As a very general rule of thumb, if you have trips of 3 hours or more, it's probably worth it to buy a pass that covers those journeys. If you're just making short 1-2 hour trips, your point-to-point...
Rail travel in Switzerland is not cheap, but there are a bunch of different passes to choose from. For most trips in Switzerland, you will want one of these passes....
Paragliding could easily be viewed as one of the more extreme sports available to Alpine adventurers. Alpinehikers employee, Mike Cullen, found it was surprisingly accessible and a ton of fun.
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The Montebello curve near the Morteratsch station at the Bernina Pass; with Morteratsch glacier, Piz Palue and Piz Bernina in the background. The Morteratsch Glacier is the largest glacier, by area, i...
The one-month Half Fare Card is very simple... it allows you to buy tickets at a 50% discount throughout Switzerland. It can be bought as a stand-alone pass, or can be bought in combination with anot...
The Swiss Transfer Ticket is a fairly basic pass. It comes in 1st or 2nd class and is good for 2 days of free travel within Switzerland in a one month period. This should be for travel from an airpo...
The Swiss Family Card is one of the best deals in Switzerland. First of all it's free. You can request one with any other Swiss rail pass. It allows any children 15 and younger to travel with their...
The Swiss Travel Pass Flex, like the consecutive passes, also comes in 1st or 2nd class, and is good for 3, 4, 8 or 15 individual days of free travel within Switzerland in a one month period. This ma...
The Swiss Travel Pass comes in 1st or 2nd class, and is good for 3, 4, 8 or 15 consecutive days of free travel within Switzerland. It's a great pass if you are traveling to a lot of different places ...
An 8 hour journey between Zermatt and St. Moritz, this panoramic train isn't fast, but it is direct, and is Switzerland's most famous train journey....
The sun-splashed Italian-speaking region of Switzerland is known as Ticino. This is where the Alps meet the Mediterranean. Ticino doesn't have the huge mountains that you'll find in other parts of Swi...
Zurich is easily Switzerland's largest city, but really, it's not all that big. The city is tidy, attractive and walkable, and sits on a pretty lake. Zurich's center is filled with stylish shops, gr...
Pontresina is small and modest, yet alive and stylish without being overwhelming. It's just a few miles from St. Moritz, and is set off the main highway so its main street remains calm and peaceful. ...
