I smile as Silvia – our tour leader on Intrepid’s eight-day Best of Switzerland rail trip – guides us confidently through Zurich’s main station, tickets to Lucerne in hand. Though Italian, Silvia now ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel with a focus on safety and sustainability. Dianna and John Mellers had no idea what Swisstainable meant until they ...

Travelling around Switzerland, it is technically possible, after a while, I suppose, to become blase at the scenery. Possible yes, but unlikely. The sight of snow-clawed mountains, gleaming glaciers, ...