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Little Switzerland is an unincorporated community in McDowell and Mitchell counties of North Carolina, United States. It is located along North Carolina Highway 226A (NC 226A) off the Blue Ridge Parkway , directly north of Marion and south of Spruce Pine .
Little Switzerland (Luxembourgish: Kleng Lëtzebuerger Schwäiz, French: Petite Suisse Luxembourgeoise, German: Kleine Luxemburger Schweiz) is a nickname for a region in the east of Luxembourg, bestowed upon the region on account of its reputed geographical similarities to Switzerland. It is roughly contiguous with the canton of Echternach.
Little Switzerland (landscape), an area of scenic beauty; Little Switzerland (Luxembourg), a region of Luxembourg; Little Switzerland (Lynton & Lynmouth), an area of Exmoor in Devon, England, UK; Little Switzerland (Shorewood Hills, Arkansas), US; Little Switzerland, North Carolina, US; Little Switzerland (Wisconsin), a ski area in Wisconsin, US
Little Switzerland opened on December 7, 1941, with its last day of operation under its original owners on March 10, 2007. The area was completely remodeled in the summer of 2012 and reopened with new owners in the fall of 2012 as a year-round restaurant and winter ski area. Skiing and snowboarding resumed in the winter of 2012–2013.
The Little Switzerland term refers to the coast and countryside around Lynton and Lynmouth, including the Valley of Rocks, Watersmeet and Heddon Valley.The resemblance was popularised by the Romantic Movement poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Southey: [2] [3] [4]
From Wear Bay Road in Folkestone, access to the Warren is from the Martello Towers on East Cliff, from a small car park past Little Switzerland Camp site, or via a cliffside path from New Dover Road, near Capel-le-Ferne.
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The story revolves around the oppression that took place during the Middle Ages in the middle cantons of Switzerland. In the 2019 Spanish comedy film The Little Switzerland, a Spanish town (Tellería) discovers the tomb of Tell's son and tries to become a Swiss canton (Tellstadt), affecting a Swiss identity. [28]