The year-end holidays and falling snow usually means one destination for those seeking a winter wonderland: Switzerland.

Since the 1980s, rail has been experiencing an extraordinary renaissance, as travellers eschew the stresses and tedium of ...

Every couple of minutes, a train from Lausanne-Ouchy by Lake Geneva runs almost silently uphill to the SBB railway station and onwards via the city centre (Flon) to Epalinges-Croisettes. The fully ...

This content was published on Dec 13, 2024 Switzerland’s new “Capital of ... 30 years after the murder of an Egyptian diplomat in Geneva, the related trial begins today in Bellinzona, canton ...

We will be flying into Geneva mid december on a weds and we see option to get to Annecy is the 272 bus , can we buy the ticket from the driver? Then we will go from Annecy to Chamonix Bla Bla bus ...

Regular regional trains – all offering a high level of comfort – still ply the entire route. So let’s hop aboard and make tracks south, following a route which will lead us all the way from Amsterdam ...

Lake Geneva is a water body of superlatives: mildest climate, largest lake and lake with the largest amount of water in Central Europe.The Celts called it “Large Water” or “Lem an”, and to this day it ...

Europe is blessed with a number of stunning cities with iconic architecture and an array of cultures. But, as one survey shows, some cities are less fortunate with some locals disgruntled with ...

The most scenic train line in Switzerland. Stay the night (or two) in St Moritz. Then head for Luzern. Two changes of train, at Chur and Thalwil. Luzern is smaller than Zürich, easy to get around and ...

The Montreux Christmas Market, arguably Switzerland's most famous, is set in the picturesque town of Montreux along Lake Geneva. Surrounded by snow-capped peaks and adorned ... The Christkindlimarkt ...

Night - Cloudy with a 68% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 17 mph (6.4 to 27.4 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Rain with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C) and a 63% ...

Sydneysiders who use the city’s rail network will have to find other ways to commute from early Friday to Sunday, as train services will come to a screeching halt due to industrial action.