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Portion of the Alps that lies within Switzerland
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The Swiss Alps are in Switzerland, stretching over several regions.
The southern end of the canton of Bern, includes some of the tallest and most famous peaks in Switzerland, including the Jungfrau and the Eiger, known as the Berner Oberland.
The five cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Lucerne surrounding the Vierwaldstättersee are the birthplace of the Swiss Confederation and the origin of the legend of William Tell. The region offers a lot to the traveler, including outdoor recreation, great scenery, historic old cities, and steamboat rides on the lake.
Graubünden (Romansch: Grischun, Italian: Grigioni), also known as Grisons, is a canton of Switzerland and the country's largest canton by area.
The Valais (German: Wallis) is exactly that: a long, narrow, L-shaped valley in the Swiss Alps. The main cities in this region are along the river Rhone which cuts through the bottom of the valley, between its source at the Rhone glacier in the east and its temporary destination of Lake Geneva in the west.
Trains run to the three biggest cities: Geneva, Berne, and Zurich many times a day from big cities in neighboring countries (Paris, Milan, Venice, Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna).
Read in the guideRail is probably the best way to get around. With the awesome scenery, you'd probably rather concentrate on it than drive; driving will work fine too, but prepare for some steep roads and tight curves in some areas.
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Thun is a small city in the Bernese Highlands of Bern Canton, Switzerland. Its surface area is 21.7 km², and it had about 44,000 inhabitants in 2017.
Davos is a winter and summer resort village located in the heart of the Graubünden in the east of Switzerland. In the early 1990s, Davos became famous for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual winter gathering of international politicians and financiers who represented a transnational elite.
Chur is the capital of Graubünden in south-eastern Switzerland.
Interlaken is a small city in the Bernese Highlands region of central Switzerland. Located between two alpine lakes (Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) and Lake Thun (Thunersee)), Interlaken is a popular base camp for outdoor sports and travel in the surrounding Bernese Oberland Alps.
Lucerne (Luzern in German, Lozärn in Swiss-German) is a beautiful small city which sits on the shores of Lake Lucerne in the heartland of Switzerland. Lucerne is a popular destination for the city itself and the accessible outings around the lake and local Alps that it offers.
Brig (French: Brigue, Italian: Briga), officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people (2018) in Valais in Switzerland. The municipality is made up of two neighbouring towns, Brig and Glis, with a third independent town Naters across the Rhone river to the north.
St. Moritz (German: Sankt Moritz, Italian: San Maurizio, French: Saint-Moritz) is in the Upper Engadin in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Gimmelwald is a picturesque hamlet in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. It's perched on a cliff edge looking down into the Weisse Lütschine valley towards Lauterbrunnen, and in 2020 had a population of 130.
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