As a mountainous country, more than half of Swiss territory is at an altitude of 1,200 meters. Ascona is the lowest region with only 196 meters altitude, while the highest point in Switzerland is 4634 meter peak Dufour. About 100 peaks of the Alps in Switzerland has a height of more than 4,000 meters and more than 1,800 glaciers with snow line above 2500 meters altitude. This then led to Switzerland later terkenaldengan mountain tours and about 60 percent of tourism activities contained in the Alps. Switzerland is famous for mountain tourism and banking business, other than products luxury watches and pocket knives are high quality and expensive. Swiss watch, the product which is a symbol of community pride timeliness of information, technology and high-quality art.
Travel with Eurorail tickets you can do since the morning of the Netherlands through Luxemburg and layover day to enjoy the festival of the ancient tradition of the Medieval era that is being held in the Old City. Luxembourg has the castles on the edge of a cliff which has a unique role of the 16th century until the year 1867 in European history. This ancient region now includes one of Europe's greatest fortresses protected by UNESCO.
The journey continues to Switzerland by train in the morning with facilities sleeperette to sleep. Public transport in Switzerland is the most convenient and timely is the electric-powered trains. The accuracy of the train schedule so typical of the quality of service, known by the term "It is like a Swiss watch!"
Tourism information is available at strategic places such as stations each in detail, complete and accurate, including the schedule and price, and variety of service classes. Each is designed with interesting information, plus maps and landscape drawings which clearly indicates the location information and different types of transportation used. For first-time tourists to Switzerland, the choice of tourist destination is very dependent on the information obtained.
Alps is a famous tourist resort in Switzerland. Depart to this area, you will pass several lakes. Interlaken is a small town situated between two lakes, Bienzersee and Thunersee. A beautiful little town with views of Alpine peaks, such as the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. From this city, you can choose to continue the journey to the last villages in the Alps or enjoy a water tour on the banks of the lake. Water is very popular tourist activities such as sailing and cruising visited tourist resorts along the shores of the lake while enjoying the panoramic range of snowy peaks from afar.
Switzerland has hundreds of lakes that formed naturally by the mountain folds and the glacier. Many important cities situated on the shores of the lake, such as Zurich, Geneva, Nauchbtel, Montreaux, Lausanne and Lucerne. Hiking or walking through the countryside and hills of the Alps is an activity most popular sport tourism. There are at least 50,000 route path is the network that are equipped with information maps and directions are clear yellow color. This guide contains information about the destination, mileage, travel time and altitude. Restaurants and hotels scattered in various corners of the countryside and the edge of the Alps with a variety of quality and class, from five star to strawhuis peasant hut.
Each city has its own keuikan as tourist destinations, such as Zermatt and Saas-Fee which is only 12 kilometers only. Zermat offers tour packages summer and winter sports around the Klein Matterhorn ski jump as high as 3800 meters using a cable car, the Saas-Fee offers attractive packages to use the Metro train the Alps.
Had not had Zermatt Matterhorn mountain panorama and unique as the conical horn, Saas-Fee must be a serious competitor as a tourist destination because it has a panoramic Dom and Monte Rosa peak of the highest in Switzerland.
There are some areas featuring no less beautiful landscapes. Grinderwald who became jagged toward the base station Jungfraujoch, Murren which is the last village that became a cable car terminal to the Schilthorn. At the Jungfraujoch are Sphink meteorological research laboratories, in the area you are presented Schilthorn 360 degrees or panoramic view of the Alps with peaks of more than 200 pieces, ranging from the Bernse Alps to the Mont Blanc in France around you.
Geneva, international city that is situated on the banks of the lake Lac Liman, has a peak of Mont Blanc is 4807 meters high Alps. The peak of Mont Blanc is actually located outside the territory of Switzerland, precisely on the small town of Chamonix in the border region of France and Italy. Panorama peak of Mont Blanc is very charming if you look at it from Geneva, which became the name of many restaurants, hotels, cruises. In this area that many rich people from all over the world enjoy the luxuries of life among lake water ramps and towering snowy peaks.
Every now and then enjoy the thrill and the romance worthy of the mountains in the Alps you try in this area. This paper represents the feeling it was not enough you are when you set foot there.
