25 Switzerland’s Top Experiences - Discover Switzerland: Experience the Best of Switzerland - page 11

Hiking in the Swiss National Park
No country in Europe is more synonymous with magnificent and mighty hiking than
Switzerland, and its high-altitude national park ( Click here ) , with eagle-dotted skies, is the
place to do it. Follow trails through flower-strewn meadows to piercing blue lakes, knife-
edge ravines, rocky outcrops and Alpine huts where shepherds make summertime cheese
with cows' milk, fresh that morning from the bell-clad herd. Nature gone wild and on the
rampage, this park provides a rare and privileged glimpse of Switzerland before the dawn
of tourism.
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