Lonely Planet Switzerland (Country Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Nicola Williams (Author), Kerry Walker (Author), Damien Simonis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009 | Series: Country Travel Guide

Nobody knows Switzerland like our resident European authors. Whether it's walking through spectacular Alpine valleys, dining at the cosmopolitan Swiss table or relaxing in an eco-friendly spa, this 6th edition will tell you how to go about it at the right price.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

In This Guide:

Complete coverage of walking and trekking in a dedicated Walking in Switzerland chapter
Value recommendations help make your money go further
Unique Green Index helps you pick out the top sustainable options

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Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 6 edition (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741047854
• ISBN-13: 978-1741047851
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #618,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Travel > Europe > Switzerland

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful guidebook June 24, 2000

By Ravi Desai

Format:Paperback

I found this guidebook very useful on a recent trip to Switzerland. Unlike most "tourist" guide books which are full of photographs, the Lonely Planet guide only has a few pages of photographs and is full of useful information on places to stay and local restaurants. The book is divided into chapters by region (e.g. Zurich, Geneva). Within each chapter are details on places to visit,hotels , restaurants, as well local services(such as transportation). There is even information on where to find the nearest laundry.

As with the Other Lonely Planet Books ,it is well written and targeted at travelers on a budget.

Some of the information appears to be out of date. Hopefully Lonely Planet will release a new edition of this. Until then this is a great convenient guidebook to use.

Happy travels

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars simplistic and poorly written - take another guide July 2, 2002

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I am spending my summer in Switzerland and decided to take a trusted Lonely Planet Guide with me. What a disappointment! The book is poorly written, has very few good tips on things to do and places to visit and, in my view, is completely useless for out of the way places; my list of complaints can go on and on. I no longer take the book on weekend trips as it is simply easier to ask the locals.

Although I usually like Lonely Planet guides, this one should never be published again.

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing new guide September 23, 2003

By R Walter Bachman

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

We're avid travelers and always take Lonely Planet guides with us -- they're normally very comprehensive and helpful. The new 4th edition of the Switzerland guide proved a big disappointment, though, on our recent trip. For some reason this is an unusually slim LP volume, so the depth of coverage for which LP is famous is lacking. We went to numerous delightful towns, villages, and museums that didn't rate so much as a mention. The city maps are also poor; many of the streets are unnamed, which makes the maps difficult to use for navigation. Finally, some of the authors' choices seem almost bizarre. The first boxed "Highlight" listed for the beautiful international city of Geneva, for example, is a particle physics laboratory(!) with the world's largest machine. It's probably fascinating (we didn't visit), but does it really rank with the historic European headquarters of the UN, which didn't make the Highlights box at all, or the superb International Red Cross Museum? We came to rely almost exclusively on the excellent Rough Guide to Switzerland, which at 550 pages -- compared to 335 for Lonely Planet -- is much more thorough and useful.