This guide updates Bradt's companion to the many pleasurable ways to explore this picturesque and pristine country with a minimum of road pollution. Switzerland is justifiably world-famed for its efficient transport system, making it relatively easy to explore most corners within its compact borders. This guide is an excellent planning tool, providing all the necessary tips to make travelers lives easier. It allows readers to plan an individual route taking in Alpine scenery, enchanting chateaux, and outstanding churches. Features include: >A guide reflecting tourists' increasing desire to travel in an environmentally-friendly manner>Encompasses Switzerland's wide transportation network of trains, postbuses, and lake steamers with further information about bicycle hire and hiking>Walking tours of fifteen Swiss towns, including Geneva, Lausanne, and Berne>A mine of information on tourist offices, accommodations near transportation links, and other facilities

The most comprehensive guide to Switzerland's transport system and the best reading. -- The Times