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13 July 2019 at 14:34:37 #822821

Hi ,

I am looking for suggestions to supplement the basic travel plans below :

Day 1 to Day 3 : Interlaken

Day 1: Landing in Zurich midday and directly headed to Interlaken, arrive in Interlaken 4 pm. Go for paragliding at 5 pm or 6 pm, since its bright enough till 9 pm is there anything else that I could do that is not very hectic and close to Interlaken after paragliding ?

Day 2 : Go to Schilthorn around 10.30 am, am looking for suggestions for towns to visit that I could combine with this excursion. Is Grindenwald in the vicinity ? Any easy/moderate hike suggestions ? Any other suggestions for second part of the day ? Perhaps a lake cruise in the evening ? Lake Brienz or

Day 3 : Open to suggestions, was thinking about a half day trip to Gstaad in the morning or even just spending the day exploring other towns in the area.

Day 4 – 5 – Luzern

Day 4 : Take Golden Express from Interlaken – Luzern and arrive in Luzern by 12 pm, Mount Rigi/ Pilatus or Titlis in the afternoon, need advice on which one would be the best option considering time of day etc, from these 3 excursions if I had to pick only 2 which ones would those be ? ,spend the evening walking around Luzern.

Day 5 : Second excursion from Luzern and spend the afternoon in Zurich and return to Luzern at night.

Day 6 : Leave from airport 10 am direct from Luzern .

Was thinking of buying the Swiss Pass for 4 days for use from Day 2 to Day 5, good idea based on the plan above ?

Pl let me know your thoughts.

M.

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[Annika]

13 July 2019 at 15:11:40 #917685

Hi M, thanks for joining MySwissAlps!

Please find some answers and thoughts on your itinerary below:

• day 1: I assume you’re traveling in summer, since you mention there’s daylight until 9 pm? In that case you may find paragliding options as late as 4 or 5 pm indeed. The activity takes quite some time, as you’ll have to travel up to your departure point, get ready, wait for the right weather and wind, and so on. There won’t be much room left to plan further activities, other than dinner in town (or maybe up at Harder Kulm). Please see http://www.myswissalps.com/in terlaken/activities and select “Sport > Paragliding” for some options;
• day 2: yes, there are plenty of options for excursions in the afternoon after your Schilthorn visit, too many to mention them all here :-). You’d best study the list at http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfrauregion/activitie s and use the timetable at http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable to find out which of them fit your plans;
• day 3: you can use the list I mentioned above, or look for activities in the larger Bernese Oberland region: http://www.myswissalps.com/be rneseoberland/activiti es. A trip to Gstaad/Montreux would be nice indeed. You’d follow the Golden Pass train route in that case: http://www.myswissalps.com/go ldenpass;
• day 4: it’s hard to say which of them is best, as that depends on lots of personal preferences. In terms of traveling time and planning, Pilatus is easiest to reach from Lucerne. You can compare for yourself using http://www.myswissalps.com/ri gi, http://www.myswissalps.com/pi latus and http://www.myswissalps.com/ti tlis. Mind that Rigi is for free with a Swiss Travel Pass. That might be a decisive factor: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass/validity.

A 4 day Swiss Travel Pass makes sense indeed: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass. You’d need regular tickets for Zurich-Interlaken on day 1, and you can keep an eye on the offers and see if a cheaper Supersaver ticket is available: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/switzerland.

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13 July 2019 at 20:18:47 #917686

Hi Annika

Thanks for your reply, yes i am travelling in the summer and I arrive in Switzerland on July 30’19. Will check on the details and get back to you if i need any further information.

Rgds