Italy-Switzerland rail pass including cable cars
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Hello,
My wife and I will be visiting Europe in 2 weeks and trying to find the best rail pass for our time in Italy and Switzerland. Ideally we would like something that gets us free cable car travel to Grindelwald, and discounted Jungfraujoch tickets, whilst still allowing us to visit Oeschinensee, and travel between Zurich-Wengen for our arrival/departure. The Bernese Overland pass looked promising but it doesn’t get us from Zurich-Wengen and back again (which constitutes 2 out four 5 travel days). I was thinking it might be good to get the Bernese Oberland pass for the 3 days we plan to spend in that region (and just get a two-country Eurail Pass to cover the return zurich-wengen trip as well as our time in Italy) but unfortunately the pass is a minimum of 4 days (and we would only need 3 days)
Our itinerary for our 5 days in Switzerland is as follows:
- Train from Zurich airport to Wengen.
- Cable cars from Wengen-Mannlichen, then Mannlichen-Grindelwald, then Grindelwald-First. After spending the day at First, we plan to get the cable car back down to Pfingstegg, ride the summer Toboggan a few times and then head back to Wengen – if we are on time to catch the cable cars back to Wengen we’ll do that, but if we end up spending longer at Pfingstegg and miss the last cable car from Grindelwald (which I believe leaves at around 5.30pm) then we will catch the train from Grindelwald back to Wengen.
- Train from Wengen to Oeschinensee and back again.
- Train from Wengen to Jungfraujoch and back again.
- Train from Wengen to Zurich airport.
Our train itinerary for Italy is as follows:
- Train from Venice to Florence (stay in Florence for a few days)
- Train from Florence to Manarola (stay in Manarola for a few days)
- Train from Manarola to Monterosso (and then hike back to Manarola)
- Train from Manarola to Milan (to catch flight to return home)
Based on the travel itinerary listed above would somebody be able to suggest the best travel pass (or combination of travel passes) for my wife and I? Taking into account value for money as well as convenience of having a pass, I don’t mind paying a little extra to have the convenience of a pass. PS: I am 30 years old and my wife is 27 years old – I’m aware that some passes are discounted for those younger than 27 years old.
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