6 day visit – Seeking suggestions for things to do

Hi weetea, thanks for joining MySwissAlps!

Here are some thoughts:

• theoretically, you could add the Jungfraujoch trip to your plans, although either day 1 or 2 will become quite full that way. You may get up in the afternoon of day 1, after arriving in Interlaken, but only if you plan to get there quite early in the afternoon. Mind though that clouds often tend to come in in the afternoon, so do check weather conditions carefully before making the trip up to the Jungfraujoch. An altnerative is adding it to day 2. Both the Schilthorn and the Jungfraujoch trip take approximately half a day, that is, if you don’t spend hours at the tops. I’d personally prefer to do just one of them in one day, but if you can’t choose, you will manage to visit both. The journeys are described here and here, and the timetable allows detailed planning. Further tips for the Interlaken area are listed here;
• tips for the Lucerne area, including the boat rides you referred to, can be found at our Lucerne page;
• a 1 day Glacier Express tour from Interlaken will be long. You could cut down traveling times a bit by ending your tour in Brig rather than in Zermatt, as suggested under “Don’t have time to do the full route?” at the page I just linked to. Please check travel times carefully. As long as you and your travel party think they’re acceptable, it’s all fine. Another option would be not to return to Interlaken, but head for the Montreux/Geneva area from Brig, as that’s where you intend to stay on day 5-6 anyway.
• tips for the Lake Geneva region can be found here, and for the city of Geneva here.

A 4 day Swiss travel Pass with regular tickets for day 5-6 is likely to be a good choice, but it depends on your exact plans for the last few days. The price difference between a 4 and 8 day 2nd class Swiss Travel Pass is CHF 112, so if regular tickets would cost more than that, the 8 day Swiss Travel Pass would be the better choice. That’s not impossible. Just an example: let’s say you end your Glacier Express tour in Montreux on day 4 and plan to visit Rochers-de-Naye, make a boat trip over the lake and head for Geneva all on day 5. Those three trips could amount to about CHF 140 for full fare tickets per person, and excursions in/from Geneva (such as a museum visit) on day 6 will add more. Also, mind that children would still travel for free on day 5-6 if you’d still have a valid Swiss Travel Pass. You’ll have to calculate your plans to find out whether the 8 day variant is worth your consideration.