Welcome to Switzerland

We flew into Zurich and then went directly down to Lucerne (minus our Luggage) to start a Collette Vacations train trip through Switzerland and Northern Italy.   It was a fantastic vacation and we would go back to any of the spots in a heartbeat.    We were able to get our luggage the next day but we really had to work for it.

At one point of the trip we did an all day train trip from Zermatt to St. Moritz.   I have included the video of the train trip in both the Zermatt and St. Mortiz pages at the bottom of the videos.

  • Officially the Swiss Confederation
  • Population 8.5 million
  • Landlocked country in central Europe
  • Oldest settlement back to 3500 BC
  • Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the founding document
  • Became Federal state in 1848
  • No Official Capital but Bern is defacto
  • Largest City Zurich
  • Official Languages German, French, Italian
  • Small part of the country speaks Latin
  • Everyone we met spoke English
  • Currency Swiss Franc (CHF)
  • Drive on the right
  • 6 hours ahead of the east coast.

Just click on a city/Place to see the Info, Photos, & Videos

Gstadd

Lucerne

Montreux

St. Moritz

Zermatt