SWITZERLAND ITINERARY
| Day 1: Leave home |
| Day 2: Arrive in Geneva |
| Day 3: Geneva |
| Day 4: Geneva |
| Day 5: Geneva |
| Day 6: Bern |
| Day 7: Interlaken |
| Day 8: Interlaken |
| Day 9: Interlaken |
| Day 10: Interlaken |
| Day 12: Interlaken |
| Day 12: Train to Geneva |
| Day 13: Fly home |
There's lots to do in Switzerland!
We fly into Geneva where we will spend three nights at the beginning of our trip and two nights at the end of our trip. here we will have opportunities for lots of interesting day trips. These include various lake cruises.
Annecy is 1 hour 20 minutes from Geneva by train.
Nyon is 15 minutes from Geneva by train.
Lausanne is 28 minutes from Nyon by train. It's 40 minutes by train back to Geneva.
We spend a night in Bern on the way to Interlaken. The capital of Switzerland offers an interesting old town, the Paul Klee Center, museums of history and art, Switzerland's tallest cathedral, and views along the Aare River.
Interlaken, our hub for seven nights. We have more than enough day trips available from Interlaken to keep us busy for a week.
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.
At the opposite end of the Thunersee from Interlaken, Thun is a pretty village with in 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.
You can take a bus or ferry from Brienze to Glessbach waterfall.
Lucerne has two medieval bridges across the Reuss, a defensive wall with nine towers, and a medieval Old Town to explore. It's 2 hours from Interlaken by train.
We fly into Geneva where we will spend three nights at the beginning of our trip and two nights at the end of our trip. here we will have opportunities for lots of interesting day trips. These include various lake cruises.
Annecy is 1 hour 20 minutes from Geneva by train.
Nyon is 15 minutes from Geneva by train.
Lausanne is 28 minutes from Nyon by train. It's 40 minutes by train back to Geneva.
We spend a night in Bern on the way to Interlaken. The capital of Switzerland offers an interesting old town, the Paul Klee Center, museums of history and art, Switzerland's tallest cathedral, and views along the Aare River.
Interlaken, our hub for seven nights. We have more than enough day trips available from Interlaken to keep us busy for a week.
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.
At the opposite end of the Thunersee from Interlaken, Thun is a pretty village with in 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.
You can take a bus or ferry from Brienze to Glessbach waterfall.
Lucerne has two medieval bridges across the Reuss, a defensive wall with nine towers, and a medieval Old Town to explore. It's 2 hours from Interlaken by train.