Slow Train to Switzerland : One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years - And a World of Change Apart

from DramMan

This book does what it sets out to do - comparing and contrasting travel in Victorian times with the present day. The notion is a good one, following in the footsteps of the first organised Cook's tour to Switzerland, bringing out how much the country has changed - becoming immeasurably wealthier.

from johnwbeha

I'm biased! Switzerland is my favourite country outside the UK, and this book describing two parallel journeys 150 years apart concentrates on my favourite areas, Geneva and the Alps, the Bernese Oberland and Lucerne and its surroundings. I was astonished at the level of hardship gentile middle c...

from jcbrunner

A wonderful book about the first group of British tourists who traveled to Switzerland in an organized tour by Thomas Cook. Arriving by train in Geneva, the small group undertakes a demanding journey of marches and train trips across the Alps via Interlaken to Lucerne. The most surprising fact is...

from jcbrunner

A wonderful book about the first group of British tourists who traveled to Switzerland in an organized tour by Thomas Cook. Arriving by train in Geneva, the small group undertakes a demanding journey of marches and train trips across the Alps via Interlaken to Lucerne. The most surprising fact is...