Insight Guides Pocket Switzerland (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides Pocket Switzerland

Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
The definitive pocket-sized travel guide, now with free eBook and handy pull-out map.

Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is the ideal on-the-move travel guide for exploring Switzerland. From top tourist attractions like the Jet d'Eau in Geneva, the imperious Matterhorn and the Bernese Oberland, to cultural gems, like taking part in the colourful Basel Carnival, admiring the oldest painted ceiling in Europe at a 12th century church in Zillis, or hiking and listening out for corn horns in the mountains, plan your perfect trip with this practical, all-in-one travel guide. 

Features of this travel guide to Switzerland:
- Inspirational itineraries: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, highlighted with stunning photography
- Historical and cultural insights: delve into the country's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major attraction highlighted, the maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, we've got you covered
- The ultimate travel tool: download the free app and eBook to access all this and more from your phone or tablet
- Covers: Zurich; Winterthur; Schaffhausen; St-Gallen, Appenzell; Basel; Solothurn; Baden; Bern; Biel; The Emmental; Bernese Oberland; Thun; Interlaken; Lucerne; Chur; The Vorderrhein; The Hinterrhein; Engadine; Ticino; Bellinzona; Locarno; Lugano; Valais; Geneva; Vaud; Lausanne; Fribourg; Neuchatel; The Jura

Looking for a more comprehensive guide to Switzerland? Check out Insight Guides Switzerland for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Suiza
• Travel
• Switzerland
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 février 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781839052286
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Switzerland, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Switzerland, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Switzerland are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Switzerland. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Switzerland’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In Zurich
Introduction
Grassroots government
City and country
A Brief History
The Middle Ages
Turn of the tide
Religious strife
Neutral but caring
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Zurich and vicinity
Discovering Zurich
Zurich’s museums
Excursions
Winterthur
Northeast Switzerland
Schaffhausen
St-Gallen
Appenzell
Northwest Switzerland
Basel
Exploring the city
Basel’s museums
Excursion from Basel
Solothurn
Baden
Bern and vicinity
Bern
The Old Town
Bern’s museums
Biel
The Emmental
Bernese Oberland
Around Lake Thun
Interlaken
Towards the peaks
Brienz Lake
Lucerne and Central Switzerland
Lucerne
The Old Town
Lake Lucerne
Three Mountains
East of Lucerne
Grisons
Chur
The Vorderrhein
The Hinterrhein
Engadine
Ticino
Bellinzona
Locarno and Lake Maggiore
Lugano and its Lake
Valais
Lower Valais
Sion and environs
Upper Valais
Geneva
A stroll through the city
The Old City
International city
Parks and gardens
Geneva’s museums
Vaud and Lake Geneva
La Côte
Lausanne
The Vaud Riviera
Four resorts in Vaud
Fribourg, Neuchâtel and the Jura
Fribourg
Around Fribourg
Neuchâtel
Around Neuchâtel Lake
The Jura
What To Do
Sports
Shopping
Where to shop
What to buy
Entertainment
Children’s Switzerland
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Fondues and cheeses
Specialities of French Switzerland
Specialities of Italian Switzerland
Specialities of German Switzerland
Swiss wine
Other Drinks
Coffee
Reading the Menu
To help you order
…and read the menu in French
…and in German
…and in Italian
Restaurants
Basel
Bern
Chur
Davos
Geneva
Gruyères
Gstaad
Interlaken
Lausanne
Locarno
Lucerne
Lugano
Neuchâtel
St-Gallen
St Moritz
Schaffhausen
Zermatt
Zurich
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also Camping and Youth hostels)
Airports (aéroport/Flughafen/aeroporto)
B
Bicycle rental
Budgeting for your trip
C
Camping
Car hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (see also Emergencies)
D
Travellers with disabilities
Driving (see also Car hire)
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates (Ambassade, Consulat/ Botschaft, Konsulate/Ambasciata, Consolato)
Emergencies (urgences/Notfall /emergenza)
G
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
LGBTQ travellers
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening hours (see also Public holidays)
P
Police (police/Polizei/polizia)
Post offices (bureau de poste/ Post/ufficio postale)
Public holidays (jours fériés/gesetzliche Feiertage/feste)
Public transport
T
Telephones (téléphone/Telefon/telefono)
Time zone
Tipping (pourboire/Trinkgeld /mancia)
Toilets
Tourist information
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites and WiFi
Y
Youth hostels (auberge de jeunesse/Jugendherberge/ostello della gioventù)
Recommended Hotels
Appenzell
Basel
Bern
Biel
Crans-Montana
Davos
Geneva
Gstaad
Interlaken
Lausanne
Leukerbad
Locarno
Lucerne
Lugano
Montreux
Mürren
Murten
Neuchâtel
Pontresina
St-Gallen
St Moritz
Schaffhausen
Solothurn
Wengen
Zermatt
Zurich


Switzerland’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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The Matterhorn
A challenge to mountaineers from around the world. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Engadine
Zernez is the main gateway to the Swiss National Park. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Basels Carnival
This popular three-day cultural event takes place during Lent. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Lucerne and its lake
Picturesque city at the heart of William Tell country. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Château de Chillon
Austerely beautiful, the old stronghold of Château de Chillon looks out over Lake Geneva. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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The Jet d’Eau
The tallest monument in Geneva reaches the height of a 40-storey building. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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Bern
The capital is listed by Unesco as one of the world’s cultural treasures. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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The Bernese Oberland
This spectacular region of mountains, lakes and glaciers works a special magic on visitors. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Zillis
Where the oldest painted ceiling in Europe can be seen. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Ticino
Its valleys and lakes have an Italian feel. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day In Zurich



9.00am

Breakfast
Start your day in Zurich by following in the footsteps of Lenin, Trotsky, James Joyce, Herman Hesse and Mati Hari and breakfasting in the Jugendstil Café Odeon at Limmatquai 2, which opened in 1911. Einstein gave lectures there.


10.00am

Retail therapy
You are well placed to explore the warren of pedestrianised streets north of Rämistrasse where most of the city’s interesting shops and galleries can be found. Pick up paintings and prints, antiques, books, toys, musical instruments, collector’s comics, and fashion items.