This guidebook provides a detailed overview of the Central Alps region, including the Bernese Oberland and Switzerland (minus the neighborhood of Monte Rosa and the Great St. Bernard), as well as Lombardy and the Tyrol. With detailed information on the geography, geology, flora, and fauna of the region, as well as the social and cultural history of the people who inhabit it, this book is an indispensable travel companion for anyone interested in the central Alpine region.

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