Interlaken tourist tax gives travel discounts?
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5 of us (2 adults + 3 “children” aged 17, 19 and 22), are travelling in the Summer to Interlaken – arriving in Basel and stay for 2 weeks. My quandary is how to get to Interlaken / do our sightseeing / travel back in the most cost effective manner. There are too many options! We intend to stay in the Interlaken area doing the mountain villages etc, with the possibility of a day trip over to Lucerne
As we are staying in accommodation on the “wrong side” of Lake Thun (N side – no railway), and the local bus transport ceases so early in the evening (7:13pm), so I was considering a car – but if we spend all our sightseeing time on trains/buses/ships (our preference), that seems a bit of a waste of money as car hire is extremely expensive in Switzerland.
So – looking at train passes there are too many of them!! Additionally I understand that Interlaken requires a local tourist tax (pp / per day) – but that it provides some discounts on public transport as well? Does anyone have details as to what this mandatory purchase actually gets the tourist in /around the Interlaken area please?
As you can see, I’m a bit confused by options, and I’d appreciate any advice on the best combination of passes (in addition to the apparently mandatory tourist tax/pass) which would best suite our family.
Thanks
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