This guide to Switzerland focuses on Zurich, Bern, the Bernese Oberland, Lucerne, the Grisons, Ticino, Valais, Vaud, Lake Geneva, Fribourg, Neuchatel, the Jura, Northwest and Northeast. It covers all the main sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, cathedral and museums, Bern's clock tower, Bear Pit and Munster Cathedral, Lucerne's guild houses and medieval town, Lakes Geneva and Lucerne, the Matterhorn and the best ski resorts. There's plenty of background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on eating out, not to mention an A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in French, German and Italian. The book also contains special features on topics ranging from Lichtenstein to cable cars. Maps show Bern, Zurich, Switzerland, Geneva and Basel, and there are dozens of colour photographs throughout.
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Middle Ages, Fine Arts Museum, William Tell, Jean Tinguely, Bernese Oberland, Lake of Geneva, Lake Constance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bear Pit, Ferdinand Hodler, Julius Caesar, Mario Botta, United Nations, German-speaking Switzerland, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Palais des Nations, Paul Klee, Promenade des Bastions, Van Gogh, Zoologischer Garten New!
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- Wilhelm Tell: A Translation (Barron's Educational Series) by Friedrich Schiller on page 18, page 77, and page 78
- Fra Angelico (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Laurence Kanter on page 58
- Donald Judd by Barbara Haskell on page 45
- The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann on page 85
- Bill Viola by David A. Ross on page 132
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