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  2. Tourism in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Tourism began in Switzerland with British mountaineers climbing the main peaks of the Bernese Alps in the early 19th century.. The Alpine Club in London was founded in 1857. . Reconvalescence in the Alpine, in particular from tuberculosis, was another important branch of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries: for example in Davos, Graubü

  3. Alps - Wikipedia

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    The Dolomites (Italy) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.. The Alps (/ æ l p s /) [a] are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, [b] [2] stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

  4. Swiss Alps - Wikipedia

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    Image of the Swiss Alps, covered in snow during the daytime. The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, [1] represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

  5. List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m

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    This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of at least 300 metres (980 ft), all exceeding 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains are necessarily excluded for failing to meet the stringent prominence criterion.

  6. Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area - Wikipedia

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    The Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area (officially Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch) is located in south-western Switzerland between the cantons of Bern and Valais.It is a mountainous region in the easternmost side of the Bernese Alps, containing the northern wall of Jungfrau and Eiger, and the largest glaciated area in western Eurasia, comprising the Aletsch Glacier.

  7. Swap the Alps for Slovakia’s Tatras mountains - AOL

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    SKI HOLIDAYS: More flights from London Stansted open up the tantalisingly affordable Eastern European snow scene to British tourists, finds Colin Nicholson

  8. List of national parks in the Alps - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of national parks in the Alps. Switzerland. Swiss National Park (1914) ... Nock Mountain National Park (Nationalpark Nockberge) (1987, only IUCN ...

  9. Titlis - Wikipedia

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    Titlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern.At 3,238 metres (10,623 ft) above sea level, it is the highest summit of the range north of the Susten Pass, between the Bernese Oberland and Central Switzerland.

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