Argentière

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Argentière is located near the head of the Valley of Chamonix approximately 7 km (4 mi) from Chamonix town. It is connected by road with Switzerland by the pass over the Col des Montets and the Col de la Forclaz to Martigny in the Rhône Valley.

Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne

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The Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne is a five-star hotel in Lucerne . It stands near the shore of Lake Lucerne at the Schweizerhofquai . The hotel was built in 1845, has been steadily expanding over the years and has been owned by the Hauser family since 1861. It offers 101 rooms and suites, three restaurants, a bar, several function rooms and a wellness area. The hotel is one of the few in Switzerland that is a cultural asset of national importance and is a listed building. [2] The original architecture has remained largely preserved to this day.

Ouchy

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Ouchy is a port and a popular lakeside resort south of the centre of Lausanne in Switzerland, at the edge of Lake Geneva (French: lac Léman).
 


The steamboat next reaches Ouchy (1230' ; * Hôtel Beaurivage, with pleasant garden, baths , etc. , R. 3-5 , B. 11/2, D. 5 , L. and A. 2 fr.; Hôtel d'Angleterre, less expensive ; Hôtel du Port, small ; all on the lake ; Pension Villa Roseneck ; * Lake Baths, 50 c .; boat 50 c . per hour , or with boatman 11/2 fr . ), formerly Rive , the port of Lausanne.

Le Bouveret

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Le Bouveret is a village in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the Swiss Vapeur Parc and the water amusement park Aquaparc. Le Bouveret is also the seat of Cesar Ritz Colleges, a Hospitality school.

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Martigny

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Martigny (French pronunciation: [maʁtiɲi]; German: Martinach, pronounced [ˈmaʁtiːnaːx]; Latin: Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of 471 meters (1,545 ft), and its population is approximately 20,000 inhabitants (Martignerains or "Octoduriens"). It is a junction of roads joining Italy, France and Switzerland. One road links it over the Great St. Bernard Pass to Aosta (Italy), and the other over the col de la Forclaz to Chamonix (France).

Riffelberg

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Riffelberg is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais, at an altitude of 2,582 m (8,471 ft) above mean sea level.

The Hotel Riffelberg is located at the station.
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Zermatt, Switzerland

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It lies at the upper end of Mattertal at an elevation of 1,620 m (5,310 ft), at the foot of Switzerland's highest peaks. It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the over 3,292 m (10,801 ft) high Theodul Pass bordering Italy. Zermatt is the southernmost commune of the German Sprachraum.

Gasternthal, Switzerland

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The Gastern Valley , also Gasterental or (according to the Swiss National Map) Gasteretal , is a valley near Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland . It is flowed through by the Kander . The rear basin is about 1600 m, the valley exit about 1350 m high. The valley is inhabited only during the summer months.
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