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Vacancies: Alpine Hotels from Decline to Renewal
Special exhibition, extension to August 22nd, 2010
The public response to the imaginary hotel created by the Swiss Alpine Museum for its special exhibition “Vacancies” has been considerable.
The historical photographs in the hotel lobby highlight the rich past traditions of Swiss alpine tourism. In Rooms 201 to 207, architectural models, interviews and images bring to life planned, implemented, classical and innovative building projects related to tourism.
The eleven current tourism projects introduced here – from luxury resort to family hotel to youth hostel to SAC hut – represent the multifaceted Swiss Alpine tourism landscape and give rise to discussions about cold beds, daring architecture, novel concepts and historical buildings worthy of preservation.
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Discover the authentic Switzerland and get inspired by our numerous suggestions.
Spend the night in style More than thirty historic hotels offer a seductive blend of tradition and comfort: the perfect escape. Each property is a historical gem – regardless of the number of stars it has.
A matter of taste Sometimes a moment is so good, you just want to bottle it up and keep it for ever. That’s often what happens when you forget your day-to-day preoccupations for a while, and devote yourself to the finer things in life.
Travel in time For more than a century, visitors to Switzerland have been travelling around our beautiful country in superior style. Travel is all about romance. And we certainly have plenty of that to offer, when it comes to our historic means of transport.
The traditional touch We take our traditions seriously. For one of the things that make Switzerland special is the wide range of experiences on offer rooted in our history and customs.
World wonders Unique and unparalleled: the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Switzerland are as varied as the land itself. Both cultural and natural sites, that are truly world-class, are listed as being part of humanity’s shared World Heritage.
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The first group trip to Switzerland
Following Thomas Cook’s First Package Tour in Switzerland
1863: In 1864 the Englishman Thomas Cook accompanied the first
group of British visitors across the country in a carriage. They
travelled from Geneva to the Valais crossing through Chamonix,
visited the attractions of the Bernese Oberland, climbed the
Rigi where they enjoyed the sunrise and finally returned to their
country by train from Lucerne via Neuchâtel. The ViaCook
permits you to experience this first group tour with more modern
comfort: on foot, by boat and by train – just like Thomas Cook
did.
Travel by historical means of transport on historical paths and
roads, good food and drink, stylish overnight stays as well as the
spectacular scenery of the Swiss Alps: that’s how they visited
Switzerland in the beginning of the development of Tourism at
the beginning of the 19th Century.
From this past, a rich inheritance of historical hotels, in which
you can relive authentically Thomas Cook’s trip, has been kept.
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As part of a 5000 km network of paths, the Alpine Way runs from Trieste on the Adriatic to Monaco on the Mediterranean. The Alpine Way runs through 8 countries, 30 regions and 200 municipalities. The routing of this path has also been based upon cultural considerations.
The Alps are a unique area of almost 200.000km2 that stretches over eight countries in Europe - France, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. They are one of the top tourist destinations in the world.
It is a territory that opens up the possibility of historical and cultural encounters, and allows visitors to experience the common Alpine identity, which can be discovered through an extensive network of local, regional and national trails intended for hikers of all levels.
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The year 2004 was the first "St. James‘s Year" of this millennium. The ancient pilgrimage route is a symbol for the unification of Europe. This trail used to be an important trade route across Europe and led the pilgrims of all parts of the continent on a common way to the grave of St. James in Spain.
Today, the route is a tourist attraction. On 800 kilometres, a great number of castles, cathedrals and monasteries can be visited. The Route of St. James is „the world’s longest museum“.
The historical pilgrimage trail starts in northern Europe, crosses Switzerland, France and Spain and ends up in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The Swiss part of the route is unique because of the scenery and culture to be visited.
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