In this storybook area of central Switzerland, the Alps provide a dramatic backdrop for unforgettable adventures — from ...

May 22 is the bicentennial of the birth of German composer Richard Wagner. Although born 1813 in Leipzig, the operatic genius has a strong connection to Switzerland. Wagner – then Royal Saxon Court ...

Pretty, pristine, and perched on a lake, with a striking mountain panorama as a backdrop, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it’s ...

Pretty, pristine, and lakeside, and at the foot of a towering hulk of a mountain, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it’s been a regular ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Vierwaldstattersee in central Switzerland is a big old Rorschach blot of a lake surrounded by ludicrous alpine handsomeness. It's ...

Flanked on one side by the façades of Lucerne’s opulent Nationalquai and boasting the best city lake views in Switzerland on the other, Seebad Luzern itself is no plain Jane, either. A simple, ...

The storybook old towns, twinkly Christmas markets and luminous lakes of these destinations positively glow during the festive season Icy peaks, frozen lakes and snow-dusted forests, Switzerland has ...

In the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne, a futuristic art gallery beside Switzerland’s most beautiful lake, the museum’s director, Fanni Fetzer, is showing me her new Turner exhibition. On the gallery walls are ...