Switzerland is a country that sits at the top of many travelers' bucket lists for good reason. If you're a foodie, you'll ...

Sharing this most beautiful spot with friends old and new is enough to make me raise my hands and holler “hallelujah.” Rick Steves writes European guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public TV and ...

A highlight of one of my European -summers was a day I spent hiking in the Swiss Alps, on a hillside above the Berner Oberland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley. I was with a wonderful group of traveling friends ...

I'm in love with the Matterhorn. There's just something about this triangular peak of Disneyland fame – the most recognizable mountain on the planet. Just seeing it is one of the great experiences in ...

Pretty, pristine, and lakeside, and at the foot of a towering hulk of a mountain, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it’s been a regular ...

Gimmelwald set amid the grandeur of the Bernese Oberland, remains pleasantly stuck in the past. There’s nothing but air between Gimmelwald and the rock face of the Jungfrau three and a half miles away ...

Pretty, pristine and lakeside, and at the foot of a towering hulk of a mountain, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it’s been a regular ...