ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich is within three hours by train from most parts of Switzerland, and whether you’re visiting for a day trip or an overnight, build in time for a walking tour. If you don’t know the city at all, the Zurich Tourism Office provides a good collection of guided walking tours, privately and […]
Travels
When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.
Lake Geneva area: gem of a weekend is here!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Crowds are streaming back from vacations, but the summer is not over, with a flurry of concerts and shows and other entertainment this weekend and next. Reminder for Monday: school has started in canton Valais and it begins 26 August in canton Vaud, so drive carefully, particularly around elementary schools. Weather forecast […]
Migros to open on Sundays at Geneva train station
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Gare Cornavin in the centre of Geneva will soon have a Sunday supermarket, with Migros opening a 460m2 store at the east end of the newly renovated station next spring. The city will then have two Sunday supermarkets, with the new Migros joining one at Geneva airport; the train station one will […]
160 new jobs in Verbier where the news is the interviews
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss hotels are joining the rest of Swiss business in a frenzy of innovation – forget cozy charms of the past, with Verbier as the latest to join a trend of hot hotel options. The Valais resort this winter will see the opening of a sizzling new extreme travel hotel that will […]
Swiss love their trains, but cars even more so
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The average Swiss person spends more than 20,000 hours a year moving around in cars or using public transport, some 37 km per day per person, according to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. The figures are part of a report, “Mobility and Transport 2013”, published Tuesday 20 August. But don’t call it […]