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23 September 2018 at 17:30:02 #818489

We are planning a trip to Switzerland in late November (21st-27th) this year.

We will be arriving via plane from Athens. We are planning to arrive in Zurich on the 21st. We plan to stay in Zurich 2 evenings visiting a friend and enjoying the Christmas Market. We then plan to go to Grindelwald and/or Wengen via train. We love the small, cozy, mountain village feel. We’re also considering a night or stop in Lucerne along the way.

We’re not really into taking long hikes or doing any type of extreme sports. We enjoy exploring small towns, shopping, stopping for a drink, fun dinner places, and beautiful scenery – mostly reached via cable cars, trains, etc. After Wengen/Grindelwald we are planning to take the train to Zermatt for a couple nights. We then plan to take the train back to Zurich for our flight home on Nov 27.

Any advice you can provide regarding the locations mentioned above, or alternate stops, and train passes, if recommended, would be appreciated. We realize that Nov isn’t the best time to visit some of these mountain communities with cable cars and other transportation options closed for maintenance and some hotels being closed as well. We can be flexible with the locations we visit or adjusting our stops in a different order if weather becomes an issue.

The mountain communities we mentioned (Grindelwald, Wengen, and Zermatt) truly excite us, but if there’s too much of the community that is closed and not much at all open that time of year, we will likely need to adjust our thinking. Any suggestions you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Gregg and Chris

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24 September 2018 at 11:01:27 #896757

Hi Gregg and Chris and welcome to MySwissAlps!

With you’re expectations set I think you’ll be fine in Grindelwald (probably better than Wengen at that time of year) and Zermatt

• http://www.myswissalps.com/ze rmatt
• http://www.myswissalps.com/we ngen

So if you have 4 nights after your stay in Zurich and I’d probably split them evenly between Grindelwald and Zermatt. I wouldn’t want to move around more than that – perhaps spend the morning in Lucerne (http://www.myswissalps.com/lu cerne) before in Grindelwald.

Each town page linked above has a “what to do” tab that shows mountains nearby and their opening dates (on the route tab). So you can get an idea of any closures….most are reopening around late November actually).

For checking rail connections between towns and mountains, you can use the Swiss railways timetable here: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable and I’d also look at a rail pass for your trip: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses

A 4 day Swiss Travel Pass would suit nicely after you leave Zurich I think: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass