[Albi]

27 September 2022 at 22:39:59 #828442

Hi,

We will arrive Zurich for 5 nights around mid Oct 2022. We will purchase 4 days Swiss Pass Travel and tentatively will use Zurich as base to do day trip. We will be back next year around mid June for 2 weeks, so we will cover more. But for this season, we just look for where to find the best color. We don’t have time for hiking and long scenic train ride but less than 3 hours is doable.

If there is only once choice, where should I go from the below:

Lausanne vineyard or Eglise de Gleresse at Ligerz (lake Bielersee)?

For the lake, Thun or Brienz?

Montreux or Gruyeres?

For the village, Bern or Spiez?

One question about Swiss Travel Pass, it is currently 20% off for 4 days. Is it for only purchase only or it is the same promotion to buy at Zurich station?

Also, are hanging flowers baskets at the bridge still there, or it is over?

Thank in advance for your reply!

Albi

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[User]

Reply 1 of 6 • 28 September 2022 at 18:51:21 #947427

Lausanne vineyard or Eglise de Gleresse at Ligerz (lake Bielersee)?

Ligerz – use the station while you still can (it is closing at some point ass the railway is being put in a tunnel

For the lake, Thun or Brienz?

Lake Thun

Montreux or Gruyeres?

Very different – choice is up to you, Montreux is a 19th century lakeside resort, Gruyeres is a mountain village

For the village, Bern or Spiez?

Neither is a village.

Bern is Switzerland’s capital city. Spiez is a small town on the lake

[User]

Reply 2 of 6 • 29 September 2022 at 8:08:15 #947428

Hi Albi,

you can find a foliage map of Switzerland here. Yellow means “moderate discoloration”, red means “severe discoloration”, brown means “leaf fall”. This might be useful. But note, it is only a prediction.

I hope this helps, I’ve also added a couple of links in the answer of 1960man, please visit them if you would like to know more about those places.

Ildiko

MySwissAlps.com recommends reading these: Best time to visit Switzerland and More about the Swiss weather

[User]

Reply 3 of 6 • 29 September 2022 at 9:53:17 #947429

When looking to answer another post yesterday I found this:

Homepage | Ferrovia Vigezzina Centovalli The Foliage Train

http://www.vigezzinacentovalli.com/en/

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Reply 4 of 6 • 29 September 2022 at 11:05:20 #947430

@1960man, that is great. I didn’t know that Centovalli Railway have such a version. It can be wonderful!

@Albi, if you would like to learn more about the Centovalli Railway, please visit http://www.myswissalps.com/centovalli.

Ildiko

[Albi]

Reply 5 of 6 • 1 October 2022 at 21:32:57 #947431

Thank you all for your valuable information! We planned to visit back in June 2020, then everything cancelled due to covid-19. Hope to make it this time.

Thanks

Albi

[Arno]

Reply 6 of 6 • 2 October 2022 at 9:45:35 #947432

Hi Albi, good you’ll finally get to visit Switzerland! I hope your autumn trip makes up for the previous plans that got cancelled.

As for where to get your discounted Swiss Travel Pass: the recommend purchase option is mentioned at http://www.myswissalps.com/forum/topic/swiss-travel-pass-promotion-until-31-oct-2022. And in general, there are more advantages to buying online in advance than after arrival at a station. You’ll read about it at http://www.myswissalps.com/train/ticketspasses/practical/wheretobuy.