Alps Tourism

As a mountainous country, more than half of Switzerland at an altitude of 1,200 meters. Ascona is the lowest region with an altitude of only 196 meters, while the highest point in Switzerland is the Dufour 4634 meter peak. Around 100 peaks in the Swiss Alps has an altitude of over 4,000 meters and more than 1,800 glacier above the snow line altitude of 2,500 meters. This then led to Switzerland later famous for its mountain. About 60 per cent of Swiss tourism activities are in the Alps.Switzerland is famous for mountain tourism and banking business, other than products of luxury watches and high quality folding knives and expensive. Swiss watch, a product that is a symbol of community pride timeliness of information, technology and high-quality art.Travel with Eurorail ticket you can do since the early days of the Netherlands through Luxemburg. The journey continues into Switzerland by train early days with sleeperette facilities for sleeping. Public transportation in Switzerland the most convenient and timely is the electric-powered trains. The accuracy of train schedules typical of service quality known as "It is like a Swiss watch!"Tourism information is available at every strategic points, such as the station, in detail, complete and accurate, including the schedule and price and variety of service classes. Each designed with interesting information, plus maps and landscape drawings which clearly indicates the location information and the type of transportation used. For the first-time traveler to Switzerland, choice tourist destination depends on the information obtained.Alps is a popular tourist area in Switzerland. Off to the region, you will pass several lakes. Interlaken is a small town situated between two lakes, Bienzersee and Thunersee. A beautiful little town with a view of the Alpine peaks, such as the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. From this city, you can choose to move on to the last village in the Alps or enjoy the water in the lake. Water is very popular tourist activities such as sailing and cruising visited tourist resorts along the lake while enjoying the panoramic series of snowy mountain peaks in the distance.Switzerland has hundreds of lakes that formed naturally by the folds of the mountains and the glaciers. Many important cities situated on the banks of the lake, such as Zurich, Geneva, Nauchbtel, Montreaux, Lausanne and Lucerne. Hiking or walking through villages and hills of the Alps is an activity of the most popular sports tourism. At least there are 50,000 lane path that is equipped with a network of information maps and directions clear yellow color. This guide contains information about the destination, mileage, travel time and altitude. Restaurants and hotels scattered in different corners of the countryside and the edge of the Alps to the quality and variety of classes, from five-star to strawhuis peasant huts.

 Each city has its own uniqueness as a tourist destination, like Zermatt and Saas-Fee which is only 12 kilometers. If Zermat offers package tours summer and winter ski sports around 3,800 meters high Klein Matterhorn cable car using, then Saas-Fee offers charming package using the Metro train Alps. Had not had a panoramic Zermatt Matterhorn mountain peak and unique as horn, Saas-Fee to be a tough competitor as a tourist destination because it has a panoramic view of Monte Rosa peak Dom and the highest in Switzerland.

Geneva, international city located on the banks of the lake Lac Liman, has a Mont Blanc which is the Alpine peaks as high as 4807 meters. Mont Blanc peak is actually located outside the territory of Switzerland, precisely in the small town of Chamonix in the French and Italian border. Panorama summit Mont Blanc is a very charming if you look at it from Geneva, so that became the name of many restaurants, hotels, and cruise ships. In this region many rich people from all over the world enjoy the luxury of living in the lake water ramps and towering peaks.

 There are several areas that show no less beautiful landscape. Grinderwald the jagged toward the base station Jungfraujoch, and Murren which is the last village of the terminal towards the Schilthorn cable car. At Jungfraujoch are Sphink meteorological research laboratories, while you served in the Schilthorn or 360-degree panoramic view of the Alps with peaks of more than 200 pieces, ranging from the Bernse Alps to the Mont Blanc in France around you.