We were in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland for three days and with the city of Lugano as our base station, we explored parts of this beautiful and unique region, bordering Italy. In this post, I shall describe our visit to the summit of Monte...

Source: www.oskarenander.com [caption id="attachment_12202" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Source: Internet[/caption] We went to Mount Titlis, from Lucerne. Located at an altitude of 10,600 feet in the Uri Alps, Mount Titlis is one of the...

[caption id="attachment_10902" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Credit: "Château de Chillon - Montreux" by Bolla Ugo[/caption] We visited Chillion Castle (Château de Chillon), on our way to Gruyères from Zermatt. On the way, we passed through...

Before I write about our trip to the Trümmelbach waterfalls located in the Lauterbrunnen valley, a few words about the Lauterbrunnen valley would be in order. Unlike a river valley which is V-shaped, Lauterbrunnen valley, which was carved...

Männlichen is located in the Bernese Alps, at a height of 7,305 feet. It sits on a high ridge that divides the Lauterbrunnen valley from the Grindelwald valley and faces the spectacular peaks of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. By that virtue,...

We were in Lucerne (Luzern in German) for three nights, as part of our 24 day trip of Switzerland. Lucerne is located in central Switzerland, in its German speaking part and is a thriving and vibrant urban centre. Surely Lucerne has to be one...

  During our trip of Switzerland, we spent a day at the medieval town of Bellinzona (in the canton of Ticino, bordering Italy), visiting its triad of castles and the impressive group of fortifications.  Bellinzona has, since the...

The Rhine Falls is 450 feet wide and 75 feet tall and is the largest and considered by many as the most spectacular waterfalls in Europe. Located on the High Rhine, the best way to reach this place is from the historic town of Schaffhausen...

[caption id="attachment_12537" align="aligncenter" width="1020"] Source: www.swissvistas.com[/caption] Run by the Rhaetian Railway from Chur (in the Graubunden Region in Switzerland) to Tirano (in Italy, bordering Switzerland), the Bernina...

[caption id="attachment_12494" align="aligncenter" width="880"] Bernina Express with the Morteratsch Glacier and the Bernina Massif in the background: Source:...