Travel: Switzerland - General

[kaka]

I was there last month. The best part I enjoyed about the trip was hiking, so hike if you can. What my hubby and I did was that when the train was decending from the mountains, we will stop few stations before the valley and walk down. The view of the valleys, mountains, flowers, waterfall etc is just fantastic!

[metz]

We are planning to explore Switzerland by train. Does anyone have experience with Swiss pass to share? TIA!

[starlight1968sg]

There are a few types of Swiss pass based on the number of days of usage. You choose the suitable type based on your trip.

[metz]

Starlight, thanks for the info!


And special thanks to the mod who moved my thread here! Just what I need.

[nani]

Hi


Anyone went during december over xmas period? Can share your itinerary pls? We’re looking to diy for 14 days by train.

Many thanks in advance.

[verykiasu2010]

nani:

Hi


Anyone went during december over xmas period? Can share your itinerary pls? We're looking to diy for 14 days by train.

Many thanks in advance.

we did self drive

snow everywhere, nice and beautiful

winter and summer each has its own beauty

Zurich - Lucern - Interlaken - Grindelwald - Jungfraujoch - Gruyere - Geneva - Thoiry - Chamonix - Como - Lugano ..... it is the small towns and villages in between that are really great

ski season starts after Dec 14

[nani]

Oh great! Would you mind sharing your itinerary, can pm me? By the way, do they require snowchains or the cars are equipped with snowtires? Didyoudo ?Basel and Bern as well?


Thanks

[verykiasu2010]

nani:

Oh great! Would you mind sharing your itinerary, can pm me? By the way, do they require snowchains or the cars are equipped with snowtires? Didyoudo ?Basel and Bern as well?


Thanks

it is a swiss requirement, all cars are equipped with snow chain, but the challenge is to put it on and take it out

main roads are okay even with snowing because the snow plough works regularly but smaller roads will have problem without snow chain

the itin above was what we did except for Como and Lugano which were covered in different trip

if you are in Geneva, it is worth to pop over to France side, really nice, esp Annecy and Chamonix, just within an hour from the border

[verykiasu2010]

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[nani]

May I know how many nites do you stay at each city? Or do you have a base and travel out each day?


Cool!! Thanks for the pix, what dates exactly were that?