What is this place
A whole country you can walk across in a day
Liechtenstein is one of the smallest and least-visited countries in Europe, a German-speaking constitutional monarchy in the upper Rhine valley. It is not in the EU, but it is in Schengen, so most travelers cross in without a single border formality. It has no airport and the capital has no train station. You arrive by bus, and that is part of the charm.
What you get is compact and alpine: a castle above the capital where the Prince still lives, a car-free main street of museums and wine cellars, and mountains you can be standing on within half an hour.
One of only two countries on Earth surrounded entirely by landlocked countries. The other is Uzbekistan.
One of the highest GDP-per-capita figures in the world, quietly, on false teeth, precision industry, and finance.
Abolished in 1868. Defense is left to geography and good neighbours.
Vaduz has no station. You come in on a LIEmobil bus from Sargans, Buchs, or Feldkirch.
In 2011 you could book all of Liechtenstein for the night, custom street signs and a symbolic key included.
The tourist office will stamp your passport as a souvenir for three Swiss francs.