Itinerary review for 3 nights trip in Switzerland

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    26 February 2018 at 10:53:10 #814514

    itinerary review 3nights/2days

    hey guys, i’m visiting jungfrau area on the 15th of June through the 18th of June. Staying the night of 15,16 and 17. what do you think of my itinerary below? is it doable? what would you recommend i swap out or change? thanks!

    day 1:

    7am: early train to jungfraujoch

    1pm: lunch in KS outdoor cafe

    230pm: hike KS – Männlichen or hike Murren-Gimmelwald then cable car down to Stechelberg

    5pm: Grindelwald First

    9pm: Harder Kulm sunset

    day 2:

    7am: pick up rental car from europcar interlaken

    drive along the side of lake brienz and enjoy views towards aare gorge

    visit aare gorge.

    12pm: drive to blausee and have trout lunch

    3pm: another hike/trummelbach falls

    ???

    where to stay: Wengen, Lauterbrunnen or Murren?

    Wengen: closer to trains to Jungfraujoch, Beausite Park looks like it might have some nice mountain views.

    Lauterbrunnen: better base to access both Murren and Wengen, but not so nice views from hotel/airbnb

    Murren: Hotel Eiger seems to have better views (closer to the mountains) than Beausite Park in Wengen

    Other things I’d like to do if I can

    Ballenberg outdoor museum

    Reichenbach falls

    lunch/dinner at Rotstrockhutte

    Which hike is prettier? KS-Mannlichen or Murren-Gimmelwald? From youtube videos it seemed the latter would was a much more open trail with less variety whereas the latter had a combination of waterfalls, wooded forests as well as panoramic vistas. what do you think?

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    26 February 2018 at 15:32:59 #877260

    Hi ee7klt,

    Day 1: looks doable, however, you’re not telling us where you are leaving from. Did you use the Swiss timetable to plan your trip?

    Day 2: not sure if I would hire a car to enjoy Lake Brienz. I would rather do a boat trip.

    Wengen tends to be the town of choice at MySwissAlps.it is car free though. The Beausite Park seems to be a good choice. Read more about it in this thread.

    I will let the hiking experts at this forum comment on your question whether you should walk Kleine Scheidegg – Männlichen or Murren-Gimmelwald.

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    26 February 2018 at 17:20:04 #877261

    Thanks, I’m not sure if I’ll stay in Murren, Lauterbrunnen or Wengen yet. What are the travel times from each location up to JungFrauJoch?

    For the car, my main aim was to get to Aare gorge, and possibly reichenbach on the way back. I was just thinking I might catch a glimpse of Lake Brienz on the way but if not it’s not a big deal. Is there good public transport to Aare gorge? How long should I plan to spend at the Gorge?

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    26 February 2018 at 22:06:56 #877262

    It doesn’t really matter in which village you stay. Read here about how to travel to the Jungfraujoch. From Grindelwald and Wengen it’s about 1h30 and from Mürren 2 hours. Please use the Swiss timetable I referred to earlier.

    The train stop Aareschlucht West is very close to the entrance of the Aare gorge, so you can fill that out as the destination in the timetable. It takes about 40 minutes to hike through the gorge.

    Reichenbach Falls can be reached by taking a train to Meiringen and then walking for 20 minutes. From the bottom of the waterfalls it’s a 20-minute walk to the Aare gorge.

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    27 February 2018 at 2:48:59 #877263

    Ah right! So aare gorge is right next to the Reichenbach falls I didn’t realize! Do you think if I can squeeze in schilthorn in the morning of the second day if I leave super early? I’ll probably have to give up Blausee correct? Last I checked Blausee was only a 40min drive from Interlaken according to Google maps but I’m not sure why public transport takes almost 2hrs (from various bloggers). It seems public transportation to Blausee is quite a hassle with a number of changes correct? In that case a car would be worth it? Drive to Blausee then drive from Blausee straight to aare without going back to Interlaken first

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    27 February 2018 at 9:25:53 #877264

    You can’t do Schilthorn and the Aare gorge in one morning. Blausee is indeed easier by car. If you take the car you could do Schilthorn (park car in Stechelberg) – Blausee – Reichenbach falls – Aare gorge and I would probably call that a day. The ViaMichelin website is usually a good website to plan your trip by car

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    27 February 2018 at 14:19:10 #877265

    Hi ee7klt,

    I am certainly not an expert hiker. In fact, I have hiked one trail in Switzerland! We hiked from Mannlichen to KS because of all of the advice on this forum. They recommend doing that hike in that direction.

    Have a great time!

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    1 March 2018 at 3:34:06 #877266

    Would it make sense for me to get the Swiss half fare card for my itinerary? Can the half fare card be used with the early bird Jungfrau discount as well?

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    1 March 2018 at 11:08:41 #877267

    Hi ee7klt,

    No, the discounts can’t be combined unfortunately. It may still make sense to use the Swiss Half Fare Card though. The only way to know for sure is to use our spread sheet here and do the math to compare rail pass prices on your specific itinerary.

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