Switzerland '99: The Complete Guide with Mountain Drives, Alpine Hikes and City Walking Tours (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

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The best guide to Switzerland, updated every year

• Riverside strolls and city walks to shady squares, landmark bridges, cathedrals, clock towers, and fascinating museums
  
• Back-road tours over Alpine passes and through valleys to medieval villages, tidy farm towns, and mountain resorts
  
• Summer sports, nightlife, shopping from toys to watches

Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget

• Sleek modern hotels, family-run inns, Victorian mountain chalets, patrician manses -- from glitzy to gemütlich
  
• Chic restaurants, wood-beamed stübli and beer halls, French bistros, Italian grotti, après-ski spots, cafés with a view

Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path

• Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
  
• All reviews based on visits by our expert writers

38 pages of maps, 32 vacation itineraries, and more

• Important contacts, smart travel tips
  
• Fodor's Choice
  
• What's Where
  
• Pleasures & Pastimes
  
• Festivals
  
• Essay on skiing
  
• Videos to watch
  
• Comprehensive index
  
• And more!

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The best guide to Switzerland, updated every year
Riverside strolls and city walks to shady squares, landmark bridges, cathedrals, clock towers, and fascinating museums
Back-road tours over Alpine passes and through valleys to medieval villages, tidy farm towns, and mountain resorts
Summer sports, nightlife, shopping from toys to watches
Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
Sleek modern hotels, family-run inns, Victorian mountain chalets, patrician manses -- from glitzy to gemütlich
Chic restaurants, wood-beamed stübli and beer halls, French bistros, Italian grotti, après-ski spots, cafés with a view
Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path
Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
All reviews based on visits by our expert writers
38 pages of maps, 32 vacation itineraries, and more
Important contacts, smart travel tips
Fodor's Choice
What's Where
Pleasures & Pastimes
Festivals
Essay on skiing
Videos to watch
Comprehensive index
And more!

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Book&Map edition (October 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679001514
• ISBN-13: 978-0679001515
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,450,250 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is invaluable to anyone traveling to Switzerland., April 30, 1999

By	Thomas "hoodtp1" (California) - See all my reviews

Of the several travel books that we purchased before our trip to Switzerland, this was easily the best. Well organized and laid out, it was the only guidebook we took with us last year and the only guidebook we will take with us this year when we return to Switzerland. Karen Brown's book on Swiss inns and itineraries was also helpful, but not comprehensive, as is this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough, reliable, with great new material, November 13, 1998

By A Customer

I'm not quite the author; I'm the editor of the 1999 edition and I'd like to give a "backstage" peek at the book. Besides covering the major cities and tourist sights, the incredible updating team (including half-a-dozen Swiss residents) added dozens of discoveries and favorite spots. For instance, our section on the Jungfrau region now includes the beautiful village of Bonigen---it's just five minutes from Interlaken, yet it's out of the main, tourist-trammeled path. There's a great new drive through the Emmental, the farm-dotted region just outside of Bern where traditional "Swiss" cheese is produced. The new late-night restaurants in Neuchatel, the upcoming winegrower's festival in Vevey, tempting new hotel and restaurant reviews throughout the country---it's all here. Perfect for the first-timer or the twelfth-timer. Bon voyage!