Switzerland

Switzerland is the Europe many Indian travellers picture first: snow on the Jungfraujoch even in summer, cable cars rising over Mount Titlis and turquoise lakes below the peaks. Bollywood made it famous, and Interlaken even has a statue of the film-maker Yash Chopra, but what keeps people coming back is how easy it is to travel. Trains run on time from Zurich airport to Lucerne, Interlaken and Zermatt, and one travel pass covers most of them.

We usually split a week between Lucerne, for Mount Titlis and the lake, and Interlaken, for the Jungfrau region, with a night in Zermatt or a day at the Rhine Falls if time allows. Honeymooners like lakeside hotels and the Glacier Express; families like the easy day trips and the snow, which stays all year at the top of the big mountains. Switzerland pairs naturally with Paris, northern Italy or the Black Forest, and Indian restaurants are easy to find in Interlaken, Lucerne and Zurich.