Europe
Switzerland
Belle Époque grand hotels, mountain railways, and summer instead of ski season.
Photo by Jean-Paul Wettstein on Pexels
When to go
July to September for hiking and full train timetables
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Switzerland in summer is the country's underrated season: the grand hotels that were built for the Victorian cure are half the winter price, the mountain railways run their full timetables, and the Alps are green rather than white. A rail pass plus three well-chosen bases beats driving, because the trains go where the roads sensibly do not.
