Natural features
Aletsch Glacier
Fiesch, Valais
The largest glacier in the Alps, a river of ice 20 km long, sweeping down from the Jungfrau region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Historic sites
Chapel Bridge and Old Town, Lucerne
Luzern, Lucerne
Lucerne's covered wooden footbridge, built in the 14th century, crosses the River Reuss diagonally, with painted panels under its roof and the stone …
Historic sites
Château de Chillon
Montreux, Vaud
A medieval castle on a rock in Lake Geneva near Montreux, one of the most visited historic monuments in Switzerland.
Natural features
Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe
Lauterbrunnen, Bern
The highest railway station in Europe at 3,454 m, reached by a cog railway that tunnels through the Eiger.
Natural features
Lauterbrunnen Valley
Lauterbrunnen, Bern
A deep glacial valley with sheer rock walls and 72 waterfalls, including the Staubbach Falls, which drop 300 m right beside the village.
Walks and treks
Lavaux Vineyard Terraces
Chexbres, Vaud
Terraced vineyards rising steeply from the shores of Lake Geneva between Lausanne and Montreux, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, created by monks in the…
Natural features
Matterhorn and Gornergrat, Zermatt
Zermatt, Valais
The Matterhorn, 4,478 m, is the most famous mountain in the Alps, rising alone above the car-free village of Zermatt.
Tours and activities
Mount Pilatus
Alpnach, Obwalden
A mountain above Lucerne, 2,128 m, with sweeping views of the lake and the Alps.
Walks and treks
Oeschinensee, Kandersteg
Kandersteg, Bern
A turquoise mountain lake at 1,578 m beneath huge cliffs and waterfalls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bernese Oberland.
Historic sites
Bern Old Town
Bern
Switzerland's capital has a remarkably preserved medieval old town on a loop of the River Aare, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 6 km of covered ar…
Tours and activities
Cycling from Geneva to Nyon along the lake
Geneva
Geneva is a small city with good cycle lanes, and once you leave the city limits the roads are quiet and scenic.
Tours and activities
Glacier Express
Zermatt, Valais
The 'slowest express train in the world', an 8-hour scenic journey between Zermatt and St.
Tours and activities
Grindelwald First
Grindelwald, Bern
A mountain above Grindelwald reached by a gondola, with the First Cliff Walk, a steel walkway pinned to the cliff face, with views to the Eiger's nor…
Natural features
Rhine Falls
Neuhausen, Schaffhausen
Europe's most powerful waterfall, where the Rhine thunders 23 m over a rocky ledge 150 m wide, near Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland.
Walks and treks
Swiss National Park
Zernez, Graubünden
The oldest national park in the Alps, founded in 1914, in the Engadine valley of eastern Switzerland.