Switzerland

Panoramic views of Freiburg in Switzerland One of the most attractive cities to visit on a trip through Switzerland is possibly Freiburg, which I had the opportunity to meet on my last trip to that country. It is a city of medieval origin located in a truly spectacular enclave. Surrounded by lush forests, Freiburg stretches along the hillsides that surround the deep valley created by the Sarine River (in French; Saane, in German), which runs creating winding meanders.

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Cailler chocolate factory shop in Switzerland Do you know that one of the most visited tourist attractions in Switzerland every year is the Cailler chocolate factory? When you have the opportunity to reach the historic building of Cailler, and you enter the modern townhouse that gives access to the factory visit, you quickly understand what I just told you: it gives you the feeling of being before a real dedicated theme park to chocolate

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Snowy landscapes in Binntal Valais in Switzerland / Photo: ST / Swiss Image One of the main reasons that took me many years ago to ski is the enjoyment of the great snowy landscapes. But to enjoy these landscapes you don't need to know how to ski. This is how Switzerland presents this season 2012-2013, offering us the possibility of hiking, touring those beautiful snowy landscapes, but also villages of great beauty.

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With this guide of tips for traveling to Switzerland we want to facilitate, as far as possible, the organization of your trip to one of the most fascinating countries in the world. With landscapes of heart attack, cities in which it will seem that time has stopped, exquisite cuisine and people who are infinitely friendly, we are sure that Switzerland will become an unforgettable destination.

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Day 5: LUCERNA - LAUTERBRUNNEN - MURREN - GENEVA AIRPORT - BARCELONA After a night full of shocks by the cries of the other "individuals" who are staying at our hotel hotel Erlebnishotel Jailhotel that looks like paper, we have breakfast the last buns that we They are left with a coffee from the machines in the corridors of the hotel and we go straight for the car to the parking lot to try today a second assault on the Lauterbrunnen area, where we want to visit Murren in the Valley of the 72 waterfalls.

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Day 4: INTERLAKEN - LAUTERBRUNNEN - CASCADA TRÜMMELBACHFÄLLE - LUCERNA At 6 in the morning we are already awake and the first thing we do is look out the window of the Swisslodge Falken hotel and see that the rain, which we like so little, has reached Interlaken . We had some pastries for breakfast that we bought yesterday at the supermarket and at 8 in the morning we are already in our rental car in Switzerland on the way to the Lauterbrunnen Valley, which will be our first stop of the day, where we arrive from Interlaken in about 20 minutes, crossing beautiful landscapes and charming villages despite the rain.

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Day 3: BERNA - THUN - OBERHOFEN - SPIEZ - INTERLAKEN After spending a most enjoyable night, in which we did not open an eye after the full day we had yesterday touring Chillon Castle, Gruyères and Freiburg, we have Wake up at 6 in the morning with fully renewed energies and looking forward to getting to know all the places we have in mind to see Bern in one day.

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Park & ​​Suites Elégance Genève-Ferney Voltaire This is the first of the hotels in Switzerland where we stayed. It is located a few minutes from Geneva airport, in the French part, in the town of Ferney Voltaire. The rooms are large and have all the comforts. Room of our first hotel in Switzerland They have free wifi throughout the establishment with a more than acceptable signal.

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Day 2: GENEVA - CASTILLO CHILLON - GRUYÈRES - FRIBURG - BERN At 6 in the morning and after sleeping only 5 hours we start the first day of our trip to Switzerland. We have set out to visit Chillon Castle, Gruyéres and Freiburg in one day and finish in Bern where we will stay and for that we need to take time out of the clock.

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Day 1: BARCELONA - GENEVA It is 7.30 in the morning and we are each in front of a computer working. Today is a hard day of work that we try to face with a smile on our lips, not only because we are positive, but also because in a few hours we have a flight from Barcelona to Geneva that will be the beginning of our trip to Switzerland.

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TRAVEL PREPARATIONS When we started preparing the getaways that we would do this year, one of the first things we looked at were the flights, knowing that on dates as specific as holidays or bridges, prices tend to get very expensive. Being July 24 a local holiday, we were able to expand our search area and one of the cheapest flights we found, took us to a country that we had not yet had the luck to know, so we did not think too much and we started to prepare a trip to Switzerland in 5 days.

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Our trip to Switzerland in 5 days will take us to travel the south of the country in a getaway that we will do in the month of July, looking for the best possible time to tour this country. To make a tour that covers a wider area of ​​the country we would have needed a minimum of 10 days and since it is impossible to add any more to this trip, we decided to focus on only one area of ​​the country.

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