Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Albert Stumm, The Associated Press LUCERNE, Switzerland — Lake Lucerne winds through the Alps with a series of bends, S-curving around towering mountains ...

Encircled by mist-tipped mountains and lined with gingerbread-style villages and wooden chalets, Lake Lucerne - a shimmering, glacial lake just 45 minutes from Zurich via Switzerland's ultraprecise ...

This video offers a calm walk through Lucerne, following the scenic lakefront and the historic streets of the old town.

LUCERNE, Switzerland -- Lake Lucerne winds through the Alps with a series of bends, S-curving around towering mountains like slalom skiers carving into snow thousands of feet above. But even though ...

Surrounded by dramatic mountains, Lake Lucerne is the heart of Switzerland — both geographically and figuratively. The city of Lucerne is renowned for its art and music scene; however, it’s the nearby ...

Pretty, pristine, and lakeside, with a striking mountain panorama as a backdrop, Lucerne has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it’s been a regular ...

Lucerne is a town with abundant charm, excellent shopping, lake and alpine views, and a host of small wonders that make it a worthy destination for any visit to Switzerland. You'll need at least two ...

A recent Flashback about a formidable, feathered figure in Orlando’s past, Billy the Swan, inspired thoughts from readers — first, about whether Charles Lord, who lived on Lake Lucerne, imported the ...