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Southern Switzerland
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The Glacier Express
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• Most famous in the world• Travels in 7 hours!• 91 tunnels and 291 bridges
Prices: 1 Class - $123-$254 CHF - $143.43-$296.61 CAD2 Class - $70-$145 CHF – $81.74-$169.32 CAD
Zermatt
• Matterhorn ‘glacier paradise’
-highest lying summer ski region (3883 m)
-Gornergrat, cog railway
-400+ km hiking trails
-Haute Route
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Festivals
• Horu Trophy Zermatt• Swatch Skiers Cup• Zermatt Unplugged• Raiffeisen Open • Matterhorn Eagle Cup• Swiss Food Festival• Folklore Festival• Zermatt Festival
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The Lake District
• Locarno• “It is a museum, its objects are not found in buildings, but in its landscapes”
-Didier Burkhalter
Chiesa Nuova- 17c cathedral, ornate baroque ceiling
Chiesa di Sant’Antonio- Alter of the Morto Christo and frescoes
Castello Visconteo- 15c castle, now roman and bronze age musem
Santuario della Madonna de Sasso-1480, vision of the Virgin Mary
• Lugano
-Cosmopolitan city, shopping, museums, nightlife
heritage, guided excursions
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St. Moritz – Top of the World
• Birthplace of winter tourism
• Location South East, The Engadine Valley• Transportation• Train• Rhaetian Railway • Car• Plane• Activities• Skii and Snowboard• Cross Country Skiing• Winter Walking• Ice Sports (Bob Sledging, Ice Skating, Curling etc.)
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Gstaad – Come Up Slow Down
• Last paradise in a crazy world
• Location South West• Transportation• Train (Montreux-Oberland Bernois) Railway• Central • North and Western Switzerland • Italy • Car• Plane• Activities• Skii and Snowboard• Cross Country Skiing• Winter Walking• Ice Sports (Bob Sledging, Ice Skating, Curling etc.)
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