Splurge on a stay at L’Auberge du Père Bise in the tranquil lakeside town of Talloires, an easy and scenic boat ride from Annecy. Rent a bike and hit the Lake Annecy Greenway, cycling through villages ...

Interlaken, Switzerland is a picturesque town in the Bernese Oberland, beautifully located between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz.

You’ll also want to splurge on a speedboat ride on the lake. Like a gondola in Venice, a beautiful wooden Riva on Lake Como ...

Not all lakes are created equal. Some are mere puddles with delusions of grandeur, while others—well, others are the kind of showstoppers that make you want to quit your job, buy a canoe, and send ...

the village of Hohenschwangau along Alpsee, a lake in Bavaria, with Hohenschwangau Castle on the hillside in Germany - Fhm/Getty Images Though the Bavarian Alps are dotted with picturesque locations, ...

Almost all architecture is enhanced by the landscape that it is set in. For proof, one only needs to look to the strickbau (log cabins) and contemporary holiday homes of Alpine Switzerland. Savvy ...

Cityscape of Annecy's old town. Annecy, the scenic mountain town near the Swiss border, has long been a favorite in France for its beautifully preserved medieval old town crisscrossed by canals and ...