Rick Steves, Rick Steves Travel - PBS, August 20, 2014 This year, a highlight of my European summer was the day I spent hiking in the Berner Oberland region of the Swiss Alps.

Rick Steves: Gimmelwald puts the Swiss Alps in your lap As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine.

Rick Steves: Braving the via ferrata in the Swiss Alps As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine.

Rick Steves' Europe / Gimmelwald, Switzerland / Get high on cow culture with summer stay in Alps By Rick Steves April 22, 2007 ...

Aiming for the heart of the Alps, I catch my train from the belle epoche resort town of Interlaken down a long, lush valley that leads south to the snowy tips of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau ...

To people living so close to the sky up here in the Swiss Alps, today’s strange and changing weather is a maddening reality. The next morning Fritz and I went on a hike.

Rick Steves searches for edelweiss in the Swiss Alps The storied flower of “Sound of Music” fame survives along with traditional Alpine culture. by Rick Steves Sunday, December 26, 2021 1:30am ...

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 ...

The Alps, Europe's highest mountain range, arc from Vienna, Austria to Marseilles, France. They include stretches in eight countries, each with a unique taste of alpine culture. Of the 750 miles ...

Rick Steves writes European guidebooks, hosts travel shows on public TV and radio, and organizes European tours. This article was adapted from his new book, For the Love of Europe.

To inhale the Alps and really hold it in, I sleep high, here in Gimmelwald. Poor but pleasantly stuck in the past, the village has a creaky hotel, happy hostel, decent pension, and a couple of B&Bs.