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We will be in Switzerland from early on sunday november 24th to mid day monday december 2nd. that is 8 days and 8 nights. I am looking forsuggestions for where to spend our time. We fly into Zurich.
We will be traveling quite light with only carry-on luggage, probably just backpacks. We are two people in our late twenties. We live in Colorado in the states and are quite active. We are big hikers and cross-country skiiers. We love scenic trains, history, and castles. We also like quirky culture, but if its between culture and nature/history, i would say the latter everytime. We are not big drinkers,and one of us is a vegetarian.
The only place definitely on our list so far is Bern. We hear there is a onion/garlic festival there on the 25th, does anyone know if that is worth going to?
We are also there late enough that there might be Christmas markets. I love christmas markets but i wouldn’t say its a priority.
Like i said we are traveling quite light, but if possible i think we’d prefer to have 2 or 3 bases where we stay and make day trips from there, but we would make an exception to get someplace very special.
I love the idea of some of the small villages like guarda and soglio. but i dont know if we could make that work with such a small amount of time.
I hope i covered everything. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions!
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Hi Iets, thanks for joining MySwissAlps!
Great that you’ll get to discover Switzerland. Late November-early December is low season, meaning you’ll run into some restrictions when it comes to hiking and mountain transportation, and the smaller mountain towns might be rather quiet: http://www.myswissalps.com/be sttimetovisit. You should still be able to create a very nice itinerary though.
Hiking should be able at lower elevations. If you select valley walks, that will work. And how about scenic train journeys? They’re a great alternative to outdoor activities in the shoulder season:
It’s a bit hard to advise which base towns or regions you should choose, as there are simply so many options: http://www.myswissalps.com/wh eretogo. I do advise to pick centrally located base towns, allowing you to make easy day trips to several directions and to adapt your plans according to weather. With easy access to both cities as well as mountains, you get to choose which activities suit any given day and you’d be able to make a nice mix of nature and culture trips. How about the towns below?
- http://www.myswissalps.com/lu cerne, allowing you to explore the Lake Lucerne area
- http://www.myswissalps.com/th un or Spiez along Lake Thun. They provide good access to Bern (http://www.myswissalps.com/be rn), the Jungfrau region (http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfrauregion) and you’d even be able to include a day trip to Zermatt (http://www.myswissalps.com/ze rmatt);
- http://www.myswissalps.com/mo ntreux, which would be a good base to explore the Lake Geneva area (http://www.myswissalps.com/la kegeneva).
In addition, I suggest you start off with reading http://www.myswissalps.com/pl antrip/doityourself/co mposeitinerary and use the timetable to plan your trips: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable. A rail pass will be useful. For your 8 days, a Swiss Travel Pass probably makes most sense: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass. Here’s how to calculate the most economical choice: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses/prac tical/chooserailpass.
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