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6 July 2019 at 8:24:03 #822684

Hi,

I am planning a 8 day Honeymoon trip with my husband in Switzerland during last week of August 2019. I have booked my stay as 5 nights in Wilderswil near Interlaken and 3 nights in Lucerne. I have browsed enough websites and made a rough itinerary, I need an opinion if this sounds too much to cover and I should be dropping few things. My rough itinerary is to

Day 1: Arrive Zurich airport early morning at 6:45 am and travel to Wilderswil, check in at my stay place and visit Harder Kulm in evening for sunset

Day 2: Take boat cruise from Interlaken Ost to Lake Thun, there onwards travel to Bern for half day

Day 3: Day trip to Jungfrau

Day 4: Day trip to to Montreax through Golden rail pass

Day 5: Day trip to Zermatt – I am considering ‘5 lakes’ hiking on this day, have read its 4-4.5 hrs medium level trek (will it to be too much on a 8 day packed itinerary?)

Day 6: Leave for Lucerne, check in at hotel and roam the city

Day 7: Day trip to Zurich for Rhine falls

Day 8: Visit Mt Pilatus to celebrate my husband’s birthday on August 31st

Day 9 early morning we depart from Zurich back to Mumbai

I couldn’t add Lauterbrunnen which I have heard is a beautiful countryside. I know I cannot cover everything in one trip, but i wish to do the best ones as it is a special trip with my husband. Your help with perfecting my itinerary would be highly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Naziya

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[Annika]

6 July 2019 at 10:36:27 #917048

Hello Naziya, and welcome to MySwissAlps! How wonderful that you’ll be spending your honeymoon in Switzerland. Wilderswil and Lucerne are great locations.

Your itinerary looks mostly fine. I’ll add some thoughts and tips:

• an 8 day Swiss Travel Pass is recommended for your itinerary. It allows easy and flexible traveling, which is convenient if weather or other circumstances force you to adapt your plans. Please see myswissalps.com/swisst ravelpass and myswissalps.com/train/ ticketspasses/practica l/chooserailpass;
• you can add Lauterbrunnen to your plans on day 3. For example: travel up to Jungfraujoch via Grindelwald, come down via Wengen and Lauterbrunnen and hike around in Lauterbrunnen and the valley. More information is at myswissalps.com/jungfr aujoch/gettingthere and myswissalps.com/lauter brunnen. Another option would be to visit Schilthorn instead of Lauterbrunnen. If you opt for the Swiss Travel Pass mentioned above, the entire journey to Schilthorn would be for free. And it can be easily combined with exploring the Lauterbrunnen valley: myswissalps.com/schilt horn;
• yes, the 5 lakes hike near Zermatt might be a bit too strenuous. Don’t forget that you’ll need quite some time to travel to and from Zermatt as well (did you check the timetable at myswissalps.com/timeta ble?). If you like to visit Zermatt, a visit to Gornergrat and maybe a hike along part of the railway line might be more relaxed: myswissalps.com/gorner grat;
• if it’s important to you to explore Zurich (myswissalps.com/zurich and the Rhine Falls (myswissalps.com/rhinef alls), then day 7 is fine of course. But note that there’s a lot to discover closer to Lucerne: myswissalps.com/lucern e.

[Shroffchetan]

7 July 2019 at 2:54:12 #917049

You have drafted a nice itinerary relaxed one. In case of Zermatt pl check if you complete the trek. One option can be Gornergrat. The view is incredible and it was not crowded when we visited. My 13 year son and wife loved this place. In case of Lauterbrunnen visit pl start early for Jungfraujoch and finish by noon and then visit Lauterbrunnen. You should have enough time

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7 July 2019 at 5:35:53 #917050

Hi Annika,

Thanks for your prompt response!

1.Yes, we are indeed buying 8 days Swiss travel pass.

2. Thanks for encouraging to add Lauterbrunnen post Jungfraujoch. I had thought of it earlier but dropped it thinking it will be too much to do. Will definitely consider it now 🙂

3. 5 Lakes trek as shown by several websites will take 2.5 hrs. Even if I consider 3-4 hrs on slow pace, it shouldn’t be a bad idea. But, let me read more about the option that you have suggested.

4. Yes, we both wanna see the Rhine falls, for Lucerne, since it’s our base to stay and considering long day light during August, i feel we will get to roam in and around Lucerne too.

Thanks again

Naziya

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7 July 2019 at 10:16:49 #917051

Hi Shroffchetan,

Thanks for appreciating the itinerary, but the credit goes to several official websites of Swiss tourism that provided plenty information to plan this trip.

I am somehow too fascinated by 5 lakes trek and beauty of those lakes, but will definitely consider the suggestion given on Gornergrat.

Thanks

Naziya