Les Paccots: perfect snowshoeing
Virgin snow, bluebird skies and undulating mountain views: there’s hardly a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than going for a snowshoe hike on the trails of Les Paccots. […]
Virgin snow, bluebird skies and undulating mountain views: there’s hardly a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than going for a snowshoe hike on the trails of Les Paccots. […]
“It’s nice to see the Swiss like this before midday,” says my host, Joel. It’s hard to hear what he says, such is the raucous atmosphere in the Harmonie restaurant […]
“I’m not that impressed, I’ve seen better,” says my boyfriend Matt. I’m surprised, to say the least, because the spread of mountains before me, a jagged horizon above a bath […]
The grapes keep on coming. In total around 1,500 kilograms of Chasselas are poured into the 100-year-old wooden press to extract the juice, and this is the second pressing of […]
One thing I love about Switzerland is the proximity of the mountains to the cities. And nowhere sums that up better than the Salève, Geneva’s local mountain. It was a […]
I’ve seen a fair few stunning views since I’ve been visiting Switzerland. And most of them I’ve appreciated after considerable effort to get there: sweat and occasional tears (thankfully no […]
You can hear them long before they arrive. The low, rhythmic clang of several dozen cow bells signals the approach of a farmer and his herd on their descent from […]
It was meant to be a five-hour hike and we’d been going for more than that already. We’d gained 1,000m of elevation, had just trudged through snow to the top […]
Switzerland may not have any coastline, but the shores of Lac Léman have a seaside feel at times: ice cream vendors, Sunday strollers, kids playing in the fountains – and […]
Switzerland isn’t short of a view. But, here in the Val d’Anniviers above Sierre, this one was particularly impressive. I was standing on a thin ridge, with the rough hiking […]