The Whole Earth Guide in Switzerland

Properties in Switzerland

Zermatt and the Matterhorn

Zermatt is one of the cutest little ski resort villages that you could imagine and the locals take steps to keep it that way so much so that little has changed since my previous visit over 30 years ago.

Although, by and large, only electric vehicles are permitted in the village, it isn't a pedestrian zone so keep an eye out when you're crossing the road. Avoid going during May as that's when co... full details

The charming german-speaking city of Bern

Of all the Swiss cities Bern is perhaps the most charming. Crammed onto a steep-sided peninsula in a crook of the fast-flowing River Aare, its quiet, cobbled lanes, lined with sandstone arcaded buildings straddling the pavement, have changed barely at all in over five hundred years but for the adornment of modern shop signs and the odd car or tram rattling past. The hills all around, and the steep... full details

Geneva

Geneva is one of the cities in the world that just about everyone will have seen on TV at one time or another courtesy to the large numbers of international organisations there and the conferences that they hold, but relatively few will have visited it.

Unfortunately most of the organisations have what are essentially headquarters in the city and therefore visits to them can be quite dry affair... full details

Apartment, Chueca, Madrid

The apartment is located in Chueca. Read up about it on any website and youll discover that apart of being a stones throw from the center of Madrid called Sol, Chueca itself has great, restaurants, bars, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing all within 10 mins walking of the apartment. You really dont need a car to get around. The metro, bus and train system in Madrid works like clockwork and there ... more details