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The Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

The Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Switzerland's farm-holiday network puts families in wooden chalets on working alpine farms, where cowbells provide the soundtrack and the Lauterbrunnen valley provides seventy-two waterfalls for the view. Children help with hay and milking; parents help with the cheese board. Trains and cable cars — the real Swiss theme park — replace the car entirely. Costs are Swiss, but farm apartments undercut hotels dramatically. Go in mid-June for wildflower meadows at full volume.

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