Welcome to Switzerland

I’m a regular visitor to German-speaking Switzerland, especially to St. Gallen. Yet I’ve never devoted an article to it, even though the city deserves one, given its remarkable architecture and history. So let’s visit St. Gallen and discover its must-sees. And…

On another weekend in Switzerland, we visited the Emmental region. Why Emmental? Because we’re big fans of cheese, and we’d already visited the town of Gruyères, for which we’d fallen head over heels in love. So we wanted to find out…

We spent a weekend to visit Lucerne, Switzerland. Lucerne is a well-known tourist destination (not necessarily for me, I admit). The good thing was that I had no preconceived ideas about this beautiful city. So what’s on offer in Lucerne? What…

I’m continuing to bring you the highlights of my travels in German-speaking Switzerland. So today, I’m taking you to the Schilthorn, to discover Piz Gloria, Birg and Mürren. The what? The Schilthorn is a 2,970-meter-high peak in the Bernese Alps, overlooking…

In February, I spent a weekend in Interlaken, Switzerland. The weather was really uncertain, so it was difficult to envisage any outdoor activities. But then, as luck would have it, the fine weather returned. So it’s decided: today, we’re going to…

I’m delighted to bring you this article on the Rhine Falls in the German-speaking Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. The Rhine Falls are the largest in Europe in terms of volume of water discharged (in Switzerland, the largest, really?). A good opportunity…