As the train was rushing towards Zermatt passing through the beautiful Matter Valley, my mind was swirling with anticipation. I had been fantasizing about this tiny village at the…
But for an article I’ve read in the National Geographic Expeditions magazine, I might have not discovered the beautiful valley of the Engadin. The article was actually about the Bernina Express,…
High above the sun-filled valley of Engadin, in the area of Pontresina, lies one of the most spectacular mountain peaks in Switzerland: the Diavolezza (the she-devil). The legend has it that…
Now that I look back, I think I owe my first trip to Switzerland to the mythical Glacier Express. After all, it was the picture of this train passing over the…
Lake Thun or Lake Brienz? We had to make a choice. Our two-day stay in Interlaken was too short to cram in all the great day trips that make this area…
“So, what else is there to do atop the Jungfraujoch except visit the Observatory and the Ice Palace?” we ask the hotel receptionist on our way out to catch the cogwheel train…
If seeing the Matterhorn was a once in a lifetime experience, admiring the sleepy giant from different angles and altitudes was even more fascinating. The highlight of our two days in…
Adventure lovers, did you know you can get to the Top of Europe? An excursion to Jungfraujoch, the 3,466 metres tall peak in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland will…
Some mountain peaks are better left untouched. Or at least that’s what the residents of Zermatt were thinking in the 1850s. For many years, this mountain was believed to be unclimbable. The huge…
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