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Glacier walking in Switzerland

Actioned-packed family holidays – with highlights including a guided walk over a glacier and a night in a mountain hut at an altitude of 2,700m – is the offer this summer from the Switzerland Travel Centre.

Autumn walking in the Swiss Alps

Discover autumn hues and magnificent views on an eight-day Walking in the Swiss Alps escorted holiday by rail - departing 12 and 19 September, plus 3 October - courtesy of the UK's market leader, Great Rail Journeys.

airBaltic launches new routes for summer

The Latvian airline airBaltic has announced three new destinations for the summer season in 2009 – Geneva (Switzerland), Turku (Finland), and Kaunas (Lithuania).

Switzerland with a distinctive Italian flavour

‘Free night’ deals in a selection of picturesque Swiss resorts - including the beautiful town of Poschiavo at the base of the Alps and close to the Italian border - are being featured this summer by the Switzerland Travel Centre.

Put your best foot forward on a Swiss walking break

A wealth of walking holiday ideas - taking in some of Europe's finest alpine scenery - is on offer in 2009 from the Switzerland Travel Centre. Itineraries include the five-night Lake Brienz Circular Walk in the Bernese Oberland - an easy and short walking trail taking in lake shores, forest paths, meadows and mountain slopes - on offer between May and October.

Europe’s secret cities

Are you bored of Berlin? Over Oslo? Think Paris is past it? Then why not ditch the well worn, tourist clogged, clichéd cities and head off the holiday-makers map? But remember, you don’t need to leave the continent to find exciting, exotic destinations. Skyscanner counts down Europe’s most undiscovered capitals; cities that feel much further from home than they really are…

Hiking in Heidi-land

Follow in the footsteps of Heidi – hiking through scenery of mountains, valleys, lakes, pastures and waterfalls – courtesy of the Switzerland Travel Centre. This eight-night trip in Heidiland – a small, picturesque area in eastern Switzerland portrayed in Joanna Spyri’s much-loved children’s books – is available throughout August and September and costs £538 per person.

Walking holidays in Southern Switzerland

Walking holidays in Southern Switzerland

Walking holidays in Ticino in Southern Switzerland – an area known as the ‘Tropics of Switzerland’ with its long sunny days and distinct Mediterranean feel – are being featured by the Switzerland Travel Centre.