Switzerland in late October with a toddler
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My wife and I will be traveling to Switzerland from the US from Oct 21 – 29 with our 2 year old daughter. We’ll be flying in and out of Geneva. We’ll be getting in in the late afternoon on Oct 21, and leaving early on Oct 29, so out of the 8 nights we have, we’ll likely spend the first and last nights in Geneva, leaving 6 nights in between.
I have a few questions as I’m starting to plan this trip:
1) Is this an okay time to be visiting? I understand it’s a bit of the shoulder season, but will things generally be closed?
2) Would it be better to travel by car or by train with a toddler? Also taking into consideration any season closures of road and whatnot. We’ve not really driven much in snow before, so that’s possibly another consideration.
3) My preliminary thoughts are to spend 2 nights in each of Zermatt, Interlaken & Lucerne. The plan is to not travel more than 3-4 hours a day since our daughter doesn’t do great with long travel times. Even 3-4 hours is probably pushing it, but we’re willing to try. Would this itinerary make sense?
4) We don’t really plan to do much hiking, really just want to enjoy the scenery.
5) Any suggestions on specific things to do or places to go in those places I listed in #2 above would be greatly appreciated.
6) Does either of the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise or Jungfraujoch require large amounts of hiking to get great views?
Any other thoughts and recommendations would be absolutely fantastic! Thank you!
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