8 day Swiss trip for hikes: rail pass or tickets?
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My husband and I will be in Switzerland Oct. 1 – 9 and staying two nights in Zurich, 4 nights in Murren and 2 nights in Lucerne. We plan to mostly trail run and hike while we are on vacation, especially when we are in Murren. I downloaded the Excel spreadsheet to do a cost analysis to compare point to point fares to the Half Fare card. It looks like it is best to buy tickets point to point, but I wanted to ask this group to see if maybe I missed something in my calculations. I used SBB to look up point to point fares.
I have a very basic schedule and would like to leave room for spontaneous day trips depending on weather, local tourist information, etc.
Day 1: Arrive in Zurich, walk around the city and explore
Day 2: Train to Murren – hike to Gimmelwald/lauterbrunnen and take gondola and train back to Murren
Day 3: Gondola to Schilthorn and hike down
Day 4: Open for trail running/hiking
Day 5: Open for trail running/hiking
Day 6: Train to Lucerne and maybe a sunset boat ride
Day 7: Day trip to Mt. Pilatus
Day 8: Open day with an evening train to Zurich
I calculated all except a sunset boat ride in Lucerne and it was 185 for point to point and 212 for the half fare card. With this being our first trip to Switzerland I am not sure if we will use trains more once we arrive than what I am planning to use on my spreadsheet. Thoughts?
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