Dress code for lunch and dinner in Switzerland?

  • autumnz
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    81 posts
    28 June 2018 at 23:57:43 #816951

    Upon a day of hiking/sighseeing what is proper etiquette for lunch/dinner attire? Nice Jeans or shorts and a nicer top (what i wear normally out) acceptable? Or, pants/sundress more appropriate? Do I need to change at hotel before going to a restaurant? Our lunch budget is 30ppand dinner40pp….so basic, not high end places.

    And, Is certain dress expected while touring/hiking? Is shorts/tank top acceptable, or a bit more dressed up, not so casual.

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    Slowpoke
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    7567 posts
    29 June 2018 at 0:12:37 #889694

    Hi Autumnz –

    <“Nice Jeans or shorts and a nicer top (what i wear normally out) acceptable?”>> Usually.

    <<“Or, pants/sundress more appropriate? acceptable?”>>

    Nice, but rarely necessary.

    <<“Do I need to change at hotel before going to a restaurant?”>>

    Rarely; only in high end places.

    Cities and countryside are different.

    Do you have specifics?

    Generally, wear what is comfortable, unless you are in a city or going to a high class restaurant in a resort area.

    Slowpoke

    autumnz
    Participant
    81 posts
    29 June 2018 at 1:01:39 #889695

    Lucerne and vicinity, wengen (dinners at hotel baeren), montreux/Geneva vacinity.

    Also probably depends on weather…if I’m walking around town and it’s 35c outside, different than 20 celcius.

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