12 days Montreux-Gstaad-Wengen-Lucerne-Zurich

Hi Richa14 and Welcome to MySwissAlps,

Nice to hear you’re coming to Switzerland!

Your itinerary overall is very nice and covers lots of fantastic destinations, well done!

On Day 10 I believe it will be practically impossible doing Mount Titlis and Mount Rigi in one day, Mount Rigi and Mount Pilatus are more realistic:
– http://www.myswissalps.com/ti tlis
– http://www.myswissalps.com/pi latus
– http://www.myswissalps.com/ri gi
– http://www.myswissalps.com/lu cerne/activities

To check detailed travelling times and connections use the timetable, make sure you read how it works, it’s a superb tool for planning:
– http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable

I think Gstaad is worth the visit but then again Lucerne also has lots to offer, and so does Wengen, so the choice will be yours.. 🙂
– http://www.myswissalps.com/gs taad
– http://www.myswissalps.com/Lu cerne
– http://www.myswissalps.com/we ngen
Check the “What to do” tabs.

Your journey from the SWISS BORDER os covered by the Swiss Travel Pass, please check:
– http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass, find a fabulous map in “Where it’s valid”
– http://www.myswissalps.com/go ldenpass
– http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/france

Hope this provides some inspiration.

Get back to us for further input.

Best,
Steph

Hi,

Thanks for providing the links but now we are more confused as after going through “Things to do list” it seems like that our itinerary includes too many places “(5) to be precise” to cover within 8 days and we will be squeezed for time, therefore we are trying to add a day in our travel plan but still not very sure if no. of days planned are enough and looking forward for some expert opinion/s.

– Please advise if below revised itinerary is better than earlier and doable or else we are open to remove either Gstaad or Montreux or both and add those days to any other location. i.e. Wengen or Lucern.

Day 4: Arrive Montreux (mid day)

Day 5: Montreux

Day 6: Arrive in Gstaad (mid day)

Day 7: Gstaad

Day 8: Arrive in Wengen (mid day)

Day 9: Wengen

Day 10: Arrive in Lucerne ( mid day)

Day 11: Lucerne

Day 12: Arrive in Zurich (midday)

June 13: Zurich and flight back in the evening

Thanks,

RS

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Thanks Steph.

We will follow your advise.

However, could you also please advise if we go to Wengen or Lucerne first as seems there is no direct train from Montreux to Wengen? Is there any Link showing the train route as already checked —– http://www.raileurope-gcc.com/plan-your-trip/travel-ideas-and-itineraries/ —– but can’t see the train routes within Switzerland

Also slightly confused between Euro Global rail pass and Swiss pass? Would you be able to advise better option as we will be travelling from Paris to Geneva as out first entry point.

OR we should stick to Point to Point Tickets?

Awaiting you inputs.

Thanks

Hi Arno / Steph,

Firstly thanks a lot for providing all the above details / info. As we are very excitedly nearing our travel date, we are considering below changes to our itinerary.

– Omit Gstaad from our itinerary and after spending 2 nights in Montreux, on day 6, travel directly to Lucerne (instead of Wengen) using Goldenpass and stay in Lucerne for 5 nights before moving to Zurich.

Queries:

What is your opinion about the changes compare to earlier itinerary?

If we decide to base in Lucerne, is it still practical to visit Jungfraujoch?

Awaiting your expert opinion / suggestion to finalize our bookings.

Thanks

RS

Thanks Maria. Appreciate your quick reply and as suggested, we will stick to Wengen as per original plan.

Thanks again.

RS