March trip to Switzerland

Arno,

Thank you for the suggestions. After much research, on your website and elsewhere, this is the outline we have come up with for the Swiss portion of our itinerary :

Day 1: Train from Milan to Tirano, then take the Bernina Express to Chur, where we will spend the night

Day 2: Train from Chur to Lucerne, where we will spend two nights

Day 3: Sightsee from our base in Lucerne - Mt Rigi or Mt Pilatus, lake cruise, etc. (still working out details)

Day 4: Train from Lucerne to Milan

With this information, can you make any suggestions for things to definitely do on day 3 in Lucerne and possible stops to make on day 4 during our return to Milan, since we have no set time to be back Milan that day.

Also, how do you use the Swiss Pass (or will we benefit from having it) when travelling across the border, as in our trip from Lucerne to Milan?

Thanks for your help and I really like the new layout of the website!

Dunlap

Hi Dunlap,

Good to hear that you like the new website, thanks! Your itinerary looks great to me. My suggestion would be to look here for to do's on day 3. On day 4, you can take a boat from Lucerne to Flüelen, all the way at the other end of the lake. From there you can continue to Milan by train. Note that there are only a few boats available in the Winter timetable, so be sure to check that.

How to select the best pass is explained here. If you have a Swiss Pass, you need to have a point to point ticket from the border to Milan. Just download the Swiss Pass map to see where its validity ends exactly. You may need a seat reservation for trains going to Italy.

Feel free to submit a trip report once you've returned. It would be great to read what your trip was like.

Hello Dunlap,

How did you like Switzerland, and the Bernina Express? If you have time, it would be great if you could post a trip report here. You're still in time to win a hotel gift card. I hope you had a great time in the Alps!