[Anonymous]

27 April 2019 at 3:16:20 #821254

Hi ,

Not sure someone already asked this before but sorry if this is a repetition. I will be visiting Switzerland in End of September and will be getting the Swiss travel pass. Will be staying in Lucerne. Just want to confirm if the Following Itinerary on a Monday is possible in one day.

Lucerne – Interlaken – Schilthorn – GSTAAD – Bern Old city – Lucerne.

Not sure this is possible on train or not in one day.

Regards,

M

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[rockoyster]

Reply 1 of 15 • 27 April 2019 at 3:37:26 #910600

You could probably do it but it would be at a bit of a gallop.

Use the timetable on the SBB website (bit.ly/2HH1U7B) or the highly-recommended SBB Mobile app (bit.ly/2ICIUHi) to plan your travel and buy tickets if required. 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.

[User]

Reply 2 of 15 • 27 April 2019 at 6:07:35 #910601

Hello Ahmad83,

What is do-able and bare-able on one day is very individual, so please use Rockoysters links to find out how you feel with that day you plan. It is quite long, I agree on that. Could you spread it out on to more days?!

Btw, find information on all the destinations you mention within this trip by typing them into the search bar of this page.

For information about the Swiss Travel Pass, incl. validity, purchase options, etc. use this link:
– http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass

Best,
Steph

[User]

Reply 3 of 15 • 27 April 2019 at 9:22:22 #910602

Hello,

if if you leave at 7 then one hour to interlaken you will reach 8. There you will stay one hour let’s say.

if you leave 9 from interlaken: 20 min to lauterbrunnen for Schilthorn. Make it one hour as well. You will reach 10 at Schilthorn.

It will atleast take two hours for you.

12 you leave from Lauterbrunnen to Bern one and a half hour.

1:30 you reach bern you require 2 hours for bern

3:30 you leave bern for gstaad. Minimum 2 hours from train, you will reach 5:30.

Gstaad closes at 5pm.

the complete route does not involve lunch time/ time to relax/ and waiting time for trains to leave for your next destination.

All the above are very nice and beautiful places and they are a destination on their own. If possible extend your time.

Best Regards

[User]

Reply 4 of 15 • 27 April 2019 at 23:27:56 #910603

It’s a very bad idea to try and do all those three things in one day – you would have to depart each place almost as soon as you arrive.

Luzern – Interlaken – Schilthorn is OK as one day trip

Luzern – Bern is a good day trip, or possible a 3/4 day trip (you need time to walk around Bern and visit the sights) – should include the Bear park other places

I wouldn’t bother with Gstaad – there isn’t really much there in my opinion

[User]

Reply 5 of 15 • 29 April 2019 at 8:05:22 #910604

Hi All,

Thanks for all your replies. Really helpful. I only wanted to visit the GSTADD -Sannen Bridge on the way back from Bern but I guess it will too much. I will now only focus on Interlaken – Schilthorn – Bern and back to Lucerne.

Can anyone please also suggest: :

1. I have attached a picture post in Lauterbrunnen .How do you reach this spot in Lauterbrunnen if we going on train.

2. It will end of Sept and If we have a Swiss pass is Schilthorn the only free mountain peak I can visit for free or is there any other suggestion to visit in Interlaken rather than going all the way to Schilthorn.

Thanks in Advance.

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[rockoyster]

Reply 6 of 15 • 29 April 2019 at 8:14:33 #910605

1. Just walk up the Main Street at Lauterbrunnen.

2. Go to Schilthorn. It’s a good use of you STP. From Lauterbrunnen a very nice circuit to do is to Grütschalp (cable car), Mürren (train), Gimmelwald (cable car), Stechelberg (cable car), Lauterbrunnen (bus). From Mürren you can easily visit Schiltorn and Birg (don’t miss the Thrill Walk). In between Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen the bus stops at the Trummelbach Falls.

[User]

Reply 7 of 15 • 29 April 2019 at 8:27:01 #910606

HI Rockoyster,

Thanks for all the information. I will keep this itinerary.

On the way back to fo to Bern I have to take direct train from Lauterbrunnen to Bern or is there any other option.

Thanks.

[rockoyster]

Reply 8 of 15 • 29 April 2019 at 8:31:49 #910607

Not really. It’s not exactly direct. You have to change at Interlaken OST and possibly Spiez depending on the connection you choose. The train line alongside Lake Thun, on which you will Travel is a lovely scenic trip.l

[User]

Reply 9 of 15 • 29 April 2019 at 9:00:35 #910608

Hi Ahmed,

kindly know that if you completely want to enjoy this itinerary.. this is a half day trip.

if you wanted to visit the sannen and gstaad bridge for DDLJ. It’s not worth it. A very small bridge/ a common one as well. You will find many like that in Switzerland. I visited there cause I was staying there and it was close to where I was staying.

Not worth it to take a two hour train ride to be there.

Best Regards

[User]

Reply 10 of 15 • 29 April 2019 at 23:54:03 #910609

I didn’t know what was meant by the “Gstadd Sannen bridge”. (Please take care to use correct spellings so that we can offer the best advice.)

Now I see the significance, if as Rkghauri suggests this is in connection with ‘DDLJ’ (which I had never heard of either) I can tell you that if you look out on the right hand side of the train between Luzern and Interlaken you will see one of the locations – on DDLJ it is wrongly spelled at ‘Lake Lungerer Lee’. It should say Lungernsee – ie Lake Lungern, which is by the town of Lungern. The Luzern – Interlaken train passes through Lungern and you could stop for an hour and carry on on the next train. The lakeshore is about 15 minutes walk (beware the return walk would be uphill) from the station

This would be FAR FAR better than visiting the Saanen bridge which is a very basic, small, plain concrete road bridge of which there must be billions across the world.

[User]

Reply 11 of 15 • 30 April 2019 at 3:42:41 #910610

Hi ,

Thank you so much for your great response on the GSTADD. I will skip GSTADD now and Lake Lungern seems to be a very good option. As it will be day light savings even I reach Bern late around 3:30 p.m. (depending upon how tired we are and weather ) I will have time till 7:00 p.m. to see the old city.

Regards,

Mirza

[User]

Reply 12 of 15 • 30 April 2019 at 4:23:33 #910611

Hello 1960man,

🙂 DDLJ is refeared to a 90’s movie very famous in INDO/PAK subcontinent. Many locations were filmed in GSTADD. People specially visit some of those locations. Even I am not sure if Ahmad83 was referring to the same. I just guessed. Sorry for any confusion.

Best Regards

[User]

Reply 13 of 15 • 30 April 2019 at 8:40:12 #910612

Hello Mirza,

For inspiration about what to do in Bern, use the following link:
– http://www.myswissalps.com/be rn/activities

Best,
Steph

[User]

Reply 14 of 15 • 30 April 2019 at 10:34:10 #910613

Hi Rkghauri,

yes I was referring to DDLj. But the issue is I don’t have much time to do in 1 day. I am already visiting Mr. Titlis and Rigi one day earlier so will be too much. But thanks for the suggestions.

Regards,

mirza

[User]

Reply 15 of 15 • 30 April 2019 at 10:35:00 #910614

Hi Steph,

thank you so much. I will check the link.

Thanks