Fodor's Switzerland

by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

Museum-hop in Zurich, ski the famous Alps, visit picturesque Swiss villages, or dine at exquisite restaurants – Fodor's Switzerland, 44th Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best –"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

- We frequently update our Switzerland guide, and we make every effort to bring you the most accurate and thorough book. Plus we provide timely updates about the area at Fodors.com.
- Unlike other travel books, Fodor's guides rely heavily on local experts who know the territory best–so you know you're seeing the real Switzerland.
- We give you the planning tools you need to tailor your trip. We give options for all budgets. You make the choices.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Guidebook

560 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 1985

About the author

Fodor's Travel Publications is a United States-based producer of English-language travel guides and online tourism information. It was founded by Hungarian Eugene Fodor in 1936.
Fodor’s was acquired by Random House in 1986 and sold to Internet Brands in 2016.

Reviews

[Liviu]

excellent guide to Switzerland and invaluable for my 9 day sejour there - i usually use the Rick Steev guides but the Swiss one was a sketch not covering many places while this is comprehensive with everything one needs to know, grouped regionally, great maps, info etc etc; I used lots of ideas from this (most notably to visit Gstaad and Lauterbrunner in addition to Davos, Vaduz and st. Moritz which were on my high priority list) as well as guides to Basel, Zurich, Bern, Luzern, Lausanne and Montreux which were very useful in exploring those cities

One notable miss is the FIFA world cup museum in Zurich near the FIFA headquarters, but that is understandable as the museum opened in February 2016, while the guide is from 2015 - if you are into football, the museum a must as is modern, awesome and I spent 3 hours there with my son not noticing how time flies

Highly recommended as comprehensive and useful

[Steven Peterson]

Fodor's is one of the better travel guide series around. Here, the focus is Switzerland.

I once had a professional coinference in Geneva, and eagerly went to that section to update myself and recall some of the neat adventures in that city. This part of thje book (starting on page 533) lays out the geography of the city, how to get there and get around once there, top attractions, restaurants, and hotels. Pages 558-567 is great, in outlining some of the recommended eateries.

And, the same format for other regions of this nation.

All in all, a pretty satisfying resource for the visitor.

[Kerry Pickens]

I am planning a vacation for next summer, and wanted to see if I could take a train from France to Italy. It shows you all the train routes, and I can take a train from Lake Geneva to Lake Como. Nice!

[Laurel]

Good alternative or companion to Rick Steves

Rick Steves does not cover everything in Switzerland so Fodor’s is a good companion book if you are branching out from Stevesland.

[Jane]

I have researched Fodor's travel books before and found them to be very helpful. I really like the maps. It describes quaint out of the way sites to see as well as the popular tourist attractions.

[Jacqui]

Only Switzerland guide that I could find that covered Verbier, good coverage of Geneva, and gorgeous photos.

[Jeff Friedrich]

Solid travel guide, spot on recommendations.