Trans-Swiss Trail is a long-distance hiking trail in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It starts in
Porrentruy in the north near the French border, and cuts south over the Alps to finish in
Lugano.
Passing through French, German and Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland, the route covers approximately 460km through a wide variety of landscapes, with altitudes between 235m (in
Bellinzona) to over 2000m (on the
Gotthard pass).
The route is marked with green signposts with the number "2", part of the new national signposting scheme.
External links
* http://www.wanderland.ch/en/changelanguage.cfm?path=%2Frouten%2Froute&pid=167336&nid=55467&place=&etappe=&id=2&sw=
* http://www.wandersite.ch/TransSwissTrail.html
Hiking trails in Switzerland
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