is a great opportunity to go shopping, tourism and traditional folk entertainment. On a visit to Bern, tourists should not miss visiting the home of Einstein, the Swiss Alpine Museum, and Kunstmuseam, Museum of fine arts.
During his trip to Bern, tourists should visit the Lindt & Sprüngli, the famous chocolate factory in Switzerland, which houses an interesting museum and visitors can taste some samples of Lindt chocolate. Other popular tourist destinations in Switzerland are Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland. Swiss Travel must include a trip to Geneva, Switzerland cosmopoliton city.
I see the images and I can not help but feel cold. So cold I can not imagine what it must be to enter the Ice Palace, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Switzerland, in which everything is built with frozen water.
Thousands of visitors entering through the forest, near the Black Lake, in northwestern Switzerland, to see with their own eyes to the collection of castles, towers and caves of ice. Everything has been a creation of a sculptor who specializes in working with ice, Karl Neuhaus.