Climb aboard for an epic public transit tour of Switzerland. This seven-day itinerary is a celebration of all things transport: trains, boats, buses, cogwheel trains, funiculars, and more. The sample ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel with a focus on safety and sustainability. Dianna and John Mellers had no idea what Swisstainable meant until they ...

I smile as Silvia – our tour leader on Intrepid’s eight-day Best of Switzerland rail trip – guides us confidently through Zurich’s main station, tickets to Lucerne in hand. Though Italian, Silvia now ...

Switzerland isn’t just about stunning Alpine views and precision watches. This small European nation has earned its reputation as the world’s chocolate capital, offering visitors an unparalleled ...

The "discreet charm" of bourgeois yet vibrant Geneva may be subtle, but it grows rapidly on visitors and residents alike. From the Mont Blanc bridge in the evening, when the skyline of gracious, ...

Bern is Switzerland's beautiful capital city, 55 mi/90 km west of Lucerne. It was destroyed by a fire in 1405 and then totally rebuilt, so it has many fine examples of early-15th-century ...