The Swiss Alps are world-renowned for their breathtaking scenery. Think snow-dusted peaks, turquoise lakes, and picture-perfect villages that look like they've stepped straight out of "Heidi." But ...

I learned to respect the power of nature in the shadow of Switzerland’s towering Jungfrau, just south of Interlaken in the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Avalanches are a part of life here — where humble yet ...

Swiss people are experts at living with nature. Like people who live along the coast have telescopes to watch the ships, Swiss mountain dwellers have telescopes on their back decks to watch the ...

Stretching across a vast swath of terrain from the Mediterranean coast of France, through Switzerland, and all the way to Croatia and Montenegro, is a prominent massif called the Alps. This arc of ...

High in Switzerland, the mighty Alps seem to shout the glory of God. Up here, the Christmas season fills a winter wonderland with good cheer. I’ll never forget the holiday I spent in the village of ...

Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure, from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France. Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure, with scenic train rides, breathtaking lifts, majestic glaciers, and ...

Every fall, Munich throws the planet’s biggest kegger – Oktoberfest. It’s a sloppy soup of locals and tourists swaying beer steins and toasting to “Gemütlichkeit,” the cozy and convivial atmosphere.

Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France. In the thin-air "thriller" special, join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure from Italy to Austria to Switzerland ...