Looking for a breathtaking Alps getaway without the Swiss price tag? Rick Steves loves this stunning mountain destination ...

In collaboration with the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the exhibition (until 14 December) is an intimate portrait of Switzerland ... the grandeur of the Swiss Alps as its backdrop ...

It’s jacket weather outside, but miles inside the Swiss Alps it’s balmy, thanks to heat from the planet’s core. Wearing a red hard hat and carrying a backpack with an emergency oxygen tank ...

A view of glacial melt in the Swiss Alps. Image: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The European Alps cover over 600 miles ...

They will follow the ancient path west across the Arlberg pass, the highest point on the Camino, and continue to their final destination in the foothills of the Swiss Alps, Einsiedeln Abbey.