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Meiringen

Alps beckon with wine fair, golf, steam trains and green cars (update)

02/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Sierre and Crans-Montana, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Alps always look good in early autumn but the weekend of 3 September canton Valais has a powerful set of attractions on offer. Vinea, the Swiss wine fair that is the country’s biggest outdoor wine festival, opens its doors Friday evening in Sierre and is expected to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alpmobil, Crans-Montana, festival, Furka pass, Furka steam train, green cars, Grimsel pass, Meiringen, Mondial du Pinot Noir, Oberwald, Omega European Masters, Realp, Sherlock Holmes, Sierre, Swiss wine fair, Vinea

White star marks the spot where Sherlock left us

20/07/2010 by Ellen Wallace

By Bob Evans Meiringen, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – High on a bleak crag above this small crossroads town in central Switzerland, a large white X marks a world-famous spot which draws tourists and their cameras from around the globe. Travellers leap from the cable car as it slides to a halt after an 8-minute climb from […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bern, death of Holmes, Meiringen, Professor Moriarty, Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Switzerland

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