7 to 8 days in Switzerland in May – 2 people
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I and my husband are travelling to Europe for the first time. Our dates are somewhat flexible from march 8th to april 30th. We can pick any 21 days out of these. One of our destinations for sure in switzerland, we have a friend in Zurich who is offering us stay. We plan to spend about 7 or 8 days in swiss. The other countries we have in mind are Italy, Croatia, if possible Vienna in austria. We don’t want to cover tooo many countries, we are rather interested in off beat nature abound places, places that reflect the local culture etc. So it doesnt matter if we have to skip any of these countries. We are open to consider other places that I have not mentioned also.
Our total budget for this 21 days apart from to and fro flight from the place we arrive\depart is 4000 to 4500 euros. We can increase this by 10 to 15% if there is a need to.
We are open to consider airbnb or couchsurfing for our stay. We also want help in deciding the kind of railpass to buy depending on the suggested itinerary.
A few specific questions are
1) Can some one suggest a high level itinerary for these 21 days? If you are not much familiar with outside switzerland, pls suggest an itinerary for swiss alone and just mention the other countries\places you think will be interesting. I will then ask the concerned forums for more specific itinerary
2) Since we have a friend offering stay in Zurich, will it be cheaper to cover a big portion of swiss staying there? Which other place(s) should be chosen as base to cover the rest of swiss?
3) I already read that it is better to buy a combo of (local country passes + point to point rail tickets) than to buy eurail pass even though we travel among different countries in the trip. However, a few exceptions were pointed out (Like if our travel involves too many places in too many countries etc). Keeping the itinerary you are suggesting in mind, pls recommend the cheaper passes to buy
4) Pls suggest accomodation options based on the itinerary you suggest
5) Pls mark which points in your itinerary IYO are must dos and which are optional.
Thanks a lot for your time.
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