[CharlieW6]

13 April 2023 at 11:14:50 #829559

Hello! My husband and I will be traveling to Switzerland with our 4 girls (ages 5-13) for 9 days. I hope to buy the Swiss family pass for our travels. I am hoping that my beginning stages of planning are reasonable but would love any insight or advice.

Day 1: Land in Geneva and stay in hotel near airport (arrival 10pm)

Day 2: travel by train to explore Chateau Chillon for the day. Travel by trail to Murren to begin our stay in Murren for 5 nights/6 days. While in Murren our top activities we hope to do include…hike Stein Glacier, visit Bern, visit Lucern, Visit Murten, Staubbach Falls, Allmendhubel Flower Park, hiking.

Day 6: check out from our accomodations in Murren and head to Locarno via train (I am not sure what the best route to take would be for this leg of the trip. We are not opposed to the local train routes.

Day 6-8: Enjoy the Ticino region

Day 8: Travel by train to Italy. Thinking either Florence or Venice? What train route would be recommended for this travel.

Thank you in advance!

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[Yolanda]

13 April 2023 at 15:37:16 #953273

Hello CharlieW6,

Welcome to MySwissAlps. That’s great to hear you and your family are planning a trip to Switzerland!

In case you have not found a hotel near Geneva airport, here is our guide to hotels in the airport vicinity: https://www.myswissalps.com/genevaairporthotels

That’s lovely you are visiting Chillon Castle, in case you needed any other ideas whilst in the Geneva area, take a look here:

• https://www.myswissalps.com/geneva/activities

Your plans sound good. Whilst Mürren is a lovely part of the Jungfrau region, it is a little isolated in terms of accessing the other places you are wanting to also visit. If you are Ok with taking the cable car to the bottom of the valley each day, then you will do just fine 🙂 Perhaps use the timetable link so you can gauge journey times: https://www.myswissalps.com/timetable

Here are a few useful links for you to read, you will find additional information and activities in the Jungfrau region, hikes, where to stay, how to travel around:

• https://www.myswissalps.com/murren
• https://www.myswissalps.com/jungfrauregion

You can plan your journey to Locarno via the timetable link too but some information in the meantime. The 2 main train routes for Mürren-Locarno would be:

1. via Lucerne and Bellinzona, using either the quicker Gotthard Base Tunnel or the slower and more scenic Gotthard mountain route https://www.myswissalps.com/gotthardpanoramaexpress
2. via Brig, Domodossola and the Centovalli route to Locarno https://www.myswissalps.com/centovalli, using either the quicker Lötschberg Base Tunnel or the slower and more scenic Lötschberg mountain route https://www.myswissalps.com/lotschberger

Likewise, if you needed extra information regarding the Ticino region: https://www.myswissalps.com/ticino

In terms of your travel, that’s good you are thinking about the Swiss Travel Pass, I am unsure when you are visiting Switzerland but there is a promotion for the Swiss Travel Pass soon, essentially, you will be given extra day(s) depending on the pass you purchase. More information here: https://www.myswissalps.com/forum/topic/the-swiss-travel-pass-spring-2023-promotion

Be sure to apply for the Swiss Family Card when you buy your Swiss Travel Pass, as all your daughters will be eligible to travel for free with you. 🙂 https://www.myswissalps.com/swissfamilycard

For travel to Italy from Switzerland, you can read all about it here: https://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/italy and do use the timetable link above to plan your route.

I hope this helps, please feel free to reach out with any further questions.

Kind regards,

Yolanda