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Article: Breathe deep. (Expat Advice).(car-free mountain resorts in Switzerland)
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- Swiss News
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- February 1, 2003
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Despite Switzerland's outstanding public transportation, the Swiss own 4,436,349 cars, motorcycles, vans, and trucks. On your next vacation, get away from it all--exhaust fumes, noise, and commotion--by visiting one of the country's nine car-free mountain resorts.
Bettmeralp, Riederalp, Saas-Fee or Zermatt in the Valais; Murren or Wengen in Bern; Rigi in Lucerne; Stoos in Schwyz; or Braunwald in Glarus: take your pick. All nine villages promise outstanding skiing and snowboarding pistes in winter, along with chances to snowshoe, toboggan, ice skate and curl. In summer, there are magnificent hiking trails, and several resorts offer tennis, mini-golf, swimming, ...