Travel from Gstaad to Gruyères for a day trip
A traveler is planning a trip to Gruyeres for six nights, with stops in Lucerne, Interlaken, and Zurich. They need advice on the best place to stay to easily visit Gruyeres using the Swiss Travel Pass. They are considering Gstaad but are unsure if it's the right choice due to travel convenience.
- Consider staying in Interlaken or Montreux for easier access to Gruyeres.
- Use the SBB Mobile app or website to plan your train travel efficiently.
- If you stay in Gstaad, expect around 1 to 1.5 hours travel to Gruyeres.
- It's best to minimize hotel changes to enjoy more time exploring Switzerland.
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We would like to visit Gruyeres. The only marriott we could find is in Gstaad. We will be using the swill rail pass. Is it easy to travel between cities or is there a better option
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Hello Jeckie and Welcome to MySwissAlps,
Could we have a little more information about your overall plans. This question is difficult to answer in isolation.
Gruyères is a common day trip from Montreux.
Use the timetable on the SBB website (bit.ly/2HH1U7B) or the highly-recommended SBB Mobile app (bit.ly/2ICIUHi) to plan your travel. If you are not familiar with using the timetable it will pay to first read the instructions on this page – http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable.
Hi! Yes sorry. We plan to do 6 nights. Lucerne (2) Interlaken (2), Zürich (1). My fiancé really wants to do Gruyeres. And I am trying to figure out what’s a good location to stay I’m so that we can go there
Cities closest to Gruyères are Lausanne, Fribourg, Bern. However Switzerland is a small country and if you use the fastest routes you can get to Gruyères fairly easily from Interlaken (via Bern) and from a few other places as well (including Zurich).
I don’t know of a Marriott in Gstaad.
This is a Marriot allegedly – http://www.marriott.com.au/ho tels/travel/brnhu-huus-hotel-gstaad-a-member-of-design-hotels/
Hi Jeckle10952,
A day trip to Gruyères is perfectly doable from Gstaad, about 1 to 1.5 hours one way. But if you have to change hotels just for this day trip then a I’d consider staying in Interlaken as planned and do it from there. The only issue is that you only have two nights in Interlaken. Personally I would focus on things to see in that region: http://www.myswissalps.com/in terlaken/activities. Or, skip Interlaken and stay the 2 nights closer to Gruyères. Montreux is another option, a bit further than Gstaad but beautifully located on Lake Geneva: http://www.myswissalps.com/mo ntreux. This hotel is Marriott too I think: http://www.hotelscombined.com /Hotel/Grand_Hotel_Sui sse_Majestic.html. It’s across the train station so very easy to reach.
@arno. Yes we would stay a night somewhere just for this so I’m wondering if it’s worth changing hotels plus the travel to the city town and back. If the travel is possible I may add on another day to Interlaken or try to add another night to our stay
My rule of thumb is:
- More nights is better, as you won’t get bored easily in Switzerland. There is a lot to do and see.
- Less base towns is better, as it takes a lot of time to pack/unpack and check out and into hotels.
So in your case I’d probably add a night to Interlaken and do this trip from there, or swap Interlaken for Montreux, but I would not add another base. In the end it’s up to you of course 🙂
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