Gstaad switzerland

When the phone rings and it’s Daniel Hope, a useful starter to the conversation is to ask where in the world he’s ringing from. And though he’ll jokily reply, ‘I’m sometimes not so sure’, it isn’t muc

Whether you’re a fan of Mozart, architecture or the famous film, The Sound of Music, Salzburg has something to interest everyone. Poised near the border with Germany, this beautiful small Austrian cit

David Myers tests his sanity (and calf muscles) on the Alpenpässe-Weg – a journey of 40 cols and nearly 700km – to discover how the Swiss Alps were lived in and connected long before the combustion engine

A weekend in Salzburgerland outside of ski season offers immersion in Alpine life, amid Austrian mountain huts, buttercup dotted slopes and healing springs

In a dim, claustrophobic room, I’m confronted by a ten-foot sphere, comprising more than 1,000 small speakers – like some vast, unblinking eye. I step inside and gradually, one after another, the spea

With its wooden chalets with flower-laden balconies, snow-capped fir trees and incredible mountain vistas, you can’t help but fall in love with the picture-perfect village of Alpbach. Getting here fro