Nine books that make perfect gifts for Swissmas
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There’s no better Christmas present than a book. And if you love Switzerland, then there are no better books than the ones...
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There’s no better Christmas present than a book. And if you love Switzerland, then there are no better books than the ones...
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Maps. I love them (though you probably know that already if you’ve read Around Switzerland in 80 Maps). But why settle for...
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I cannot get married in Switzerland. At least, not to my boyfriend. But hopefully, that is about to change. On 26 September...
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It’s an unwritten rule of life: you wait ages for something and then three come along at once. And the pandemic hasn’t...
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I went up a mountain to go to church. No really, I did. Why? Because it’s a stunning piece of architecture in...
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WE LIKE YOU. That’s what the welcome mat says, matching the slogan on the website, and it’s quite an unusual way to...
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There’s nothing I like more than unearthing a few juicy facts about a place. If you’ve read any of my books, you’ll...
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It sounds like the coach tour from hell: seeing a whole country in one hour. Even for a place as small as...
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Look down and you see Lago Maggiore, the lowest point of Switzerland at 193m. Look right and there’s the country’s highest point,...
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Italian energy and Swiss efficiency. That’s how Ticino is usually described and it’s (almost) true. I’ll come to the ‘almost’ in a...
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