Alpine Germany

German Alps

Bavaria

• • • Bavarian Alps – Neuschwanstein Castle, Zugspitze, and Ramsau with Berchtesgaden National Park (including Königssee)
    • München/Munich – Marienplatz and Neus Rathaus, plus Oktoberfest
    • Rothenburg ob der Tauber
    • Bamberg
    • Nürnberg/Nuremberg

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Switzerland

Confoederatio Helvetica

1. Western Switzerland

Jura, Lake Geneva, and Valais

• • • Geneva (Switzerland’s second city)
    • Lake Geneva
    • Matterhorn at Zermatt

2. Central Switzerland

Central

• • • Lucerne – Chapel Bridge

3. Bernese Switzerland

Bernese Oberland/Highlands and Bernese Lowlands/Swiss Mittelland

• • • Berne (Switzerland’s capital)
    • Jungfrau Region – Oberhofen Castle, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen, Mürren, and Piz Gloria

4. Southeastern Switzerland

Ticino and Graubunden

• • • Appenzell
    • Swiss National Park
    • Lake Lugano

5. Northern Switzerland

Zürich, Northeastern, and Northwestern

• • • Zürich (Switzerland’s largest city)

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Liechtenstein

Principality of Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

• • • Vaduz (national capital)

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Austria

Republik Österreich

1. Upper Austria and Styria

• • • Hallstatt
    • Gratz (national second city)
    • Linz

2. Lower Austria and Burgenland

• • • Vienna (national capital)
    • St. Pölten
    • Eisenstadt

3. Salzburg and Carinthia

• • • Salzburg (home of Mozart and “The Sound of Music”)
    • Klagenfurt

4. Tyrol and Vorarlberg

• • • Innsbruck
    • Bregenz

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Alpine France

French Alps

1. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• • • Lyon (regional capital)
    • French Alps – Mont-Blanc (shared with Italy)
    • Chamonix
    • Le Puy-en-Velay

2. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

• • • Marseille (national second city and regional capital)
    • French Riviera
    • Côte d’Azur
    • Nice – Promenade des Anglais
    • Avignon – Papal Palace and Pont Saint-Bénézet
    • Arles – Roman and Romanesque Monuments
    • Gorge du Verdon

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Alpine Italy

Italian Alps

1. Lombardy

Lombardia

• • • Milan (national second city and regional capital)
    • Italian Lake District (including Lake Como)

2. Trentino-South Tyrol

Trentino-Alto Adige

• • • Trento (regional capital)
    • Dolomites

3. Piedmont

Piemonte

• • • Turin (regional capital)

4. Aosta Valley

Valle d’Aosta

• • • Aosta (regional capital)
    • Mont-Blanc (shared with France)
    • Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso

5. Friuli-Venezia Giulia

• • • Trieste (regional capital)

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Slovenia

Slovenija

Slovenia

• • • Ljubljana (national capital)
    • Julian Alps
    • Lake Bled