Lucerne
Lucerne is easily accessible due to its central location. The town is a car free zone and small enough to be explored by foot. Have a walk around Lucerne and explore the picture perfect town.
One certainly feels at ease in Lucerne. Enjoy the town with a cup of coffee, visit Swiss Transport Museum, marvel at the "Kapellbrücke," the famous covered bridge across the river Reuss, board a steamboat and explore Lake Lucerne or one of the mountain railways that takes you high up to one of the surrounding pre-alpine summits. But there is lot more than just sightseeing that is there to be done at Lucerne. A welcome addition to this abundant variety has been the new Culture and Congress Center. Lucerne is a place which offers something for everyone...a place which offers the highest quality of life in Switzerland.
Why Visit Lucerne?
Picturesque lake surrounded by mountains The medieval old town with its picturesque squares and towers, the Kapell bridge and the lion monument Internationally known festivals and museums (Swiss Transport Museum with IMAX screen), to lively plays and high quality concerts The jewels of modern architecture such as the Culture and Congress Center and the Hotel designed by star architect Jean Nouvel The many excursions to nearby sites such as the Pilatus, the Rigi and the Stanserhorn mountains
Zurich
Zurich is truely a wonderful place set among some of the most beautiful scenic vistas on the shores of Lake Zurich. Zurich is just a stone's throw from the Alps. Gentle hills, peaceful woods, the unpolluted lakes and rivers, picturesque villages, all provides an ideal starting point for all kinds of excursions from Zurich.
Take a walk through the old town, the glorious lake and enjoy the trendy new Zurich West district. There is so much to be enjoyed at Zurich that you may run short of time in Zurich. With over 50 museums and 100 galleries and operas in Zurich, ballet, theater premieres, shows, musicals and art exhibitions are a regular feature in the city. Zurich is a shoppers paradise. Enjoy an incredible shopping experience at the famous Bahnhofstrasse and the Limmatquai in Zurich. Above all, enjoy world class cuisines from all over the world. With over 1,700 restaurants and bars in Zurich serving both traditional Zurich and Swiss dishes as well as exotic specialities, its an experience in itself.
Winterthur is an important museum town - with 16 in all - and also offers a wide range of culture, sports and entertainment. The Rhine Falls, the biggest waterfall in Europe, is just a 20 minutes drive from Winterthur. Amongst the numerous night clubs and bars you will also find the only bar in Switzerland that opens 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Sports facilities in the Lake Zurich region offers many opportunities for sport around the year. Lake Zurich, with its many attractions such as the castle, the medieval old town, the historical wooden bridge and Knies Children's Zoo are very impressive. Equally impressive are other such family-friendly destinations such as the Alpamare water park and Atzmannig slide & trampoline paradise, the are just as much part of this .
Swiss Alps
Switzerland is located in Central Europe. Bordered by Germany to the north, Austria to the east, Italy to the south and France to the west, Switzerland covers a very small area. Switzerland has a temperate climate but with changes in altitude, the climate can be cold, rainy/snowy, cool and humid.
Covering an area of almost 60% of Switzerland, the Alps Mountain Range covers most of Switzerland extending from France and leveling out further into Austria. With the Alps mountain system in the south and the Jura in the northwest, mountains form the majority of the Swiss terrain causing The Alps Mountain to be known as Swiss Alps.
Dufourspise (15,203 feet), Dom (14,913 feet) and Matterhorn (14,691 feet) are the highest peaks in the Swiss Alps. Switzerland is home to thousands of glaciers covering over one thousand square miles. Some of the longest rivers in Europe such as the Rhine and the Rhone originate in the Swiss Alps. The other mountain range of Switzerland is the Jura, situated along the French border, north of the Alps. "Jura" in Celtic means "forest" and the mountain system is considerably smaller than the Swiss Alps. The area between the Jura and Alps is known as the Bernese Mittelland or "Middle Land". Covering an area of 23% of Switzerland, It is a central plateau consisting of rolling hills. The area is tempered with cold winds called "Bise" from the northwest and pronounced warm gusts from the south called "Föhn".
This is what makes Swiss Alps ideal for ice skiing, skating, water surfing and other adventure sports and the favourite of nature and adventure buffs. |