15 guides on MySwitzerland.
Tucked into the country's south-western corner, where the Alps ease into vineyards and the French language takes over, Geneva and the shores of Lake Geneva offer a different flavour of Switzerland altogether. This is the Suisse Romande, the French-speaking region, and it comes with a distinctly cosm
Read more →Billed as the Top of Europe, Jungfraujoch is one of Switzerland's signature experiences: a railway journey to one of the highest stations on the continent, set amid glaciers and 4,000-metre peaks. For Hong Kong travellers, it is a bucket-list day out, and the surrounding Jungfrau region, with its li
Read more →Some train journeys are simply a way to get from one place to another. The Bernina Express is not one of them. This is a ride you plan a trip around, a slow and spellbinding crossing of the Swiss Alps that climbs past glaciers, loops through spiralling viaducts and descends into the palm-lined warmt
Read more →Switzerland may be small, but every corner has its own character, from cosmopolitan lakeside cities to car-free mountain villages and Italian-flavoured southern towns. This tour runs through the destinations most Hong Kong travellers put at the top of their list, with a sense of what each offers and
Read more →For many people, Switzerland and skiing are almost synonymous. This is the birthplace of Alpine winter tourism, a country where entire villages are built around the rhythm of the snow, where mountain railways and cable cars whisk you effortlessly to the top of the world, and where the après-ski hot
Read more →Planning a trip to Switzerland from Hong Kong stirs up all the exciting questions, which mountains to climb, which trains to ride, how many lakes you can fit in, but there is one practical question that has to come first: do you need a visa to enter? It is the sort of thing that is easy to put off,
Read more →Ask anyone who has walked in the Swiss Alps and they will struggle to describe it without reaching for superlatives. There is a particular kind of joy in stepping off a mountain railway, filling your lungs with clean air scented by pine and wildflowers, and setting off along a well-marked path towar
Read more →Of all Switzerland's mountains, none is as instantly recognisable as the Matterhorn, its near-perfect pyramid rising above the car-free village of Zermatt. For Hong Kong travellers, a few days here deliver the quintessential Alpine experience: mountain railways, high viewpoints, world-class trails a
Read more →A quick-reference guide to the essential facts about Switzerland — where it is, how many people live there, the languages they speak, the currency and more. Bookmark this page before planning your trip.
Read more →Switzerland is a country of mountains, but it is also, gloriously, a country of water. Scattered across the map are lakes of every size and character, from vast, glamorous expanses fringed by vineyards to quiet mountain waters the colour of jade. They are the soul of many of the country's most belov
Read more →Switzerland has one of the most comprehensive and beautifully integrated public transport systems in the world. Trains, buses and boats run like clockwork and reach even remote mountain valleys, which means you can plan an entire holiday without ever renting a car. The challenge for visitors is not
Read more →There are countries where the train is simply a way to get from one place to another. Switzerland is not one of them. Here, the railway is the destination in its own right, a slow-moving grandstand seat for some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe. For Hong Kong travellers used to fast, effici
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