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Tourism began in Switzerland with British mountaineers climbing the main peaks of the Bernese Alps in the early 19th century.. The Alpine Club in London was founded in 1857. . Reconvalescence in the Alpine, in particular from tuberculosis, was another important branch of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries: for example in Davos, Graubü
The Grand Tour of Switzerland is a 1,643 km (1021 mile) tourist circuit in Switzerland, devised by Switzerland Tourism and The Grand Tour of Switzerland Association in 2015. Split into 8 stages, the circuit traverses through 13 UNESCO World Heritage sights , 5 Alpine passes, and 22 lakes. [ 1 ]
It circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering a distance of roughly 165 kilometres (103 mi) with 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of ascent/descent and passing through parts of Switzerland, Italy and France. It is considered one of the classic long-distance hiking trails. The circular route is normally walked in a counter-clockwise direction in 9-14 days. [1]
The Glacier Express's route through Switzerland From Brig, (678 m or 2,224 ft) the train continues to Visp (651 m or 2,136 ft), then enters the valley of Mattertal and goes up, passing the villages of Stalden (799 m or 2,621 ft), St. Niklaus (1,127 m or 3,698 ft) and Randa (1,408 m or 4,619 ft), where a spectacular debris avalanche completely ...
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