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Switzerland Travel Guide & Archives
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Switzerland Travel Guide & Archives
Check out this brief Switzerland travel guide and my blog posts at the bottom.
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Switzerland uses the Swiss franc (Check out xe.com for the most up-to-date currency conversion–they have a mobile app too!)
If you’re planning to spend less than 90 days in Switzerland/the Schengen area, you can get by using just your U.S. passport–no Visa required. (Except for all that cheese you’re planning on buying, ba-dum-tshh!)
However, your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date you leave the Schengen area.
Depending on which part of Switzerland you’re in, you can count on hearing French, German, and Italian being spoken. Swiss is not a language.
When you decide where in Switzerland you want to visit, I recommend reading hotel reviews on Tripadvisor, then booking your room through Booking.com (my favorite booking site).
And don’t forget, there’s always vacation rentals. Check out some of Switzerland’s beautiful vacation rentals here!
For your trip to Switzerland, you’ll want to pack the following:
– Germany guidebook: I prefer Rough Guides and Fodor’s, but you can also find one from Rick Steves and Lonely Planet. And Culture Smart! Switzerland is a great little culture-centered guidebook.
– Travel insurance. I never travel internationally without it and I highly recommend the company I always use: World Nomads.
Below you’ll find my posts that focus on Switzerland. (I’m updating many of my Switzerland posts at the moment so you may not see them here but they’re coming back soon!)
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