SWITZERLAND ITINERARY
| Day 1: Leave home |
| Day 2: Arrive in Geneva |
| Day 3: Geneva |
| Day 4: Geneva |
| Day 5: Geneva |
| Day 6: Interlaken |
| Day 7: Interlaken |
| Day 8: Interlaken |
| Day 9: Interlaken |
| Day 10: Interlaken |
| Day 12: Interlaken |
| Day 13: Train to Geneva |
| Day 14: Fly home |
There's lots to do in Switzerland!
We fly into Geneva where we will spend four nights at the beginning of our trip. Here we will have opportunities for lots of interesting day trips. These include various lake cruises. It's worth looking through the Geneva tourist website.
Annecy is 1 hour 20 minutes from Geneva by train. Walking tour.
Nyon is 15 minutes from Geneva by train. Walking tour.
Lausanne is 28 minutes from Nyon by train. Walking tour. It's 40 minutes by train back to Geneva.
We transfer to Interlaken using Daytrip. On our way we have a four hour stop in Bern. The capital of Switzerland offers an interesting old town, Switzerland's tallest cathedral, and views along the Aare River. Walking tour of the Old Town.
Interlaken will be our our hub for six nights. We have plenty of day trips available from Interlaken. Here's another website with activities around Interlaken.
On a clear day, the views are spectacular from the highest railway station in Switzerland. There are two routes from Interlaken up the Jungfraujoch, one entirely by trains and the other involving a 15 minute cable car ride. Take a full day to go up one route and back the other to get all the scenery.
Lauterbrunnen is 22 minutes from Interlaken by train.
Wengen is is 13 minutes by train from Lauterbrunen.
From Lautenbrunnen, you can take a bus to Mürren and then two cable cars to Schilthorn.
At the opposite end of the Thunersee from Interlaken, Thun is a pretty village with an interesting old town and a 12th century castle. It is a 33 minute train ride from Interlaken. There is also a 2 hour 10 minute lake cruise between Interlaken and Thun.
The Brunngasse in Brienz was once awarded the title of "most beautiful street in Europe." Brienz is no more than 20 minutes from Interlaken by train. It takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to travel between Interlaken and Brienz by boat.
Iseltwald is one of the stops on the Lake Brienze boat tour.
Brienze cog railway.
You can take a bus or ferry from Brienze to Glessbach waterfall.
We fly into Geneva where we will spend four nights at the beginning of our trip. Here we will have opportunities for lots of interesting day trips. These include various lake cruises. It's worth looking through the Geneva tourist website.
Annecy is 1 hour 20 minutes from Geneva by train. Walking tour.
Nyon is 15 minutes from Geneva by train. Walking tour.
Lausanne is 28 minutes from Nyon by train. Walking tour. It's 40 minutes by train back to Geneva.
We transfer to Interlaken using Daytrip. On our way we have a four hour stop in Bern. The capital of Switzerland offers an interesting old town, Switzerland's tallest cathedral, and views along the Aare River. Walking tour of the Old Town.
Interlaken will be our our hub for six nights. We have plenty of day trips available from Interlaken. Here's another website with activities around Interlaken.
On a clear day, the views are spectacular from the highest railway station in Switzerland. There are two routes from Interlaken up the Jungfraujoch, one entirely by trains and the other involving a 15 minute cable car ride. Take a full day to go up one route and back the other to get all the scenery.
Lauterbrunnen is 22 minutes from Interlaken by train.
Wengen is is 13 minutes by train from Lauterbrunen.
From Lautenbrunnen, you can take a bus to Mürren and then two cable cars to Schilthorn.
At the opposite end of the Thunersee from Interlaken, Thun is a pretty village with an interesting old town and a 12th century castle. It is a 33 minute train ride from Interlaken. There is also a 2 hour 10 minute lake cruise between Interlaken and Thun.
The Brunngasse in Brienz was once awarded the title of "most beautiful street in Europe." Brienz is no more than 20 minutes from Interlaken by train. It takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes to travel between Interlaken and Brienz by boat.
Iseltwald is one of the stops on the Lake Brienze boat tour.
Brienze cog railway.
You can take a bus or ferry from Brienze to Glessbach waterfall.