An hour south of Basel and Zürich is beautiful LUZERN (Lucerne in French), offering captivating mountain views, lake cruises and a picturesque medieval quarter. The giant Mount Pilatus rears up behind the town, which is split by the River Reuss, flowing rapidly out of the northwestern end of the oddly shaped Vierwaldstättersee ("Lake of the Four Forest Cantons" or plain Lake Luzern). In the Middle Ages, the communities dotted around the lake gua... [More]