The guide that will activate your 'wanderlust'
Switzerland, the one with the immense forests, the one with the giant lakes, the one with the perfect mountains. Switzerland, the one with the exquisite cheese, the one with postcard towns, deserves not one, but many trips. They're all in The Grand Tour of Switzerland , the new guide that you can download free of charge to cross the country on four wheels.
"This road trip crosses four linguistic regions along some 1,600 kilometers and passes through five Alpine passes, 12 UNESCO heritage sites and 22 wonderful lakes ", they explain from MySwitzerland . All these wonders are presented in an attractive and intuitive way in a selection of highlights, divided along the ten stages that make up the path.
Just opening the guide already activates the wanderlust . "In Nendaz and Veysonnaz, the historic canals, called Suonen, irrigate the apricot trees and ensure that Valais apricots become the best in the country, year after year", they say in their first pages about the photo of a ditch at the foot of a green forest. "Some guests come here just for my formaggini and zincarlins [types of soft cheeses] from the highest pasture of Monte Generoso," says the text that accompanies the photo of Marisa Clericetti, a farmer.
The perfect route on wheels
Of course, in this very comprehensive guide there is also room for the most in: for example, the small shops, the many events and garden art Frau Gerolds Garten , in the modern district of Züri-West (Zurich) . Or the kitchen Hilltl , the world's first vegetarian restaurant (opened in 1898!) . Or the workshops and actions of the urban art association Urban Kunst in Basel.
The list of things to see and do is endless, and throughout the pages the most interesting museums , the most amazing panoramic roads and the most succulent traditional dishes -and, of course, the restaurants where you can taste them-. Also listed are the so-called " dream stretches ", like that of the famous mountain landscape of the Bernese Oberland from Unterseen, along Lake Thun.
Of course, just one piece of advice: do not download this precious little book unless you have a good time ahead of you, because it is impossible not to get carried away by its images and plans, feeling the taste of Swiss chocolate in your mouth, daydreaming about * * the trip of a lifetime **.
impossible to resist