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14 December 2018 at 19:19:40 #819189

Hi,

I’m planning a trip to the Switzerland ( 2 people including me), I’m planning for 3-4 days during February 2019 and following is my rough itinerary (will be covering France-Swiss-Italy)

Day 1 : Reach Lausanne from Paris via TGV Lyria and traveling further to Montreux . Will be exploring Montreux and near by places

Day2: From Montreux: Taking Golden Pass line to Interlaken and exploring Jungfraujoch , top of the Europe along with other local town (Suggestion if any ? Can I cover Mt. Pilatus or Titlis ?)

Day 3 : From Interlaken: Taking train from Interlaken to Brig and onboarding GEX to Chur.

Day4: From Chur: Taking Bernia -Tirano express to Tirano (Further to Milan, Italy)

I wanted to get suggestion/recommendation if the above plan looks good and what Train Pass should I buy. Please advice or if any suggestion or tips on above itinerary

Thanks,

Sonu

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[rockoyster]

14 December 2018 at 20:29:10 #900408

Hello Sonu and Welcome to MySwissAlps,

Your day 2 is already very full. You can’t fit in those other mountain excursions on the same day. Use the SBB Timetable (http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable) to plan your travel. If you are not familiar with using the timetable it will pay to first read the instructions on that page.

The Swiss Travel Pass (http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass) looks like a good fit for your itinerary but to be sure you should read “How to choose the best travel pass” (http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses/prac tical/chooserailpass), download the handy spreadsheet calculator and do the math.

Whichever Pass you select you will still need reservations (not covered by any pass) for the Glacier and Bernina Express trains.

[Removed user]

15 December 2018 at 8:55:34 #900409

Hi Sonu,

With such a short visit I’d consider skipping the Interlaken area and focus on Montreux and then Zermatt (to start the Glacier Express instead of Brig) and the panoramic trains. Just a thought if you aren’t set on Jungfraujoch: http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfraujoch

Use the timetable from Rockoyster and see what can work for you or not time-wise.

• http://www.myswissalps.com/ze rmatt
• http://www.myswissalps.com/mo ntreux
• http://www.myswissalps.com/gl acierexpress
• http://www.myswissalps.com/be rninaexpress

[Removed user]

16 December 2018 at 1:00:46 #900410

I agree with omitting the Jungfrau area.

I agree with Lucas – go to Zermatt instead. I always recommend anyway that Zermatt – Gornergrat (Matterhorn views) is a much better experience than Jungfraujoch.

The fare to Jungfraujoch is very expensive and there are many people not just me who slate Jungfraujoch as over-rated. Also the Jungfrau railway itself is mostly in tunnel whereas the Zermatt – Gornergrat trip is mostly in the open.

The mountains around Zermatt are higher than those in the Jungfrau group.

Also consider the Rochers de Naye from Montreux