Walking Switzerland: The Swiss Way; From Vacation Apartments, Hotels, Mountain Inns, and Huts

by Philip Lieberman and Marcia Lieberman

Book Overview

Lists 102 walks for varying ability levels in the Swiss Alps, with full descriptions and distance and time information. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898865115
• ISBN13: 9780898865110
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

If you buy one book on Switzerland buy this one!

My wife and I have hiked the Swiss Alps for 4 consecutive summers. The Lieberman book got us hooked on Switzerland. The book is the most informative resource for "off-the-beaten track" travel in Switzerland. Perhaps the greatest feature of the book is the detail in which every walk is described almost from "boulder to boulder" so even the amateur hiker can feel confident in the alps. Secondly, the book opens up a whole new world for travellers not familiar with "vacation apartments". These rental properties are the REAL "bargains" that can be found in a stereotypically expensive country for travellers. It is obvious the Liebermans have written the book with passion and have uncovered several hidden gems such as the villages of "Ardez" and "Les Haudéres" that most travel guides overlook. If you didn't have this book you'd miss fabulous remote villages and hikes that are well within reach of the average hiker. I have bought both editions and am planning to buy their new book on Mountain Inns...its probably great!

Excellent description of the best hikes in the Swiss Alps.

Walking Switzerland-The Swiss Way was an invaluable source of quality information. I used the book to help me choose which hikes in the Val d'Herens, in the Saas Valley, and around Zermatt would best suit my tastes during a two week hiking trip. Each hike was described accurately. The book does not contain wasted prose on "touristy" information, but rather concentrates on the details of each individual hike. The authors have carefully organized the details (how long, how high, what views may be seen at each pass) of each hike. Using the book, I was able to select a new hike each day. I knew what to expect with each new hike, and I was never disappointed with the book. This is the most informative, most accurate book of its kind that I have seen. I recommend it to anyone who wishes to hike in the Swiss Alps, and who needs some ideas of exactly where to go and what to expect. Information is not limited to the Valasian Alps. Hikes in the Jura, Engadine, Ticino, as well as in the Eiger, Moench, Jungfrau region are described as well.