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Numerous tourists like to visit the the Swiss village of Gstaad to see the culture, history, tourist attractions and scenery of the village. Some may want to tour the village to see the ski resorts. Some may want t see the luxury facilities of the village. Some may want enjoy the culture, sports, historic attractions, scenery and the skiing of the village and of the region of Switzerland.
Gstaad is a village located 1050 m above sea level, in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Berne in southwestern Switzerland. Gstaad, part of the municipality of Saanen, is known as one of themost exclusive and expensive ski resorts in the world, and has also been the location of Institut Le Rosey's winter campus since 1916.
Gstaad, named the Place by Time Magazine in the 1960s, is widely known for its famous part-time residents and vacationers.
The middle of the village has been a carfree zone since 1997. Along the Promenade, there are numerous highly-exclusive shops, restaurants and hotels.
The Gstaad Open is an important tennis tournament held in the village. In July 1998, Roger Federer joined the ATP tour at Gstaad. He also won the Gstaad Open tennis tournament in 2004.
The Swiss Canton of Berne is bilingual (German: Kanton Bern,pronunciation (help·info); French: Canton de Berne).The canton is located in west-central Switzerland and the city of Berne is its capital. The canton of Berne is the second largest of all Swiss cantons. It borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south lies the Valais. East of the canton of Berne lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau.
The
canton of Berne is mainly drained by the River Aar and its tributaries. The area
of the canton is commonly divided into three areas. The Bernese Oberland (German:
Berner Oberland) lies in the south of the canton and is part of the Alps (Bernese
Alps and Urner Alps). The highest mountain in the Bernese Oberland is the Finsteraarhorn
(4,274 m; 14,022 ft). The famous hiking and ski resorts in the eastern Oberland
around Interlaken and the Jungfrau (4,158 m) are located within this area, such
as car-free Wengen and Mürren, and Gimmelwald and Grindelwald. Further east
are the Aareschlucht and the town of Meiringen, famous for the fateful scene of
Sherlock Holmes's 'death' at the hands of Professor Moriarty on the nearby Reichenbach
Falls. In the Western Bernese Oberland there are many other resorts and small
villages catering to visitors who prefer greater isolation. These are accessed
from the large scenic lake town of Thun, and the most notable of them are Kandersteg
and the Oeschinensee, as well as Kiental and Adelboden. Going further west up
the even more secluded Simmental river valleys, one reaches Zweisimmen, Lenk,
Gstaad, and Saanen.
Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau one of the most emblematic
view of the Alps
Lake Biel
The whole area in the south is very mountainous, with steep cliffs, many glaciers, and countless waterfalls. It is renowned for its scenic beauty and the charm of the small Swiss villages that dot the area. As a result of this, tourism is one of the main sources of income in the Bernese Oberland. Even when going over a remote pass one often finds a small farmhouse on the way up, or a mountain cabin willing to give accommodation and dinner to the passerby. Typically these sell the local cheeses and specialty products, with glacier or spring water pouring out of the copious fountains and taps for the hikers to quench their thirst. The region also has an extensive train network as well as many cable cars, gondolas, lifts, and funiculars, with the highest train station in Europe, the longest funicular in Europe, and the longest gondola cableway in the world.
Mountains in Berne include ; Finsteraarhorn (4,274 m), Schreckhorn (4,078 m), Blümlisalp (3,664 m), Breithorn, Wildstrubel, Wetterhorn Mönch (4,107 m), Faulhorn, Jungfrau (4,158 m), Dammastock, Ebenefluh, Eiger (3,970 m)
The Bernese Midlands (Berner Mittelland) is made up of the valley of the rivers Aare, the river Emme, some of the foothills of the Bernese Alps, as well as the plain around the capital Berne, and has many small farms and hilly forested regions with mid-sized to small towns scattered throughout. It is perhaps best known by foreigners and visitors for the Emmental. The classic mild Swiss cheese with holes Emmentaler comes from this region's forests and pastures, of hilly and low mountainous countryside in the 1000 to 2000 m range.
In the north of the canton of Berne lies the third more liberal French influenced region: the Lake Region (Seenland) concentrated around Lake Biel which rises from the plain up to the northernmost Swiss mountain chain of the Jura. This area has more relaxed geography, although still some lower mountains and some waterfalls, and large lakes.
Saanen is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of the same name.
The villages Gstaad, Abländschen, Bissen, Ebnit, Gruben, Grund, Kalberhöni, Saanen, Saanenmöser, Schönried, and Turbach are part of the municipality.
The area of the canton of Berne consists of lands acquired by its capital, mostly between the 14th and the 16th century, both by conquest and purchase.
Institut Le Rosey, established in 1880, is the oldest private boarding school in Switzerland and one of the most exclusive educational institutions in the world. More commonly known as Le Rosey or just Rosey, the school was founded by Paul-Émile Carnal on the site of the 14th-century "Château du Rosey" near the town of Rolle in the Canton of Vaud. The school has also owned a campus in the exclusive ski resort village of Gstaad in the Canton of Bern's Bernese Oberland.
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