A horseshoe of limestone cliffs up to 700 metres high in the Haute-Savoie Alps, with dozens of waterfalls pouring down in spring. A gentle walk leads through meadows to the foot of the cliffs, and a longer path to the Bout du Monde, the end of the valley.
The village of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, with its old abbey, is at the entrance. It's about an hour from Geneva.
A cable car from Chamonix climbs to the Aiguille du Midi, a granite peak at 3,842 m, in about 20 minutes, with one of the most spectacular views in t…
Annecy's old town has canals, flower-lined bridges and pastel houses, earning it the name 'Venice of the Alps'.
The country house where Voltaire spent his last 20 years, a short way from the Swiss border so that he could flee if he got into trouble.
A series of 31 waterfalls on the Hérisson river in the Jura mountains, among them the Éventail, which fans out over 65 metres of rock, and the Grand …
A village and its old abbey at the bottom of a deep limestone valley, a 'reculée' typical of the Jura, closed off by cliffs over 200 metres high.
A beautiful unspoilt Alpine valley near Briançon, with larch forests, flowery meadows and old villages of wooden chalets such as Névache.
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