This is the Switzerland chapter from Lonely Planet's Western Europe guidebook.

This is Sonderfall Schweiz ('special case Switzerland'), a privileged neutral country set apart from others, proudly idiosyncratic, insular and unique. Blessed with gargantuan cultural diversity, its four official languages alone say it all.

• hit the hip bars of Zurich and relax the next day with a stroll along the city's sublime lake
• maps
• be wowed by the Eiger's monstrous north face on a ride to the 'top of Europe', 3471m Jungfraujoch
• transport
• sleep in hay in the mysterious green hills and thick, dark forests of the clover-shaped Jura canton
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Geneva, Lake Geneva Region, Lausanne, Montreux, Gruyères, Valais, Zermatt, Bern, Central Switzerland & Bernese Oberland, Lucerne, Interlaken, Jungfrau Region, Zürich, Northern Switzerland, Basel, Appenzellerland, Ticino, Locarno, Lugano, Graubünden, Flims-Laax, St Moritz, Swiss National Park, Understand Switzerland, History, People, Arts, Environment, Food & Drink, Survival Guide, Directory, Getting There & Away, and Getting Around.