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Where Is Gruyeres? Gruyeres is a small town located in the Gruyere district in the Fribourge Canton in Switzerland. The German name for the village is Greyerz. This town from the Middle Ages is a hot tourist spot in the Saane river’s upper ...

Where Is Klosters?  Klosters (the official name is Klosters-Serneus) is in the Prattigau/Davos district, and it is a municipality in the Swis Canton of Graubunden.  It is an internationally known ski resort that is located about 100 mil ...

In the northwestern part of the Hohe Tauern National Park (p278—81), on the border between the provinces of Salzburger Land and Tyrol, are the famous Krimmler Wasserfalle, the waterfalls of the Krimmler Ache, the stream flowing from the glacier o ...

At an altitude of 1,374 m (4,508 ft), the Brenner Pass is the lowest passage across the Eastern Alps, and as such one of the most easily accessible routes connecting northern Europe with Italy. Separating the Stubai Alps from the Zillertal Alps, th ...

The Lech river valley, which is parallel to the Inn river valley and snakes between mountain passes, cuts a deep ravine between the Allgauer Alps and the Lechtal Alps. About half-way between the towns of Reutte and Warth lies Elbigenalp, a small vi ...