Itinerary ideas for a short 6 day trip in April
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Hi there,
My husband and I are planning to travel around Switzerland in April and I wondered if you could give us some advice on how to make our itinerary work?
We arrive in Zurich on 9 April and then need to be in Milan by evening of 10 April to join an 8 day tour of the Italian Lakes. We were thinking of perhaps spending 9 April in Zurich and then travelling to Milan via the Bernina Express on the 10th. Or would we be better to start the journey to Milan on the 9th and stay overnight somewhere along the way?
The Italian Lakes tour ends in Lake Maggiore on the morning of 17 April and from then we have 6 days to explore Switzerland. Our thoughts were to perhaps head to Zermatt for 2 nights, Lausanne/Montreaux for 1 night, Berne for 1 night, and end in Appenzell for 2 nights (staying with a friend) before we fly out of Zurich on 23 April.
We are in our early 30’s and are more scenery/culture/outdoors people than shopping/art galleries/museums. We realise April isn’t really the greatest option in terms of weather being ‘in-between’ seasons. If possible we were hoping to be able to snowboard for a day somewhere (but may be pushing our luck) or to do a short hike/walk to enjoy the beauty of Switzerland.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated to maximise the little time we have in Switzerland (and being the weather may be a bit hit and miss). Would we be better to base ourselves in one place? Are there any other places you would recommend we visit? I have been to Lucerne before but my husband has never been to Switzerland. Being we have a short amount of time,would hiring a car to get around be a better option than travelling by train?
Many thanks,
Letty
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