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The guide's places, grouped by canton. 177 places referenced across 26 Swiss cantons, sorted here by nature, heritage, villages and cities.

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Aarburg seen from the bank of the Aare: the white Reformed church with two black spires stands on its rocky spur, the fortress and its long buildings occupy the ridge above, and the town's houses line the riverbank under a blue winter sky.

Aargau

6 places shown

Elevated view of Heiden and Lake Constance: in the foreground the roofs of the town and a red rack railway train, then the blue waters of the lake, dotted with a few sailboats, stretching to the opposite shore.

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

3 places shown

The painted gable of the pharmacy house in Appenzell, seen from below: the roofline traces an inverted curve accented with blue scales on a white background, two rows of white panels each bear a painted plant motif, small-paned windows with round stained-glass insets occupy the space between them, and flower boxes close off the bottom of the frame.

Appenzell Innerrhoden

2 places shown

Ermitage pond in Arlesheim in autumn: a white wooden footbridge extends over the water covered with water lilies, in front of a wooded slope with yellow, orange and red foliage.

Basel-Landschaft

3 places shown

The Rhine seen from a bridge on a clear day: on the left bank, the red sandstone cathedral raises its two spires and glazed-tile roof above a quay wall and a line of trees; the pale façades of the old town then line the water up to the arches of a bridge closing the perspective; in the foreground on the right, a few white boats are moored along the bank, under a cloudless blue sky.

Basel-Stadt

4 places shown

The Kramgasse in Bern, lined with sandstone buildings with arcades: in the foreground the Zähringerbrunnen, a painted fountain topped with a bear in armour, and in the background the Zytglogge tower with its golden clock face and green spire.

Bern

29 places shown

Hauterive Abbey seen from a wooded slope to the south: the long white conventual buildings with brown roofs and the church spire occupy the far end of a spring meadow valley, surrounded by forest, with the abbey's gardens and farm on the right.

Fribourg

6 places shown

From a tree-lined concrete esplanade, the long Lignon housing block, its facade a light-and-dark checkerboard, tiers away on the left, while a tower in the same checkerboard pattern rises on the right against a blue summer sky.

Geneva

5 places shown

A brick factory chimney stands before a pyramidal mountain entirely gilded by the low light of a winter sunset, its illuminated face in yellow and orange contrasting with a blue-violet sky streaked with long, thin clouds. In the foreground, industrial and residential buildings with snow-covered roofs, surrounded by a snow-covered kitchen garden; a thin crescent moon is visible at the top right of the sky.

Glarus

2 places shown

Snow-covered street in Bergün lined with Engadine houses with snow-laden roofs; in the background, a snowy mountainside under a clear sky.

Graubünden

18 places shown

The Étang de la Gruère on a calm day: the spruce forest and a sky streaked with clouds are mirrored perfectly in the water, with rushes and a clump of reeds in the foreground on the right.

Jura

6 places shown

An aerial view of the former abbey of Saint-Urbain: the baroque church with two towers topped by red onion domes stands at the center, surrounded by long white conventual buildings arranged around two courtyards, with the village and fields around it.

Lucerne

6 places shown

The paved square of Auvernier under a stormy sky: in the centre, a stone-column fountain with its long basin; on the left, ochre-red and yellow façades with blue shutters along a lane sloping downward; on the right, a yellow stone wall bearing the large painted letters "Coste — vins en gros"; behind the tiled roofs, a slate spire and dark clouds.

Neuchâtel

7 places shown

Oblique black-and-white aerial photograph, low light of late day: a steep wooded slope occupies the right half of the frame, an inclined track climbs it diagonally from the lake shore to the upper left. Below, a sloping meadow dotted with fruit trees descends toward a few isolated chalets, then toward a cluster of buildings by the water where a boat is moored to a jetty; the lake stretches out, calm, in the foreground.

Nidwalden

3 places shown

Under a grey sky with low clouds, the Saint Charles Borromeo chapel crowns a wooded knoll with its red roof and onion-domed spire; below, the brown-timbered Paxmontana inn flies flags, surrounded by parked cars and sloping green meadows.

Obwalden

4 places shown

The Rhine Falls in full width: the sheet of white water splits around the vegetation-covered central rock; on the bank overlooking the falls stands Laufen Castle, surrounded by trees in autumn colors, and a bridge spans the river upstream.

Schaffhausen

3 places shown

View from the shore of Lake Lucerne toward the parish church of Saint-Marcel in Gersau, with its green onion dome and golden clock tower; the white building with light-colored shutters, surrounded by a few village houses, is reflected in the calm water, beneath a wooded hillside in autumn colors rising toward the Rigi.

Schwyz

5 places shown

Overview of the Goetheanum at the end of the day: the monumental concrete facade, with its overlapping angular and curved volumes, is pierced by tall windows and dark wooden doors aligned on the ground floor; a few shrubs line the entrance, under a blue sky streaked with pink and golden clouds.

Solothurn

3 places shown

A ray of light falls almost vertically between the tall dark walls of the Tamina Gorge, lighting up the mossy rock face and the pebbly bed of the torrent; a small wooden shelter is tucked onto a ledge at the foot of the fissure.

St. Gallen

6 places shown

Elevated view of Diessenhofen from a height on the opposite bank: the Rhine looping through, the covered wooden bridge on the left, a passenger boat before the quay, the tightly packed roofs of the town and the church bell tower at the center, under a summer sky with cumulus clouds.

Thurgau

3 places shown

The Ascona lakefront seen from a jetty: a row of yellow, red, blue and pink houses lining the Piazza Motta, the bell tower of the Santi Pietro e Paolo church in the center, a palm tree on the left, and the mountains of Lake Maggiore in the background.

Ticino

10 places shown

Elevated view of Amsteg from a wooded slope: the village and its bell tower occupy the floor of the Reuss valley, the gravel-banked river crosses it, the motorway and road run along the left bank, and the Gotthard railway viaduct spans the ravine on the right, between steep slopes.

Uri

5 places shown

The village of Albinen clustered on its grassy shoulder, its brown wooden houses huddled around the church's white bell tower, with sloping meadows and larches in front of it and, in the background, the long limestone wall that closes off the Dala valley in a bluish morning light.

Valais

29 places shown

Late afternoon view of the old town of Avenches: in the foreground, two Roman columns standing in the grass, remnants of the Cigognier sanctuary; beyond the rooftops, the Tornallaz, a square tower with a pointed roof from the ancient wall, rises above the Vaud houses with light-colored facades and colorful shutters.

Vaud

18 places shown

Frontal view of Frauenthal Convent from the entrance courtyard: a white convent building with a brown tiled roof and dormer windows, an arched porch at the center, flanked by two large leafy trees; partly cloudy blue sky, with a paved path and green benches in the foreground.

Zug

2 places shown

The covered wooden bridge seen from the bank at a three-quarter angle: a long cladding of grey planks and a red tiled roof span the entire frame, carried by a stone pier planted in the middle of the Thur; the calm green water reflects the arch and the vegetation of the banks, and birds are perched in a row along the ridge of the roof.

Zurich

6 places shown

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