A HAVEN OF PEACE SWITZERLAND
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Discovery

A travel in Switzerland will take you along in the mountains to the famous ski resorts. But it is also the occasion to go to observe the Lake Geneva in Lausanne and to sail there. You will be able to also pass by Zurich, cosmopolitan city and high place of the Swiss culture. The French, German and Italian influences feel in this small country and these three languages are spoken besides in Switzerland.

Identity

Country of Western Europe, surrounded by Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein, Switzerland does not miss relief, and it is what makes its fame near the travellers of the whole world. When one is sporting-man of winter, it is indeed difficult to resist the call of its Swiss alpine solid masses which have famous ski resorts. Neutral, this country with the paces of Austria side mountains, does not share of them less three cultures: German, Italian and the Frenchwoman. This tasty melting-pot is partly due to the many invasions which the country with the wire of the centuries knew, and of which it knew to be nourished to offer to the eyes of the world the image of an open and cosmopolitan nation.

Forget the stereotypes which associate Switzerland above all its cuckoos, to bankers and other chocolates (delicious it is true), to leave on a tour of true Switzerland, that which has an important medieval past and enthralling legends, starting with that Guillaume Tell, celebrates defender of the Swiss Confederation. In this country marked by Protestantism, one can admire prestigious abbeys with imposing architecture, like various museums pointing out the past blazing of this territory, small, but strapping man. And if you search a little calm and of peace, let you allure by the charms of the various lakes, like the Lake Geneva French-speaking Switzerland side, or the Lake Maggiore Swiss side Italian. These true havens of peace owe their world famous with their incredible panoramas, like with their fresh air. A whole program which gives desire for being plunged in the delights of Switzerland.

 

Culture & Traditions

CLOCK INDUSTRY

What would be Switzerland without its clock-making industry? Today still, many are the Swiss brands which represent the industry of the watches of luxury. Swiss know-how on the matter is so famous that many famous brands make manufacture all their watches in Switzerland. This always flourishing market is a true institution in the country, and became a trademark about it. 

MULTI-FONCTION POCKET KNIFES

Switzerland is at the origin of the one of the products headlight of the 20th century, the famous multi-fonction pocket knife with the multiple uses. Red with its white cross, this small object is regarded as a toolbox of pocket and it is sold in the whole world. One can find there, according to the model, of the scissors, a compass, bird calls, an USB key or a screwdriver and what to scrape the wax of the skis. Supreme success, this elegant small object is today part of the official equipment of NASA for its flights in space.

CHOCOLATE

Switzerland, it is before all the chocolate! This last fact a serious competition with the Belgian chocolate, with its softness and its delicate flavour. Toblerone, in particular, is originating in Switzerland, and one finds at low prices an excellent chocolate industrial, in the stores of this country where the chocolate is Article.

THE SKI

With its 150 ski resorts, Switzerland is without question Mecque of the sporting-men of slips. Its excellent climatic conditions, its fantastic panoramic views thus that its pleasant small villages of mountain promise to the skiers as with the snowboarders, one qualitée of stay exceptional.

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0°- 5° WINTER / 25° SUMMER
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The stages

GENEVA AND THE LAKE GENEVA

Third town of Switzerland, Geneva is a French-speaking city which in common has a long story with our country. It shares even part of the Lake Geneva with France! This quiet city with the famous calm offers many Entertainment to allure the visitors, as well as a gastronomy full with delights. If you are of passage with Geneva, hesitate not to discover museum of Red Cross international and of Red Crescent, where one learns that association celebrates it was created in this city, as well as the famous cathedral Saint-Pierre. Gothic half, Romance half, it dominates the old city. And if there remains to you time, thus admire the Fountain, a superb sheaf at the southern end of the Lake Geneva, which spouts out with close to 200km/h. You will also discover very beautiful villages and other spas on the lakesides, as well on the Swiss side, as on the French side, and will profit from a unspoilable view on Mont Blanc.

CASTLE OF CHILLON

Located on the Léman lakeshores, in Veytaux, the castle of Chillon is an impressive building which is 110 meters long for 50 meters broad. Important tourist site in Switzerland, it is classified historic building. The castle, placed on a block of rocks inspired by the poets of the whole world, like Lord Byron, Victor Hugo or Gustave Flaubert. Restored very well, it offers beautiful buildings and splendid tapestries to the eyes of the travellers.

ESTAVAYER-LE-LAC

Estavayer-the-lake is a charming medieval village located on the lakesides of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland. It is the occasion to admire a very rich heritage there, like a Savoyard castle of the 12th century or superb a collegial gothic script. Within a sumptuous framework, one can also practise many sports, in particular thanks to the presence of a beach and marina. Do not hesitate to visit the museum of frogs, before you to return in the nature reserve of Large Cariçaie, not far from the city.

ZURICH

 

If Zurich is especially famous in the whole world for its many banks, it has other more artistic assets. Indeed, the city is the theatre many cultural events, as well as the place of creation of delicious Swiss chocolates…! On foot or to bicycle, you will be able to leave to discover the Museum of Fine Arts which accommodates sumptuous collections, or the Swiss National museum, installed in a castle built at the end of the 19th century. And if the church of Fraumünster and its superb signed stained glasses Marc Chagall will undoubtedly allure you, the Zoo Dolder, the vastest zoo of Switzerland, should as for him charm young people!

LUCERNE

Located at the doors of central Switzerland, the town of Lucerne is encircled mountains which make all the charm of it. The historical heritage is rich there, the such Bridge of the Vault, the oldest covered wooden bridge of Europe, with its painted panels, or the enclosing wall of Musegg. The old city, entirely pedestrian, are also the occasion to admire very beautiful residences decorated with frescos, as well as the oldest baroque church of Switzerland. More modern, the Center of the culture and the congress, conceived by the French Jean Nouvel, attracts also the glance. Will know that Lucerne is also the starting point of many excursions in the surrounding mountains.

CASTLES OF THE BERNESE OBERLAND

Many are the castles in Bernese Oberland which point out the last rich person of this Swiss area. One can thus visit the medieval castle of Thoune, which offers a unspoilable view on the area and the lake, and which shelters a historical museum. The castle of Oberhofen, on the Lake Thoune is also a required passage. One can discover a historical museum of Bern there, besides a keep of the 12th century and a vault of the 15th century. Not far, the castle of Hünegg, built in 1862, makes it possible to admire sumptuous buildings Rebirth, on the Lake Thoune.

VERBIER

 

In the full heart of the Swiss mountains, Verbier is part of the skiable field of the “4 valleys”. With 1,500 meter altitudes, the station represents a sumptuous framework for sporting and refreshing vacancies. Besides his infrastructures, like his 400 kilometers of excursion, his 200 kilometers of cycle paths or his golf courses, one appreciates the charm of this encircled village of superb typical chalets.

GRINDELWALD AND THE AREA OF THE JUNGFRAU

In the middle of Bernese Oberland, Grindelwald is the greatest skiable field of Jungfrau, which does one of the tourist destinations of it more the appraisals. The station profits from an incredible panorama on Eiger and Wetterhorn, which makes the place even more magic. One can admire still there the highest station of Europe, as well as the eternal ices most famous of the world. The area of Jungfrau is the favorite destination of the sportsmen of mountain. With its imposing tops, this area of Switzerland offers a superb framework and a beautiful field with the skiers and other amateurs of slips. One can benefit from two skiable fields besides that of Grindelwald, that of Small Scheidegg-Männlichel, and that of Mürren-Schilthorn. Thus, between ski slopes of all levels and tracks of toboggan, you will have what to amuse you. In summer also, the activities do not miss thanks to the many footpaths.