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Intrepid travellers in Switzerland

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Julia Slater meets a group of 21st century travellers following in the footsteps of Cook's 1863 tour.

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Intrepid travellers in Switzerland

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How Cook found the right recipe for Swiss travel

This content was published on Cook’s idea was to negotiate relatively cheap tickets with railway companies on the basis of group travel. The travellers in his 1863 party had a circular ticket via Paris to Geneva, returning via Lausanne and Neuchatel. Once in Switzerland, they were basically on their own, although Cook accompanied them for part of the way. For…

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