Help needed for planning our swiss trip

Hello prethiba, and welcome! As for your questions:

1. Yes, the route from Geneva to Interlaken and from Interlaken to Lucerne can be traveled in Golden Pass trains. Seat reservations are required.
2./3. I'd suggest either a Swiss Card (offering a free trip from Geneva from Interlaken on day 1, back from Interlaken to the Swiss-French border on day 7, and a 50% discount on your Swiss trips in between) or a 4 or 5 day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass. If you'll only be traveling to and from Paris in France, I don't think the Eurail France-Switzerland Pass would be economical. You can best buy regular tickets for your trips in France.
4./6. No, you can't really make the Glacier Express trip from Interlaken. That is, not if you want to spend all nights in Interlaken. The Glacier Express runs in another part of the country, and you'd have to stay overnight in other towns once or twice. In my opinion, it's very relaxed to stay in one town and make day trips from and back to your resort each day.
5. There's a lot to see and do near Interlaken. I suggest that you take a look at the day trip overview. Please note that some of the trips mentioned there can be made in summer months only. By the way, you could also make a city trip to Bern or Zurich on day 6, as it would be a bit too much to visit both on day 3.

The timetable helps you to find out about traveling times.

• Yeah..as per your plan,v will not travel again by glacier express...and waste time. How about the journey between Brig- Chur in glacier express? v just want to experince the journey, so no plans to go till st.moritz.so that v can even return back to interlaken the same day (chur-zurich-interlaken train).
• From day 1 geneva airport-interlaken till day 6 interlaken - geneva station , we'll be travelling in swiss. after going through the full details , i think "swiss saver flexi pass" will help us the best...we 4 (2 adults and 2 children) will be travelling together at all time and also the days of travel will also be consecutive. what is the "family card"? ...which says children travel free? that means we'll buy the pass only for both of us and not for the children?
• "swiss saver flexi pass"- so if i get it for 6 days together ...does it mean that v are entitled for unlimited travel by train,bus through out the 6 days?
• Heard through my friend about markets in "bern" on tuesdays and saturdays..which is too good for quick shopping for gifts and small things.will the market be there at the time of my travel?so that i can plan accordingly?
• also v'll be flying in to geneva , swiss trip 5 days and then to paris for 2 days and return back to gevena for our flight to dubai. there are mixed news through internet about the visa arrangement.it'll be really helpful if u can point out the proper thing that can be done.
• we are indians ,living in dubai with u.a.e residence visa.
• thank you.

• Yes, you can also make this part of the journey in the Glacier Express.
• The 6 day Swiss Saver Flexi Pass could be an option indeed, but in your case an 8 day regular Swiss Saver Pass would still be a bit cheaper. An 8 day Swiss Saver Pass will cover all 6 days of your stay in Switzerland with unlimited traveling in regular trains, buses and boats. You only have to buy one for the adults. The children aged 10 and 13 will travel for free if you order the free Swiss Family Card along with your Swiss Saver Pass. Specifics can be found at the Swiss Pass page;
• The Bern tourism website may provide the market information you're looking for;
• The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs will be able to inform you correctly on visa issues.

• Which part of the "glacier express" will be nice? is it ok from brig-chur? can u make clear in which route is the -(ALBULA ROUTE-UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE)., the rhine gorge?
• Also found that 8 day swiss saver pass would be cheaper for me.
• we'll be landing in geneva airport..and travelling by train to interlaken.if i use the "fly rail baggage " service, when will my lugage reach interlaken station, or if i'm going to carry my luggage with me, will it be fine..because there is change of train in bern on the way to interlaken?
• is boating operatinal during the month of march in lakes like thun,brienz,lucern?
• both my kids travel free....does it mean they can travel free in the mountain train journeys, cable cars, to the mt .jungfrau, titlis?

Hi prethiba,

Any part of the Glacier Express is beautiful if the weather is fine. The Albula route is indeed one of the highlights. It's between Chur and St. Moritz. The Rhine gorge is between Brig and Chur. All details about the Fly Rail Baggage service are on the website of the Federal Railways. Carrying it yourself is not a problem. The timetable shows you the platform numbers and times in case of a change. There will be little or no boats operating in March. The timetables are on bls.ch. Your kids travel along for free anywhere you travel with your Swiss Pass.

I hope this helps you do the planning!