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“Im planning my visit my honeymoon in swizerland for 4 days n paris 3 days. im planning 1 day in zurich , 1 day in in lucern, 1 day for jungfrajuch wer shall i go 1 final day in swiss b4 my train to paris? or can sumone plan my itinerary? thankz” Be first to answer	priya1507
“Is Interlaken, Gridelwald good enought to cover in Swiss since I have just two days” Be first to answer	Rajdxb
“Im planning a trip to switz in november only to selected best places. I'll be getting at Zurich, could any1 schedule my trip by fastest train. My journey should starts from zurich for 5 days. tq.” Be first to answer	priya1507
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“i liked le diableeret valley so much, which are the most similar ones, excluding the popular, "discovered" ones”   1 cheer 4 answers	samuel329
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Switzerland (English pronunciation: [ˈswɪtsɚlənd] (help·info); German: Schweiz, Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO countr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

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