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Hi NPAT12,
You can read about how to get to the Jungfraujoch here.
You can just buy tickets on the day of your trip (or day before) if you want yes. The cost depends on whether you are paying the regular price, or you have a Swiss Half Fare Card (50% off) or other rail pass, which can provide discounts on the ticket cost.
The Glacier Paradise is also called Klein Matterhorn (you can not go up the Matterhorn itself). There are 2 mountain attractions in Zermatt that give you the best views of the Matterhorn. You can choose either the Gornergrat or the Glacier Paradise/Klein Matterhorn.
We have one recommended paragliding company in Interlaken noted on our list of activities in Interlaken.
You do not have to pre-book a parking space no (I don’t think you can). The train cost to Zermatt from Täsch is about 8chf without and rail pass discount (find train schedules and approximate costs here). The default price here is with the Swiss Half Fare Card discount – so double it if you don’t get that rail pass.
I’m not sure what vegetarians like to see and do! 🙂 but I can recommend the vegetarian restaurant Hiltl in Zurich!
For activity suggestions you can look up those towns on our where to go tab at the top of our website – each town has a list of suggested activities under what to do.
Lucas
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Hi NPAT12 –
When are you traveling? It makes a difference for weather especially in the high Alps, and for ticket lines for Jungfraujoch. August weekends in good weather may have lines.
Slowpoke
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Oh thanks for letting me know! I will be there this Tuesday hoping to go around 8 or 9 in the morning, how had the weather been?
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<<“I will be there this Tuesday hoping to go around 8 or 9 in the morning, how had the weather been?”>>
Weather –
http://www.meteoswiss.admin.c h/home.html?tab=overview
Webcams-
en.swisswebcams.ch/suc he/ort/jungfraujoch-8469019/
Weather in Switzerland –
http://www.myswissalps.com/ab outswitzerland/nature
Since I am in the USA, I have no direct personal experience to offer.
Slowpoke
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Hi NPAT12-
One other thing about the weather. If you follow the links I gave you, you will see this warning.
But, I’ll mention here so you are sure to see it.
Weather is very local due tot the geography of the country. So, a broad general forecast of rain may only represent 15 minutes each on a lot of places in a region, while some get none.
The weather changes rapidly, and is difficult to predict far in advance, in part, because of the mountains.
In the high Alps, a weather forecast is certainly unreliable more than 48 hours in advance, and, actually, may not even be accurate 24 hours in advance for locations at high altitude.
Slowpoke
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Hi I heard that Aug 1 is a holiday will jungfreach still be available to go up to in a cogwheel train?
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Hi NPAT12,
No problem, Jungfraujoch is accessible that day. If weather is nice it may be more crowded though, as the Swiss themselves have the day off from work and usually make day trips too.
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Oh can I buy my ticket from interlaken ost the day before or morning of?
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Sure, that’s no problem. As mentioned it may be crowded on August 1 in sunny weather, but getting your tickets too early is a risk as well as you won’t know yet if skies will be clear at the time of traveling. So buying the day before or the early morning should be fine.
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Great thanks ! What are the timings in which you can go to the top? How long does the round trip journey last
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Hi Npat12,
The Jungfraujoch page Lucas linked to gets you all the details to plan this trip, including a link to the timetable. The whole trip takes a half to a full day depending on how much time you want to spend on the top.
Have fun!