Walking in the Valais (Cicerone Guide) (Paperback)
August 23, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
‘The great affection which is penned so effectively into this walking guide to one mountain district … reveals the work of a specialist.’ (Van Greaves, High) ‘Another Cicerone Press walking guide from the tried and trusted Kev Reynolds stable. The format is familiar, user friendly and crammed with useful and essential information about the geography, places to stay, how to get there and of course 120 route descriptions in the eleven areas that make up the Valais region of Switzerland. … Mouth watering colour photos illustrate the descriptions.’ (Richard Ayres, The Leader)
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The Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Zinarothorn, Ober Gabelhorn, Dent Blanche, Weisshorn, Bietschhorn, Grand Combin – these are some of the most dramatic mountains in Europe. Here, they form a backdrop to a series of routes that should answer the dreams of any keen mountain walker. Best known, perhaps, for the resorts of Zermatt and Saas Fee, the Valais district of Switzerland is also the location of the Lotschental and Turtmanntal, the Vals d’Anniviers, Herens, Bagnes and Ferret – valleys in which there are numerous alp hamlets nestling among the pastures. There are also dozens of small lakes, the longest glacier in the Alps, pristine snowfields, meadows full of flowers, marmots that will eat out of your hand, and no shortage of accommodation, ranging from low-cost dormitories and campsites to the grandest of hotels. In this, the third edition of his popular guide, Kev Reynolds has selected and described 120 routes that represent the very best of this magical region. Rewritten and with a new design, fresh maps and colour photos throughout, “Walking in the Valais” is your passport to some memorable walking holidays in this Alpine wonderland.
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Tour of the Jungfrau Region (Cicerone Guide) (Paperback)
August 19, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
‘An interesting long circular walk for those who have done the Tour of Mont Blanc and want to find a route that is less crowded. There are bad-weather alternatives, and shortside walks. As always with Kev Reynolds, the introduction is comprehensive. This route (or part of it) could, I think, be used for an Alpine debut.’ Irish Mountain Log Magazine, Summer 2006
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Making a horsehoe loop among some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in all the Swiss Alps, the brand new “Tour of the Jungfrau Region” is destined to become one of the classic walks of Europe. In a journey of 9-10 days the walker visits pastures, ridges, summits and passes, skirts exquisite mountain lakes, and gazes on waterfalls, gorges and glaciers – all in the shadow of such iconic peaks as Wetterhorn, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. Accommodation is both plentiful and atmospheric, and the route has lots of bad-weather alternatives. Despite the nearby presence of popular resorts like Grindelwald, Wengen, Lauterbrunnen and Murren, “The Tour of the Jungfrau Region” explores some suprisingly remote landscapes, including part of a World Natural Heritage site.
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Lonely Planet Switzerland: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit) (Paperback)
August 15, 2009 by Destination Guide
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From Library Journal
This welcome addition to the well-respected “Travel Survival Kit” series offers more up-to-date, practical information for arrange-it-yourself travelers than any other guidebook presently available. The work is broken into chapters covering Switzerland’s 12 tourist regions and Liechtenstein. In Joe Friday-style factual prose, Honan adequately covers places to stay and eat, but the value of his guide lies in its coverage of Swiss attractions, including their hours of operation, costs, and how to get there. The 52 maps should prove invaluable in planning itineraries and orienting oneself on arrival. This volume offers a short, factual introduction to the country, an amazing three pages on health concerns, sidebars giving interesting historical details, and a unique “dangers and annoyances” section for major cities. Highly recommended for all travel collections.
William R. Smith, Johns Hopkins Univ. Lib., Baltimore, Md.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Switzerland offers beautiful countryside – lakes with endless vistas of mountains and forests are found throughout the country. The cities and towns, such as Bern, Geneva, Zurich, St Gallen and Lucerne, offer ample diversions. For outdoor enthusiasts, the resorts offer a choice of sports away from the snow-fields. This guide shows how to avoid the crowds and the costs while not missing out on the best Switzerland has to offer.
CH is for Chocolate: Individually Wrapped Tastes of Switzerland (Paperback)
August 11, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Vegetable gardens for rent by the square meter. Daredevil sledding in the shadow of the Matterhorn. A plot of woods named “Amerika.” A secret passage in a centuries-old barn. These are some of the images Mary Ann Miller uncovers in this fresh collection of travel writing. Fluent in German and armed with a brand new B.A. degree in International Studies and English Literature, Miller embarks on a quest to discover Switzerland and share her adventures through a weekly newspaper column. Once she arrives in the “Confederatio Helvetica” she faces indecipherable local dialects and Bern’s inexplicable obsession with bears. Her camera lens zooms from the precision-stacked woodpiles lining mountain chalets to graffiti sprayed on train station walls. She juxtaposes visits to the hideouts and prison chambers of the ancestors of the Amish and Mennonites with descriptions of an annual festival dedicated to consuming 45 tons of onions. Drinking straight from the city fountains of Bern, Miller weaves a picture of Switzerland more vibrant than simple postcard snapshots.
About the Author
After graduating from Denison University, Mary Ann Miller received a Fulbright Fellowship to spend an academic year researching the historical context of early Swiss Anabaptism in Bern. “CH is for Chocolate” is a collection of the columns she wrote for the delightfully unique U.S. newspaper, “The Budget.” She currently works as an English teacher in Amman, Jordan, with her husband.
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The Rough Guide to Switzerland 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
August 7, 2009 by Destination Guide
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INTRODUCTION
“In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love; they had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
Orson Welles as Harry Lime, in The Third Man (1949)
Never has one throwaway movie line done so much to damage the reputation of a whole country. Even now, despite being one of the most visited countries in Europe, Switzerland remains one of the least understood. The facts are that until national reconciliation in 1848, Switzerland was the most consistently turbulent, war-torn area of Europe (so much for brotherly love), and yet, both before and after it found stability, it brought forth such literary and artistic pioneers as Hans Holbein, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Paul Klee, Hermann Hesse and Alberto Giacometti (so much for the cuckoo clock ? a Bavarian invention, anyway).
But two centuries of tourism have left their mark: faced by an ever-increasing onslaught of visitors, these days the Swiss are content to abide by a quaint stereotype of Switzerland that?s easily packaged and sold ? the familiar Alpine idyll of cheese and chocolate, Heidi and the Matterhorn ? while keeping the best bits for themselves. Come for a “Lakes and Mountains” package, or a week of skiing, or a short city-break, and you?ll get all the pristine beauty, genteel calm and well-oiled efficiency of the Switzerland that the locals deem suitable for public consumption. The other Switzerland ? the one the Swiss inhabit ? needs time and patience to winkle out of its shell, but can be an infinitely more rewarding place to explore.
Within this rugged environment, community spirit is perhaps stronger than anywhere else in Europe. Since the country is not an ethnic, linguistic or religious unity, it has survived ? so the Swiss are fond of saying ? simply through the will of its people to resolve their differences. Today, a unique style of “bottom-up” democracy ensures real power still rests with the people, who seem to vote almost monthly on a series of referenda affecting all aspects of life from local recycling projects to national economic policy. The constitution devolves power upwards from the people to municipal governments and up again to the regions (known as cantons), only as a last resort granting certain powers to the federal government.
This kind of decentralized structure means that the cantons ? which are, in essence, tiny self-governing republics who have volunteered to join together ? have mostly held onto their own, unique flavours. Although Swiss people value their shared Swissness above all, they also cherish their own home-town identity and their differences from their neighbours.
Tensions exist between the four language communities, as they do between Catholic and Protestant, or between urban and rural areas, while regional characteristics remain sharply defined and diverse. Local pride is fuelled by a range of traditional folkloric customs, most of which stem from pagan or medieval Christian festivals. Most prominent of these is carnival, held around the country on or around Mardi Gras, the last day before Lent. The most exuberant celebrations, held in Luzern, Bern and Basel, feature bands, masked parades, street dancing and spontaneous partying that belie the stereotype of a placid, unadventurous Switzerland. A host of smaller events fills out the calendar and it?s still easily possible to stumble on village festivals that have been staged by local people for centuries past.
This sense of cultural continuity sits oddly with the fact that Switzerland has grown into one of the world?s richest countries. Its economy is small-scale but thoroughly modern: traditional industries such as watchmaking and textiles now thrive by focusing closely on the luxury end of the market and have ceded prime position to engineering, pharmaceuticals and service industries galore. Tourism has been a high earner since the mid-nineteenth century, when the Alps became both a fashionable destination for wealthy travellers and a prescribed retreat for sufferers from respiratory diseases needing curative sunshine and fresh mountain air. And yet the country, seized by an increasingly anachronistic national Kantönligeist, still stands alone. In the 1940s, Switzerland was surrounded by hostile Axis powers; these days, it?s encircled by the “friendly” EU. With the end of the Cold War, recent damaging revelations of Swiss collaboration with the Nazi Third Reich, and increasingly close ties amongst Western European nations, Swiss neutrality rings ever more hollow ? and yet, far from embracing a wider perspective, the country has collectively taken a step into conservatism. Commentators are noting sadly that Switzerland is only now embarking on the kind of multiethnic social integration that its neighbours began in the 1950s.
Having taken centuries to bolt their country together from diverse elements, the Swiss seem instinctively to return to their sense of community spirit, expressed most tangibly in the order and cleanliness you?ll see on show everywhere. Yet the sterility so decried by Graham Greene (who wrote Harry Lime?s jibe about brotherly love), if it characterizes any part of the country, applies only to the glossy, neatly packaged tourist idyll of lakes and mountains. The three great Swiss cities of Geneva, Zürich and Basel are crammed with world-class museums and galleries. In Zürich and Lausanne, there?s a humming arts scene and underground club culture that feeds nightlife as vibrant as anything you?ll find in much larger European cities.
The landscapes are dominated by the Alps and their foothills, but mountains aren?t the only story. In the north and centre are lush, rolling grasslands epitomized by the velvety green hills of the Emmental, traditional dairy-farming country. Vineyards rise tiered above Lake Geneva, the Rhône valley and the Rhine. The fairytale southeast is cut through by wild, high-sided valleys, lonely, dark and thickly forested. Most surprisingly of all, bordering Italy in the south you?ll find subtropical Mediterranean-style flower gardens, sugarloaf hills and sunny, palm-fringed lakes. For a small, little-regarded mid-continental country with a profound image problem, Switzerland has plenty more to offer than most visitors suspect.
About the Author
Matthew Teller is an experienced and accomplished travel writer. He is also the author of the Rough Guide to Jordan.
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Rick Steves’ Switzerland 2005 (Paperback)
August 3, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
Steves preaches a low-cost, low-to-the-ground style that not only saves money, but gets you closer to the real Europe, the way Europeans experience it.
Product Description
Who but Rick Steves can tell you the best way to visit Zürich, Gimmelwald, the Berner Oberlander, Interlaken, Bern, Murten, Lake Geneva, and French Switzerland? With Rick Steves’ Switzerland 2005, you can experience everything Switzerland has to offer?economically and hassle-free. Rick Steves’ Switzerland 2005 includes color maps and photos, opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights; friendly places to eat and sleep; suggested day plans; walking tours and trip itineraries; clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot; and Rick’s newest “back door” discoveries. America’s number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick’s time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Switzerland have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique travel experience.
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The Rough Guide to Switzerland 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
July 30, 2009 by Destination Guide
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The Rough Guide to Switzerland tells you all there is to know about this beautiful and varied country. The 36-page, full-colour section introduces all of Switzerland”s highlights, from snowboarding in the Alps and sampling swiss wine to the country”s Gothic cathedrals and medieval castles. The guide includes extensive listings of the all the top places to eat, drink and stay, whatever your budget, plus brand-new ”author picks” to highlight the very best. There is plenty of practical advice on outdoor pursuits, including where to find the best mountain walks and most scenic ski resorts. The guide takes a detailed look at Switzerland”s history, wildlife and culture and comes complete with maps and plans for every region.
About the Author
Matthew Teller is an experienced and accomplished travel writer. He is also the author of the Rough Guide to Jordan.
Matthew Teller is an experienced and accomplished travel writer. He is also the author of the Rough Guide to Jordan.
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Insight Guides Switzerland (Paperback)
July 26, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
This guide includes a section detailing Switzerland’s history, nine features covering aspects of the country’s life and culture, ranging from its rich artistic heritage to its Alpine activities, a region by region visitor’s guide to the sights, and a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. It also includes hundreds of photographs and 20 maps.
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Travels with Baby: The Ultimate Guide for Planning Trips with Babies, Toddlers, and Preschool-Age Children (Paperback)
July 22, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
“… what differentiates Rivoli’s book are the extra details, like comparison charts of different airlines and cruise lines.” — The Oakland Tribune
“This guide is chock full of useful tips for traveling with babies and toddlers, what gear to bring (including specifics about car seats and a travel kit for carry-on), childproofing your accommodations, healthy travels, managing baggage on trains, and more.” — Travel for Kids
“Travels with Baby by Shelly Rivoli… is a valuable book for families.” — The Mercury News
“Travels with Baby by Shelly Rivoli… is a valuable book for families.” — The San Jose Mercury News
“Travels with Baby is an indispensable guide for parents wandering the world with kids, from infants to preschoolers. Its comprehensive advice on useful gear and different modes of transportation (car, taxi, train, plane, ship) will smooth the way on any trip, and I especially liked the insightful advice on matching your travel plans to your child’s individual temperament.” — Cynthia Harriman, author of Take Your Kids to Europe
From the Publisher
Winner of the NAPPA Gold Award for Parenting Resources from the National Parenting Publications Awards
Michelin Green Guide Switzerland (Paperback)
July 18, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
This title in the acclaimed Michelin Green Guide series is your indispensable guide to the cultural and natural highlights of Switzerland: cosmopolitan cities with their international institutions, famous museums brimming with art treasures, elegant ski resorts, charming villages, spectacular mountain scenery, snowy peaks, sparkling blue lakes, breathtaking views and the delicate beauty of rare alpine flowers.
–This text refers to the
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Language Notes
Text: French
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Travel Zurich, Switzerland – illustrated city guide, phrasebook, and maps. FREE General Info chapter and a map in the trial version. (Kindle Edition)
July 14, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
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By Area: Canton of Z?rich | Geography | Rivers | Districts
Culture: Overview | Theaters | Museums | Education | Events | Sports
Landmarks: Sites | Gardens | Buildings | Churches
Attractions: Nightlife & Clubbing | Do | Buy | Cabaret Voltaire | Ristorante Cooperativo
Eat & Drink: Swiss Cuisine | Eat | Cheeses | Drink
Switzerland: General | Geography | History | Culture | Religion | Transportation | Buy | Talk | Contact | Respect | Stay Safe | Other Destinations?
Switzerland: Rail, Road, Lake, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide (Paperback)
July 10, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
One of the best travel guides I have seen. Today’s Railways.
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
–The Times
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Travelling Snail, the Ultimate Travel Journal (Hardcover)
July 6, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
“The Travelling Snail” travel journal is a unique innovation evolving from the traditional journal notebook and it addresses the need created by the revival in independent tourism for all ages. Increasingly, travellers feel that they wish to explore the places they visit in greater depth, and want to record their experiences in travel journals that allow them to reminisce later on. Existing journals on the market today are little more than glorified notebooks that provide the traveller with limited assistance with how to experience travel more fully.”The Travelling Snail” travel journal takes a completely different approach and interacts with the traveller by prompting and assisting the writer to observe and then to write about their personal experiences. Unlike the traditional travel journal notebook, “Travelling Snail” provides a high degree of interaction with the traveller. This interaction is provided through a range of dedicated templates for each type of event that the traveller may experience while on holiday. “The Travelling Snail” travel journal includes interactive pages covering a comprehensive list of travel events, including; personal information, destination information, tour plan, travel itinerary, accommodation, eating and drinking, places of interest, excursions, People I met, knowledge, recipes, expenses, vaccinations, and packing list.The interactive pages are structured as form templates with labels prompting the traveller with extensive questions about his or her related experience. The templates provide organised and structured spaces for the traveller to write personal impressions, feelings and responses for each of the questions. The traveller still has to use a pen and make personal observations, which ensures that the romance of traditional travel writing and personal opinion are not lost in the process. The end result is a well-documented set of notes, in a neat and perceptive style, about the personal experiences of the traveller. The journal is handsomely bound in hardback black Balacron and incorporates an elastic closure, gold coloured ribbon place marker and an expandable pocket on the inside rear cover for keeping memorable ticket stubs, receipts or other items collected en route.
About the Author
George Sekulla created the Travelling Snail concept in 2008. George qualified as an engineer and spent the first 15 years of his career as a specialist satellite consulting engineer working on large international programmes with organisations such as the European Space Agency and NASA. He then spent 10 years creating a global consulting company specialising in the space industry. Throughout this time George travelled far and wide around the world as part of his career. During them George tried to chronicle his travels and his experiences of the places he visited but became frustrated with the traditional travel journal. A particular event in George’s life while visiting a restaurant in France sparked off an idea that eventually led to the Travelling Snail concept.
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Switzerland Insight Travel Map (Insight Travel Maps) [FOLDED MAP] (Map)
July 2, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
Insight Travel Maps are an established favourite in providing everything you need from an ultra portable, folded sheet map. Now with a striking new cover design that will really give you a feel for the destination, travel maps are better than ever. Containing city plans of major towns and cities, distance indicators to aid route planning, a comprehensive index booklet and legend in 8 languages, along with clearly indicated map coverage and scale conversion, you will find this map easy and informative to use. Key places of interest are highlighted by specially designed symbols and websites are listed for the main tourist attractions to help you set your own priorities, altogether making this Insight Travel Map the ideal resource for your trip.
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Rick Steves’ Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004 [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
June 28, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
Today’s tourists are as likely to be toting Rick Steves as Giorgio Armani, tasting the good life without burning through the Kids’ college fund.
Product Description
Join Rick Steves on a tour of three of Europe’s most fascinating countries. Rick Steves’ Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004 covers Rothenburg and the Romantic Road; Munich and Bavaria; Salzburg; The Lakes District; Mauthausen and the Danube Valley; Vienna; Tyrol and Innsbruck; Interlaken, Gimmelwald, and the Berner Oberland; Appenzell, Murten and Bern; The Black Forest and Baden Baden Spa; Trier and the Mosel Valley; Bonn and Koln; The Rhine River; and Prague. Completely revised and updated, Rick Steves’ Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004 includes color maps, opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights; friendly places to eat and sleep; suggested day plans; walking tours and trip itineraries; clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot; and Rick’s newest “back door” discoveries. America’s number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick’s time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience.
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Daytrips Switzerland: 45 One Day Adventures by Rail, Bus and Car (Daytrips Series) (Paperback)
June 20, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
This book will include approximately 45 one day adventures by rail, bus, and car, as well as numerous walking tours.
Swiss Bernese Oberland – New 4th Edition – A Travel Guide with Specific Trips to the Mountains, Lakes and Villages with New Section Walk Zurich by Philip and Loretta Alspach (Paperback April 2008) (Paperback)
June 16, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
Swiss Bernese Oberland – 4th Edition – A Travel Guide with specific trips to the Mountains, Lakes and Villages. The updated 4th Edition recommends 12 trips plus 4 excursions for the independent traveler on selected walks and hikes using mountain trains, lake steamers, funiculars, cable cars. The trips are shown in graphic form and arranged based on methods of transportation and time available. Each trip is one day or less with optional side trips detailing change in elevation and difficulty of each trip. Detailed profiles are provided for the villages of Interlaken, Grindelwald, Wengen, Murren and Kandersteg, plus local Swiss food and wine. A new section profiles four extraordinary walks in Zurich. Additionally, throughout the guide, easy references are provided for useful Internet site links for trip planning. The Alspachs’ have visited the area for over 30 years.
Streetwise Zurich Map – Laminated City Center Street Map of Zurich, Switzerland – Folding pocket size travel map with metro map (Map)
June 12, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
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‘In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.’ –Chicago Daily Herald
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Streetwise Zurich Map – Laminated City Center Street Map of Zurich, Switzerland – Folding pocket size travel map with integrated metro map featuring tram, bus, train, cable car lines & stations
This map covers the following areas:
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Zurich City Metro Map
Zurich is a banker’s paradise. This is the financial capital of Switzerland, and in turn the world. Numbered accounts and absolute secrecy may be more difficult to find these days, but financial discretion is still the order of the day in this monetary mega city. Walking around the streets of Zurich, you find perfectly manicured townhouses with thick doors featuring cryptic names on bronze plaques. These are the money handlers of the twenty first century. Once it was imperative to physically sit on hoards of gold, but now you don’t need much more than a computer and a network to control a fortune. That doesn’t mean that the hoards of gold aren’t still tucked away, it just means that there are more companies behind thick doors moving it around figuratively.
Zurich therefore is a bit deceptive. It’s so clean and manageable; you wouldn’t think that so much business takes place here. The Old Town, made up of tiny cobblestone pedestrian streets, straddles the Limmat River. Houses line the streets with retail or restaurants on the ground floor and apartments above, giving the area life even after the shops close. Each of these neighborhoods are clustered around one of the major churches in the city: Grossemunster, with it’s iconic twin spires; Fraumunster, with the Marc Chagall stained glass windows; and St Peters, the oldest church in Zurich displaying the largest clock face in Europe.
The city sits at the base of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) and directions are based on the right side or left side of the river, based on having your back to the lake. On the left side along the river are the streets of Schipfe and Storchen, both filled with trendy upscale shops and cafes. Bahnhofstrasse is the main shopping street in town and it stretches from the lake up to the train station. On the right side of the river is Neiderdorf Strasse, a younger hipper street filled with funky boutiques, inexpensive restaurants and clubs. Less expensive hotels are found hidden in the small alleys that lead away from the river, but you might want to stay in another section of town if you have a concern about late night noise.
One of the nicest things to do in Zurich is to take an evening stroll along the lake. The promenade that runs from Bellevue Plaza along Uto Quai and then continues on Seefeld Quai is lovely in warm weather. Pass the Johann Jacobs Museum, Le Corbusier’s Hans Weber Haus, the Museum Bellerive, and wander through the China Garden maybe stopping for a cool drink or an ice cream.
Our STREETWISE® Zurich Map will guide you in your visit to this beautiful Swiss city. All metro stops and sites are clearly highlighted on the main map, some with architectural renderings making it easier to spot them as landmarks. Streets, hotels, parks and squares, and points of interest are listed in the index. A separate Zurich area map will facilitate your travel in and out of the city and to the airport. A complete Zurich Metro Map is also included.
Our pocket size map of Zurich is also laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Zurich map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Zurich map today and you too can navigate Zurich, Switzerland like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.
Hunter Travel Guides Adventure Guide to Switzerland (Paperback)
June 8, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
“These useful guides are highly recommended…”
Product Description
Nestled in the heart of Europe, Switzerland is a feast for the eyes, with azure-blue lakes that shine brilliantly against the greenest slopes of the surrounding Alps. Its picturesque villages and chic towns are accessible via high-speed trains, which whisk travelers around at amazing speeds, though many opt to travel by longboat on some of the country’s tranquil waterways. It is one of the world’s most advanced industrialized nations, yet its towns and cities are incredibly clean. It also has the distinction of being one of the oldest democracies. Part-time Swiss resident Kimberly Rinker has lived and worked here for years. She tells of little-known attractions as well as major tourist draws and everything in-between. Color photos.
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Michelin Switzerland (Michelin Green Guide: Switzerland English Edition) (Paperback)
June 4, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Switzerland – Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Paperback)
May 31, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.
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“Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers.” Sunday Times Travel
“… the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries.” Global Travel
“…full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas.” Observer
“…as useful as they are entertaining.” Easyjet Magazine
“…offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world.” New York Times
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May 27, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Much more detailed and complete than its major competitor, Frommer’s Switzerland has everything you’ll need to experience the best of this gorgeous corner of the Alps. You’ll find great places to stay for every taste and budget, including grand hotels, luxury ski resorts, intimate inns, and affordable chalets, plus the latest on dining, from fresh lake trout and hearty farmer’s plates to fondue bourguignonne. You’ll rely on our complete sightseeing guide, from cosmopolitan cities to charming alpine villages—with all the best outdoor adventures, shopping, and nightlife. Don’t leave home without it!
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Switzerland (Country Guide) (Paperback)
May 23, 2009 by Destination Guide
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…these smart and exhaustively researched guides have become the gold standard for serious, independent travelers.’ –San Francisco Chronicle
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The winter playground of St Moritz, outrageous clubbing in Zurich, culture vultures in Basel, cosmopolitan Geneva – Switzerland is three countries rolled into one. Our Helvetic experts help you break down the cliches and discover something a little bit different.
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Switzerland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Hardcover)
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