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Schaffhausen, Switzerland - April 12, 2016 : Stein Am Rhein is the ancient city in medieval age. The unique architecture and exterior wall painting are attractiveness for tourist to visit.

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Why visit Northeastern Switzerland

Northeastern Switzerland is the place to tiptoe off the map and back to nature for a few days. Country lanes unravel like spools of thread, weaving through Appenzell’s patchwork meadows, past the steel-blue waters of Walensee and south to remote hamlets engulfed by the glacier-licked peaks of the Glarus Alps. This region calls for slow touring, whether you’re cycling through cornfields and apple orchards on a cloudless summer’s day or walking through Klettgau’s gold-tinged vineyards in the diffused light of autumn.

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Swiss Bliss: Lakes of Lucerne and Lugano in 8 Days

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  1. 1 Riding the world’s steepest funicular to the mountain town of Stoos
  2. 2 Admiring Lake Lucerne and the Swiss Alps from the summit of Mount Rigi
  3. 3 Visiting Switzerland’s only island botanical park at the Gulf of Ascona’s Brissago Islands
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