European tourism as we know it could be said to have started with Mark Twain, in 1867. That year Twain sailed aboard the Quaker City to the Mediterranean to visit France and Italy, among other ...

A hiking adventure in Lucerne, Switzerland, has extra meaning when you follow the new Mark Twain trail up Mount Rigi and recall the author’s own descriptions of the trek.

This content was published on Apr 26, 2010 Switzerland offers more than 6,000 km of hiking trails that are made for both young and old. Some are easy, some are more strenuous. It’s not difficult ...