Best Swiss town for winter activities (non-skiing)

  • kaki02
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    8 February 2018 at 14:38:57 #814294

    Hello,

    We are a family of 2 adults and 2 children going to Switzerland from the Wed 14-18th Feb. We depart from Paris and can either drive or leave the car behind and arrive by train.

    We would like to find a good base town in Switzerland from where we can drive or take a train/bus to do the following activities with the kids during our stay:

    – A scenic rail journey

    – Dog sledging

    – Horse Sledging

    – Tobogganing

    Have you got any recommendations?

    Kind regards,

    Katrine

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    8 February 2018 at 19:20:29 #875921

    Hi Kaki02 and welcome to MySwissAlps!

    My first thought it the Graubünden region. Towns like St. Moritz and Davos have access to those activities – I’m sure there are others as well. When you say horse sledging do you mean sleigh rides?

    Both towns also give you access (close-by if not the town itself) to a panoramic train: The Glacier Expressor the Bernina Express.

    Both towns are easily reachable by car or train from Zurich (2-3 hours) by train.

    kaki02
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    8 February 2018 at 20:06:53 #875922

    Thank you! That’s really good feedback !

    cam223
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    9 February 2018 at 14:52:13 #875923

    There are some of your requested activities available in Zermatt. The Klein Matterhorn has a park with lots of activities. You just take the gondolas up to the area from the town. You can take a fast train TGV from Paris to various cities in Switzerland and then switch to Swiss trains to Zermatt. We had snowboarders and non-skiers in our group and everyone found plenty to do.

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