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Zurich Ridge Hike, Uetliberg
Walk difficulty: Moderate
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- Mountain in the Swiss plateau that offers a panoramic view of the entire city of Zürich and the Lake of Zurich
- At the summit, there is the Hotel Uto Kulm, together with two towers, one of these is a look-out tower
Jet d'Eau, Geneva
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Large fountain in Geneva, is one of the city's most famous landmarks, installed in 1886
- Situated where Lake Geneva exits as the Rhône, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneva
Matterhorn
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $$
- Mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy
- It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe
- Just east of the Matterhorn is Theodul Pass, the main passage between the two valleys, which has been a trade route since the Roman Era
Landwasser Viaduct, Arosa
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- Single-track six-arched curved limestone railway viaduct, constructed between 1901 and 1902, that spans the Landwasser between Schmitten and Filisur
Beyeler Foundation, Basel
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- Museum in Riehen that owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, which features modern and traditional art
- The Beyeler Foundation is the most visited museum of art in all of Switzerland
- The Beyeler Foundation opened its doors in 1997, presenting 140 works of modern classics, including 23 Picassos
- The overall collection of 200 works of classic modernism highlight features typical of the period from Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Francis Bacon
- The paintings appear alongside some 25 objects of tribal art from Africa, Oceania and Alaska
Lausanne Cathedral
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Roman Catholic Church located in Lausanne whose construction began as early as 1170 by an original unknown master mason, for the use of the Catholic Church
- The Protestant Reformation, in particular the variant which came from nearby Geneva, significantly affected the cathedral, with it eventually being turned over to a Protestant denomination
Titlis, Obwalden
Best time to visit: Jan-Feb, June-Aug, Dec
Cost: $$
- Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, and it stands at 3,238 metres (10,623 ft) above sea level
- It is famous as the site of the world's first rotating cable car
- The last part of cable car leads above the glacier
- The Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest elevation suspension bridge in Europe, opened in December 2012, giving views across the Alps
Chillon Castle
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Island castle located on Lake Geneva, it is situated on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhône
- Chillon is amongst the most visited medieval castles in Switzerland and Europe
- Successively occupied by the House of Savoy, then by the Bernese from 1536 until 1798, it now belongs to the State of Vaud
- The Fort de Chillon, its modern counterpart, is hidden in the steep side of the mountain
Jungfraujoch
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $$$
- The Jungfraujoch is a glacier saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Mönch
- It lies at an elevation of 3,463 metres (11,362 ft) above sea level
- Since 1912, the Jungfraujoch has been accessible to tourists by the Jungfrau line, a railway from Interlaken and Kleine Scheidegg, running partly underground through a tunnel through the Eiger and Mönch
- The Jungfraujoch railway station, at an elevation of 3,454 metres (11,332 ft) is the highest in Europe
- The Sphinx Observatory, one of the highest astronomical observatories in the world, provides an additional viewing platform at a height of 3,572 metres (11,719 ft), the second-highest in Switzerland
Mount Pilatus
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $$
- Mountain massif overlooking Lucerne that is composed of several peaks
- The top can be reached with the Pilatus Railway, the world's steepest cogwheel railway, from Alpnachstad, operating from May to November (depending on snow conditions) and the whole year with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens
- During the summer, the "Golden Round Trip" — a popular route for tourists — involves taking a boat from Lucerne across Lake Lucerne to Alpnachstad, going up on the cogwheel railway, coming down on the aerial cableways and panorama gondolas, and taking a bus back to Lucerne
Rhine Falls
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- Waterfall known as the most powerful waterfall in Europe
- The Rhine Falls were formed in the last ice age, approximately 14,000 to 17,000 years ago, by erosion-resistant rocks narrowing the riverbed
- About 132,000 years ago the course of the river changed southwards at Schaffhausen and formed a new channel, which filled up with gravel
- Part of the Rhine today includes this ancient riverbed
Kapellbrücke
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne
- Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire
- Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge
Lake Zurich Stroll
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- Lake Zurich is formed by the river Linth, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps and was diverted by the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into Lake Walen from where its waters are carried to the east end of Lake Zurich by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816)
Bernina Express
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $$
- The Bernina Express is a train connecting Chur (or Davos) to Poschiavo, and Tirano in Italy by crossing the Swiss Engadin Alps
- For most of its journey, the train also runs along the World Heritage Site known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
- It features a four-hour railway journey across 196 bridges, through 55 tunnels and across the Bernina Pass at 2,253 metres above sea
Rigi
Best time to visit: June-Aug
Cost: $
- Mountain massif of the Alps entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne, Lake Zug and Lake Lauerz
- The range is in the Schwyzer Alps, and The Rigi Kulm Hotel, established in 1816, is located on the summit, served by Europe's oldest mountain railways, the Rigi Railways
- The whole area offers many activities such as skiing or sledging in the winter, and hiking in the summer