Is there any place more beautiful than Switzerland in winter? Craggy Alpine mountainsides crown charming small towns, bustling cityscapes radiate with full-blown holiday cheer from some of the best Christmas markets in Europe, and even without all the festive trappings, the nation is home to some of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous natural landscapes on Earth. Even for the dourest Scrouges among us, it’s hard not to crack a smile strolling through the snow-kissed cobblestone lanes, ski slopes piled on with pillowy soft powder, and saunas zen enough to melt all your worries away.<\/p>\n
Warm your cockles by the fireplace of a luxurious Alpine hotel<\/a>, or if you prefer to warm yourself up, hit the great outdoors with your trusty winter coat<\/a> and a hot thermos. No matter your speed, a Switzerland winter vacation is guaranteed to satisfy your wanderlust. Here, we gathered the best places to visit sprinkled throughout the country, all guaranteed to inspire any traveler to embrace the cold season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is there any place more beautiful than Switzerland in winter? Craggy Alpine mountainsides crown charming small towns, bustling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10910,10909,901,310,17,10039],"class_list":{"0":"post-15390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-historic-cultural-attractions","9":"tag-holidays","10":"tag-shopping","11":"tag-skiing","12":"tag-switzerland","13":"tag-winter"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}