This book includes a chapter detailing the history and culture of the area, 14 tours taking in sights ranging from the arcades and fountains of Bern old town to the mighty and much-photographed Matterhorn, leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus dozens of top-notch photographs and maps.
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'It is hard to fault the Insight Compact Guide...... it packs a lot of cultural punch into its featherlight 80+ pages.' The Sunday Telegraph
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Basel (pop. 170,000), the second-largest city in Switzerland after Zurich, and capital of the canton of Basel-Stadt, lies between the Jura and the Black Forest on the site of an old Rhine crossing-point. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Engadine, Town Hall, Middle Ages, Susten Pass, Friedrich Nietzsche, Historical Museum, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lake Zürich, Swiss National Museum, Swiss National Park, Col du Grand St-Bernard, Ferdinand Hodler, Furka Pass, Jesuit Church, Lake Geneva, Lake Luzern, Maloja Pass, William Tell, Arnold Böcklin, Charles the Bold, Franches Montagnes, Holy Roman Empire, Julier Pass, Konrad Witz, Sils Maria New!
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Basel (pop. 170,000), the second-largest city in Switzerland after Zurich, and capital of the canton of Basel-Stadt, lies between the Jura and the Black Forest on the site of an old Rhine crossing-point. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Engadine, Town Hall, Middle Ages, Susten Pass, Friedrich Nietzsche, Historical Museum, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lake Zürich, Swiss National Museum, Swiss National Park, Col du Grand St-Bernard, Ferdinand Hodler, Furka Pass, Jesuit Church, Lake Geneva, Lake Luzern, Maloja Pass, William Tell, Arnold Böcklin, Charles the Bold, Franches Montagnes, Holy Roman Empire, Julier Pass, Konrad Witz, Sils Maria New!
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- The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann on page 82, and page 106
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (German Edition) by Friedrich Nietzsche on page 83, and page 106
- Wilhelm Tell: A Translation (Barron's Educational Series) by Friedrich Schiller on page 38, and page 50
- Southern Spain (World 100 Years Ago) by Burton Holmes in Back Matter
- The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel by Hermann Hesse on page 106
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