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Welkom on the forum, CatherineC
The travel time between Thun and Interlaken Ost is 34 or 48 minutes by train
I think, You can better stay in the Jungfrauregion self: Interlaken, Wilderswil, Lauterbrunnen, Wengen or Grindelwald
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We have stayed many times in Thun – it is much nicer than Interlaken as a place to stay. We didn’t find the extra 30+ minutes to get to Interlaken an inconvenience. If the weather is not suitable for mountain visits, Thun is a good travel hub to travel to other areas when you need to adapt plans.
Maggie
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Good to know- thank you!!
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Hi,
My personal favourite place to stay is Grindelwald because it is really in the middle of all the attractions that I have come to see and the mountains are right in front of you, not somewhere in the distance like at Interlaken. To my mind, Grindelwald is a destination – Thun and Interlaken are just stops on the way. Having said that, if you have to choose between Thun or Interlaken, I’d recommend Thun because it’s more interesting and a bit less touristy.
Cheers
Alan
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Yes Alan, that is the different, Thun and also Interlaken is “in a city”, a hotel in Wengen, Grindelwald, Murren, you are realy in mountains.
The small city of Thun and Interlaken can you do in one or two hours each when you have a rainy day, with a boat trip on the Thunersee between them, and by train back.