Scenic Trains
Glacier
Express
Bernina
Express
Golden
Pass Line
Gotthard Panorama
Mont
Blanc - St Bernard
Palm
Express
Excursion Trains
Jungfraujoch
Chocolate
Train
Gornergrat
Matterhorn
Mt
Pilatus Railway
Mt
Rigi Railway
Roches
De Naye
Lake Cruises
Lake
Geneva
Lake
Lucerne
Lake
Constance
Zurich Attractions
Bahnhofstrasse
Shopping
Zurich
West
Turler
Cosmos Clock
National
History Museum
Grossmunster
Church
Beyer
Watch Museum
Zurich
Zoo
SWITZERLAND BY RAIL - REGIONS
Zurich Region
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and perhaps the first region
to be encountered for international visitors arriving in the country.
The area aroud Zurich on the central plain is composed of low hills
and woodlands, with rivers and lakes and picturesque villages not far
away. The Alps mountains are a bit distant but reached by train in
an hour, three to the southern range. Zurich can be the jumping off
point for a vareity of touring adventures. There is lots to do and discover
in the city, starting with the famous shopping street the Bahnhofstrasse
which
begins just outside the train
station. Zurich’s old town is a stroll away with its quaint shops
below the twin towers of the symbolic Grossmünster Church. An intimate
metropolis filled with theaters for ballet and opera, plays and musicals,
over fifty museums and a hundred art galleries, and the Limmat Quai along
the shore of Lake Zurich.
Winterthur
Winterthur was in the center of Switzerland industrial region and has
transformed into a lively cultural city with a wide ethnic mix. Winterthur
offers 17 museums, as well as night clubs and bars, inclduing the only
24 hour bar in Switzerland, and a varity of sports and entertainment.
The rioling Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen, Europe’s „Niagara“ is
a 20 minute train ride away.
Rapperswil, Jona & Lake Zürich
Rapperswil, is a charming tourist
town on the south eastern end of Lake Zurich, about a half hour by train
from Zuric and on the Pre-Alpine Express
route from Lucerne. The lake riviera offers boating and outdoor restaurants,
while the old town with a bit of a climb through the famous monastery
rose gardens to the walls of the castle will charm with its many attractions,
while below the wooden walking bridge across the lake allows you to „walk
on the water“. For kids, the Knies Children's Zoo, Alpamare Water
Park and Atzmännig Ttrampoline Park makes this a family-friendly
destination.
Baden
Baden in Switzerland, while not to be confiused with Baden-Baden in
the German Black Forest, is also famous for its Grand Casino, but also
an historical city with a lively cultural life.
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