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Switzerland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 42872
Media: Turtleback
Pages: 324
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0756605296
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.940474
UPC: 690472005292
EAN: 9780756605292
ASIN: 0756605296
Publication Date: December 27, 2004
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Product Description
This winter wonderland offers everything from magnificent mountain scenery, alpine villages, and ski resorts, to chocolate and cuckoo clocks. Whether you prefer to hurtle down the Cresta Run on a tearaway luge or rest and reenergise yourself at a luxury spa, this is the only guide you will need.
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 Pretty Good November 18, 2008
Lindsay (San Francisco, CA)
The color photos in this travel guide are nice, but it lacks the feature of suggested itineraries or must-sees. Recommended more if you have an idea of where you want to go and what you want to see, and recommended less if you prefer more direction/suggestions.
 Great guidebook and keepsake July 6, 2008
S. Seymour (Alexandria, VA United States)
I've always liked the Eyewitness Travel Guides for their great photos, maps, narrative and tidbits. This one lives up to the series' standard. And these books make a great keepsake after your trip.
excellent guide for a week in Switzerland May 9, 2008
Mr. Brian C. Anderson (CT, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We had one week in Geneva and this guide pretty much explained everything there was to see. Well written, easy to use, very well organized, it was possible to get a handle on any large Swiss city in about 30 minutes.
 Excellent visuals, but missing useful information April 10, 2008
vr65nt (United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Pros: this guidebook has lots of pictures and gives lots of information region by region, detailed cut-outs of major historical buildings. I also found the pictures in the survival guide section useful, where they describe the various Swiss dishes and food/drink products.
Cons: no information on how to get to different places by train (e.g. from Interlaken to Schilthorn or Jungfraujoch). I understand the guide cannot list train numbers and times, but at least it could have described how to, for example, get from Luzern to Mt. Titlis by train. Train travel is a big part of the Switzerland experience so this seems like a big omission. There's also not much information on hiking, even though this is a very popular country with hikers. An overview map of hiking trails would have been useful. However, there are other guides that cover hiking so this is a minor omission by comparison.
Virtual Switzerland in Print February 8, 2008
Kipchoge (Honolulu, HI, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had purchased a similar book for my son about France to help him with his French language courses in high school. I ended up spending more time with it than he did, and when I saw the other country titles, I decided to purchase a few more. The Switzerland book is excellent in that it condenses a lot of information into a very portable volume. The photos and illustrations are fabulous and the background historical and cultural information is superb. The listing of accomodations and restaurants also appears to be very well researched and provides a starting point for further Internet research. My favorite part of Switzerland is the Bernese Oberland, and this book provides a genuine sense of what it is really like. I can definitely benefit from this book on future travel to Switzerland. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to know more about the country, as well as for experienced travellers. Well done to the authors, editors, and publisher!
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