I bought this book for my upcoming trip to Switzerland. I also had the Frommer's Italy 2001 book to compare. The Fodor's book is hard to follow and is not very informative. Frommer's has a much more user friendly way of presenting the material, is more detailed, and provides better ideas for the typical tourist and those who want to do things differently. Frommer's also included better maps and better advice. I could go on. Do yourself a favor and by Frommer's Switzerland (I did) or some other book. Just not this one (I was being nice by giving it a 2).