[Anonymous]

1 September 2018 at 19:40:36 #818186

Hi.

Please suggest how to cover following places in a day from Luzern.

Aare gorge, Rosenlaui, Reichenbach falls & Ballenberg museum. What will be the best route to cover all these places. What will be the travelling cost with a Swiss travel pass. Suggestions on any other nearby places that can easily fit into this are welcome.

Thanks

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[Snowman]

Reply 1 of 4 • 1 September 2018 at 21:36:38 #895427

Dear Rajeshakun,

To cover all the places you mention in one day from Luzern is not possible. Don’t try to add any other nearby place, rather, add another day or even two. Ballenberg alone would require at least half a day. I suggest you try to do this while based in Meiringen.

[User]

Reply 2 of 4 • 2 September 2018 at 3:44:58 #895428

Dear Snowman

Thanks for the response. I will be based in Luzern & have planned only 1 day for this area. If covering all the places is not possible you please suggest the best places which can be covered in a day in that area.Route & ticket details will be of great help. I will be travelling with STP.

Thanks

[Snowman]

Reply 3 of 4 • 2 September 2018 at 14:21:58 #895429

Sorry Rajeshakun, I was wrong. Looking again into it, your plan is quite feasible in one day. Here is the schedule:

Lucerne-Meiringen 6:06 – 7:16 (travel time 1 h 10 min)

Meiringen Aareschlucht West 7:18 – 7:20 (travel time 2 min)

Aareschlucht Ost – Rosenlaui 9:05-10:05 (travel time 1 h)

Rosenlaui – Reichenbachfall 10:49 – 12:07 (travel time 1 h 18 min)

Reichenbachfall – Ballenberg Ost 13:15 – 14:22 (travel time 1 h 7 min)

Ballenberg West – Luzern 16:15 – 17:55 (travel time 1 h 40 min).

That’s a total travel time of 6 hours and 17 minutes. The previous day, you prepare food and drinks for your breakfast and lunch. The time for sightseeing will approximately be:

Aareschlucht, hike from west to east, 1 h 25 min

Rosenlaui, 50 min.

Reichenbachfall 45 min

Ballenberg Museum, walk through from east to west: 1h 45 min, totalling 4 h 45 min. of sightseeing. If the point is just to take selfies, you may skip the hike through the Aareschlucht and the visit of Ballenberg, and add Brienz (wooden toys) and Giessbachfälle (where Sherlock Holmes “died”).

For any modification of the timetable you might want, and for the ticket prices, check out “HOW TO TRAVEL” on the top of your screen.

Enjoy the trip, and if you have a minute tell us why you want to visit so many places in one day.

[User]

Reply 4 of 4 • 2 September 2018 at 15:31:21 #895430

Hi Rajeshakun,

To help with trip planning, use the Swiss railways timetable here to find train times/connections: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable

and see the PDF map of the Swiss Travel Pass coverage area to see what routes are covered fully or partially: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass/validity