Customer Reviews

The Bernese Alps

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I was hiking 8 days in the bernese alps, and this book is almost perfect for it.
almost - because all of its trips are day trips, but it has in its end a multi-day tours combination (from the 1 day tours) - one of them I did. (Meiringen - Griesalp).

The book is very detailed, and also points out to the problems in the extraordinary marked swiss paths.

one other thing I missed in it, is the lack of map (or drawing) with all the trips of that area.

last thing: since this is not the swiss pass route book, maybe there was a place for more details on the villages them self, and\or attractions in them. (the example I have in mind is the Trümmelbach waterfalls in Lauterbrunnen")

Overall - I am very happy with it and recommend it highly.

one last thing: for the swiss pass route, there are excellent sites with lots of details, which might make this book redundant.

I just returned from a 2 1/2 week trip to the Bernese Oberland region in Switzerland and if you plan on doing any extensive hiking this book is a great guide. I used local maps as well as this book as my sole resources while in the area and had a great trip with amazing hiking. Definately recommend it if you're going to be in this area for any extended amount of time.

Used the guide on a 4-week stay in Bern and many days hiking/visiting the Bernese Oberland. With 115 hikes listed, it had more detaile than the guide by Alspach which had 12+ hikes. Easy to follow the hike instructions in general but the book could use some maps. Although it was easy enough to get trail maps at the train stations. A bit heavy to carry all day so I did the unthinkable and tore out the relevant pages for that day's hike.