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Hello Swisscheese and Welcome to MySwissAlps,
It really all depends on your personal plans.
Have you read http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfrauhikingsledgingpa ss and compared the validity map you will find there with that of the Swiss Travel Pass (http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass/validity).
You will need tickets to get you to and from the Bernese Oberland.
Another one to look at is the http://www.myswissalps.com/re gionalpassberneseoberl and.
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Hi swisscheese,
If you are staying in Wengen for the entire trip the Jungfrau Hiking and Travel Pass is a great option. The Regional Pass Bernese Oberland is not available after October 31.
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>> 9 nights in Dec, taking in the Christmas period. Staying in Wengen
Have you already booked your accommodation?
>> We thought a regional pass would offer particular benefits to that area, but from what I’ve read that doesn’t seem to be the case, am I correct in that thought ?
No, you’re not 🙂
In a nutshell, the Hiking and Sledging Pass provides unlimited free travel on a variety of mountain transport that is only 50% discounted with the Swiss Travel Pass.
The 2017-18 Hiking and Sledging Pass provided unlimited free travel on the following:
- Trains between Interlaken Ost, Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Wengen and Mürren
- Trains Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen and Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg and Eigergletscher
- Gondola Grindelwald Grund to Männlichen
- Cable car Wengen to Männlichen
- Gondola Grindelwald to First
- Bus Grindelwald to Bussalp until 16.00
- Funicular Mürren to Allmendhubel
- Bus and cable car Lauterbrunnen-Stechelberg-Mürren
- Cable car and train Lauterbrunnen-Grütschalp-Mürren
If you get a Hiking and Sledging Pass for at least 3 days, you also get 50% discount on tickets between:
- Eigergletscher-Jungfraujoch
http://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/sledging/jungfrau-region-hiking-and-sledging-pass/
I have attached a map that shows the coverage of the Hiking and Sledging Pass.
I would expect the coverage to be the same for 2018-19, but you would need to check closer to the end of the year, just in case they make some changes.
Alpenrose
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Thank you for your replies. Alpenrose I really appreciated your dot points which tells me it is better value. One last question I forgot to ask, do children travel free on this pass with their parents as for the Swiss pass ? as we have some children between 5 and 15 years in our group. Thanks again for all your help. Yes, we have already booked Wengen for accommodation. Best wishes to you all.
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Children’s prices are shown here http://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/jungfrau-ski-region/jungfrau-region-hiking-and-sledging-pass/ (for this winter). That might alter the value equation depending on how many kids you have.