Swiss Alps Travel Adventures [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rinker, Kimberly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Description and travel.

Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Guidebooks.

Switzerland--Guidebooks.

Local Subjects:

Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Description and travel.

Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)--Guidebooks.

Switzerland--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

: Hunter Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Valais region encompasses Switzerland's most rugged terrain. Our coverage extends from the gateway city of Geneva to the upper reaches of the Walliser Alps along the Italian frontier. Visitors are apt to enter the region in Geneva, a small, cosmopolitan city between the border of France and the western end of Lake Geneva, known in French as Lac Leman. The city bustles with the business of international organizations, plays along a garden-lined lakefront, and harbors a pleasant pedestrian old town. The city of Lausanne lies across the lake, drawing visitors for its own pleasant lakefront a

Contents:

Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; About This Book; Quick-Start Planning; The Alps; Prehistory; Sculptors of The Alps: Glaciers & Their Lifecycles; Climate; Flora; Fauna; Travel Basics; When To Go; Transportation; Currency; Where to Sleep; Dining; Connections; Health & Safety; Getting More Information; ; Switzerland; People & Culture; National Holidays; Timeline; Geneva & The Valais; Geneva; Zermatt; Interlaken & the Jungfrau; Interlaken; Mürren; Lift Pass Price Samples; Zürich & Central Switzerland; Zürich; Lucerne; Engelberg; The Graubünden Region; St. Moritz

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-25191-0

9786612251917

OCLC:

889676036