Swiss Alps are beckoning skiers with snowy slopes. But you may not always want to drive there – especially when road ...

It was well after dark in the heart of Zurich’s Old Town and Zurich’s raucous, multi-day “goodbye to winter — hello to spring” festival known as “Sechselauten” was in full Swiss swing. Loud marching ...

Travel author Everett Potter offers his recommendations for the most charming train rides in the country, with alpine views you won’t find anywhere else. In Switzerland, the Gornergrat train ascends 4 ...

Q. I’m planning to go to Switzerland in September to ride some of the special trains that run through the mountains. It sounds like a wonderful way to spend my vacation. How should I start making ...

Riding the train up to the 11,371-foot Jungfraujoch, Europe’s highest point accessible by railway, I fell madly in love — like the moment when Michael Corleone first laid eyes on Apollonia Vitelli in ...

Lying in the mountains of Central Switzerland, roughly halfway between Bern and Lucerne, a small but mighty railway awaits, ready to offer passengers an extraordinary and historic experience in nature ...

In Switzerland, the cities have been built to reflect their geography: reclining on the shores of bluer-than-blue lakes that reflect the skyscraping Alps or backdropped by hills threaded through with ...