Beautiful panorama drawing of the whole country, viewed looking southwards from Basel with the Italian & French Alps in the background. Each valley & mountain is clearly visible. Name & altitude are indicated for numerous peaks. The map also shows the railway network, with towns & villages. Excellent for planning or retracing journeys across this wonderful landscape. ...

Switzerland Touring Atlas from Hallwag in a handy 14 x 24cm spiral-bound format with 112 pages of road maps, transit maps for main cities, & other useful information. Road network indicates various types of motorway services, toll roads, roads closed to traffic or with timetable restrictions, mountain passes with their opening times, gradients, emergency telephones, detailed intermediate driving distances, etc. The railway network

Includes:: cable car & chair lift lines. Ferry services are marked on all major lakes. Symbols highlight places of interest & various facilities, including selected accommodation. The maps have no geographical coordinates. An extensive index of towns & villages shows postcodes & indicates places with rail or bus connections. Also included in the index are lists of lakes, rivers, mountains & the passes, places of interest, etc. The atlas also provides general information for motorists & tourist, plus transit plans of Basel, Bern, Biel/ Bienne, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, St. Gallen, Winterthur & Zurich. Map legend & all other information panels include English.

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The first water-resistant roadmap with direct access to useful additional information from the Internet Switzerland in a scale of 1:300, 003 shown on a practical map; inclusive of the High 5 Edition app technology for calling up additional travel information & many other benefits:- practical format (11.4 x 23.5 cm)- it is water-resistant (laminated/cellophane coating)- contains a selection of the local index; the entire index can be viewed using the QR-code It doesn’t matter what weather it is used in or how often it is folded, the condition of the “ROADMAP Switzerland” will not deteriorate. Roads, ascents, woodland & mountain areas are easily recognisable thanks to the clear layout of the map. To make it as practical as possible, Switzerland is represented on the front & back with a generous overlap. An overview with demographic information about the 26 cantons of Switzerland rounds off the map. The “ Interactive Mobile ROADMAP Switzerland” – a “paper backup” just in case...... & when used in conjunction with a smartphone, it is a great tool for planning trips. What’s not on the map is in the app By scanning the section of the map you want with the High 5 Edition app, you can get a lot of useful additional information about major attractions & cities in Switzerl&. The app is based on Augmented Reality technology & is available free of charge from the Apple App store & Google Play store. ...

Switzerland Insight Guide is dedicated to exploring the destination in detail with a selection of glossy illustrations. Extensive introductory sections explore the region’s history & culture & there are also short articles written by locals about distinctive local issues, whilst selective photo-features illustrate the variety of the place. The ‘ Places’ section is grouped geographically & provides details of the area including places to visit, suggestions for tours & other activities. Each section has its own listings of the best restaurants, bars & cafes. Essential practical information is provided in the Travel Tips chapter on accommodation, shopping & local activities. A useful location finder & travel tip index with relevant page numbers are given on the inside covers. Overview street plans are also provided for the main cities in the region or country. ...

Switzerland in the Pocket Guide series from Insight provides detailed commentary on a collection of itinerary based trips in a handy pocket format. Each guide has an historical & cultural introduction, profiling the growth of the region or city. There is also a large selection of localised & pedestrian friendly tour itineraries designed to take in the major sites, as well as a chapter on excursions to other destinations within easy reach. Further sections detail leisure activities including shopping, eating out, nightlife, festivals & local events with accompanying addresses & contact details where relevant. There is also practical guidance on transport, local services, language & accommodation. Each guide also has a large selection of colour photographs & a pull-out pocket map giving an overview of the region. ...

A very large sheet with an attractive & informative combination of two maps: administrative & postcode. On one side is an administrative map of the country, with a road map as its base. The map has plenty of geographical information: names of valleys, rivers, lakes, & glaciers, plus spot heights for numerous peaks. Each canton is shown in a different colour & subdivided into districts. Around the map are information panels giving essential facts about each canton: date of joining the Swiss Confederation, area, population, population density, number of districts & communes, & the highest & lowest points. A separate booklet attached to the cover provides an index which also

Includes:: lists of mountains, rives, lakes, mountain passes, etc. On the reverse side is a postcode map of Switzerl&, with its base map showing both roads & the full rail network, including mountain railways, cable car lines, & chair lifts. Names of all towns & villages are annotated with their post codes, & are also listed in an index placed around the map. Map legends are in French, German, Italian & Romansh only.

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Large size wall map of the country with cantons in different colours. Names of all towns & villages are annotated with their post codes, & are also listed in an index placed around the map. The base map shows both roads & the full rail network, including mountain railways, cable car lines, & chair lifts. Map legend is in German, French & Italian only. This title is also available folded, either on its own or with a more detailed administrative map of the country on the reverse. ...

Public Transport Map of Switzerland from Kümmerly + Frey showing standard & narrow gauge railways, rack railways, cable cars, chair-lifts, coach/trolley bus services & ferries, plus a booklet with city transport diagrams & street maps around main railway stations indicating various facilities. The railways, coach/trolleybus lines & ferry routes, presented in contrasting colouring, are annotated with their official timetable numbers. The railway lines (also shown in the adjoining areas of the surrounding countries but without the timetable numbers) indicate stations with different types of inter-rail or city transport connections. Also highlighted are Publi Car zones: localities with limited or no public transport where a car rental service is provided instead. All this information in presented on an unobtrusive base map with excellent relief shading & plenty of place names of topographic features to provide a vivid picture of the country’s geography. Extensive index, on the reverse side, lists localities with their postcodes & indicates those with car hire and/or bike rental facilities at the station. The accompanying 79-page booklet contains diagrams of public transport networks in the main cities & their vicinities: Basel, Bern, Biel/ Bienne, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Schaffhausen St. Gallen, Winterthur & Zurich. For most of these cities the booklet also provides plans of stations & the surrounding streets (in Zurich the central station, Enge, Oerlikon & Stadelhofen), indicating various facilities including car & bike hire points, the nearby bus & tram stops, as well as platform numbers for popular railway connections. Map legend for the main map

Includes:: English. In the booklet the legends are in the in the main language of each city, but extensive additional tourist tips on using the country’s public transport all include English.

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Switzerland’s national & regional long-distance hiking routes & a selection of popular local trails overprinted on a waterproof & tear-resistant version of Hallwag Kümmerly + Frey’s road map at 1:301, 000, plus a list of all the long-distance routes & an index which

Includes:: topographic features. Switzerland’s network of national & regional routes is shown with their official numbers, & many routes also show distances & walking times of individual stages. Also marked are numerous other local trails. Where appropriate the overprint indicates more difficult mountain paths. Symbols show mountain huts, campsites, youth hostels, Friends of Nature Houses & selected local hotels. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 10’. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse an extensive index

Includes:: lists of geographical features (peaks, passes, rivers, etc), places of interest, etc. Also provided is a list of the seven national long-distance routes & 62 regional long-distance trails.





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Most travellers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
- that`s what Marco Polo
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