Switzerland '99

by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

The best guide to Switzerland, updated every year Back-road tours over alpine passes and through mountain valleys to medieval villages, tidy farm towns, and more Riverside strolls and city walks past... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679001514
• ISBN13: 9780679001515
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

This book is invaluable to anyone traveling to Switzerland.

Of the several travel books that we purchased before our trip to Switzerland, this was easily the best. Well organized and laid out, it was the only guidebook we took with us last year and the only guidebook we will take with us this year when we return to Switzerland. Karen Brown's book on Swiss inns and itineraries was also helpful, but not comprehensive, as is this book.

Thorough, reliable, with great new material

I'm not quite the author; I'm the editor of the 1999 edition and I'd like to give a "backstage" peek at the book. Besides covering the major cities and tourist sights, the incredible updating team (including half-a-dozen Swiss residents) added dozens of discoveries and favorite spots. For instance, our section on the Jungfrau region now includes the beautiful village of Bonigen---it's just five minutes from Interlaken, yet it's out of the main, tourist-trammeled path. There's a great new drive through the Emmental, the farm-dotted region just outside of Bern where traditional "Swiss" cheese is produced. The new late-night restaurants in Neuchatel, the upcoming winegrower's festival in Vevey, tempting new hotel and restaurant reviews throughout the country---it's all here. Perfect for the first-timer or the twelfth-timer. Bon voyage!