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Hi gamesteel, and welcome to MySwissAlps,
Thanks for sharing your itinerary.
- That would be a personal choice. Both Mt Titlis and Mt Pilatus are unique in their own way. You could combine Mt. Rigi with a boat trip. Scroll down on this page for more information.
- Two days in Zermatt is fine. The Gornergrat railway will be operating in May, but the cableway to Klein Matterhorn/Glacier Paradise will be closed for maintenance between Trockener Steg and Klein Matterhorn from 30 April to 11 May 2018.
- Yes, you can cover Montreux on the 12th. I would not shorten your stay in Zermatt.
- Your itinerary looks pretty good. You may want to check out this page: http://www.myswissalps.com/ac tivities. I’m not sure if your plan is to stay in Interlaken? You could consider one of the nice villages in the area. Like Wengen or Grindelwald.
The train would be definitely more convenient. Read here more about car versus train. There are different rail passes available. The Swiss Travel Pass might be interesting for you. Not only the train, but also many top attractions are covered by this pass. Either for free or with a discount. More information about the validity of the pass can be found here.
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Hi Chantal,
Thanks a lot for sharing such detailed information. Based on your guidance, we have been processing the information and have managed to work through the first few days of our itinerary. It would be great to get your advice on the what we have come up with at this time.
May-5: Arrive in Lucerne at 5pm (from Zurich), rest up and do a little bit of sightseeing at Lucerne
May 6: to Mt. Pilatus Golden Round trip
May 7: to Mt. Rigi Majestic Round trip
May 8: to Wengen
May 9: Jungfrau (Lautterbraunen’s waterfall – Jungfrau – Klien – Scheidigg – Grindelwald)
Questions:
Mt. Pilatus’ Golden Round trip:
– CHF 56.50 (per person) with Swiss Travel pass. Just wanted to be sure we are looking at the correct thing.
– If we go Swiss Travel Pass are we fine with “excl. bus”
Mt. Rigi Majestic Round trip
– Is this all free with Swiss Travel Pass
Lucerne:
– Can you recommend what to do in the time we have between May 5-7 in Lucerne? And will we have any time to do things on the days we go to Mt Pilatus and Mt Rigi?
Jungfrau area:
– Based on your suggestion we are planning to make Wengen our base for May-8 and May-9. The idea in to have the option of keeping both the days open for Jungfrau and choose one based on the weather. Please let us know if thats a good idea.
– Weather permitting, what is the good time to start the Jungfrau excursion?
Also, I wanted to check if any of these day trips are very tiring? I am traveling with my parents and would like to mix between hectic and relaxing days if possible.
Thanks again for your suggestions!