Switzerland (Berlitz Pocket Travel Guides)

by Berlitz Guides (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.25

  This guide to Switzerland focuses on Zurich, Bern, the Bernese Oberland, Lucerne, the Grisons, Ticino, Valais, Vaud, Lake Geneva, Fribourg, Neuchatel, the Jura, Northwest and Northeast. It covers all the main sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, cathedral and museums, Bern's clock tower, Bear Pit and Munster Cathedral, Lucerne's guild houses and medieval town, Lakes Geneva and Lucerne, the Matterhorn and the best ski resorts. There's plenty of background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on eating out, not to mention an A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in French, German and Italian. The book also contains special features on topics ranging from Lichtenstein to cable cars. Maps show Bern, Zurich, Switzerland, Geneva and Basel, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout.