[Kfabre1660]

21 March 2021 at 5:04:45 #825797

Hello

my girlfriend and I are planning to visit Switzerland in late oct 2021 pending we are able to travel airlines hotels all booked w free cancellation just in case we aren’t allowed to travel. We are starting our trip in Munich arriving on a Monday 3 nights so we will be taking rail from Munich to Zurich on a Thursday 10/21arriving around noon staying 3 nights then flying out to Rome for 3 nights before heading back to states. Again, this is if we are allowed to travel by this time. We planned on seeing lauterbrunnen and take the cable car? To schilthorn thrill walk and possibly trummelbach falls if time allows in one day. We want to see as much as possible so we wouldn’t be stopping at one place too long we are ok I see it let’s move along. We definitely would like to do mt Titlis on last day and stop in Lucerne for a few hours on way back to Zurich. So my question is should I purchase the Swiss travel pass 3 day or just purchase tickets as we go? If it’s a matter of saving 80-100 usd total then I’m all for getting travel pass to avoid purchasing tickets every time we hop on a train. Any tips thoughts would be very much appreciated

Thank you

K Fabre

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[Annika]

21 March 2021 at 15:54:06 #934784

Hi K Fabre, thanks for joining MySwissAlps! What a wonderful prospect to visit Switzerland next October.

In nearly all cases using a rail pass is much easier and cheaper than buying regular, full-fare tickets. This certainly goes for your plans as well. Since you plan to travel a lot in those 3 days, the costs of non-discounted tickets would add up quickly. So a 3 day Swiss Travel Pass seems to be a wise choice: http://www.myswissalps.com/swisstravelpass. If you want to make sure how much you’ll be saving, or if you’d like to compare the Swiss Travel Pass with other options, you should run calculations as explained here: http://www.myswissalps.com/train/ticketspasses/practical/chooserailpass.

Am I understanding correctly that you plan to stay in Zurich (http://www.myswissalps.com/zurich/hotels) during those days? Note that it takes a couple of hours to get to Lauterbrunnen. You can check the duration of each of your trips with the aid of the timetable at http://www.myswissalps.com/timetable. If you’d rather minimize the amount of traveling, you may want to choose another base, like Lauterbrunnen itself (http://www.myswissalps.com/lauterbrunnen/hotels) or another town in the Jungfrau region (http://www.myswissalps.com/jungfrauregion).

Schilthorn is absolutely worth a visit: http://www.myswissalps.com/schilthorn. There are many more options in this area (http://www.myswissalps.com/jungfrauregion/activities). Do check which mountain transportation will be available, as you’ll be traveling just by the end of the summer/fall transportation season. Visiting Titlis (http://www.myswissalps.com/titlis) on your way back to Zurich would be time-consuming. Another mountain top closer to Lucerne (http://www.myswissalps.com/lucerne), such as Pilatus (http://www.myswissalps.com/pilatus), might be good alternative.

I hope this helps you out. Happy planning, and let us know if you have further questions!

[Kfabre1660]

21 March 2021 at 16:27:07 #934785

Annika

thank you for the reply, settled we will definitely get the travel pass.