MySwissAlps.com features ads, commercial and non-commercial Which rail pass for Zurich, Wengen and Venice?
-
We have slighty changed our plans and dates. Therefore would like to ask more detailed questions. Our new itinerary is Zurich to wengen in start/mid of September – 5 nights stay.
Should we expect leftover snow on grounds in this time frame?
We will have luggage and stroller with us. Will we carry it everywhere with us while changing 4 trains? or can we use some service like the airport luggage service or any other to avoid that.
Secondly should we take ‘saver day pass’ for this travel . Should we take 2 seperate day passes. One for zurich to wengen trip and one for our return wengen to zurich? Or some other pass to cover these 2 days route or swiss travel pass so that maybe we can get discount on other mentioned passes below.
From wengen one day trip to top of the europe-jungfrau. Is round trip possible or too much for one day with toodler on board? Have to come back for night stay in wengen.
From Wengen: Wengen-Jungfraujoch-Grindelwald-Zweilütschinen-Lauterbrunnen-Wengen
I’m looking at the roundtrip on jungfrau.ch but unable to select date and proceed on. Since this one has a staring route from wengen it works the best for us. It says (Available between 01/17/2019 and 12/08/2018 ) or this one opens after few months for booking. If not this then Which one out of 3 below should we opt for.
Section 1, option 1: Interlaken to Kleine Scheidegg via Lauterbrunnen
Section 1, option 2: Interlaken to Kleine Scheidegg via Grindelwald
Section 2: Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch?
One day on golden pass route.
Should we take seperate station to station tickets for golden pass route. If we want to avoid lucerne to montreux and instead would like to do interlaken to montreux to cut it short. Which option is better? Doable in one day trip? Does it affect the cost?
If we need to goto Murren, interlaken or lautterbrunnen or nearby places is Regional pass bernese oberland the best option? Any nearby mountains that can be covered for free in this pass. Would this pass give us halfway access to places covered by golden pass so that we can avoid that pass altogether and cover half route thru this pass.
Which mode of transportion is best to use when in interlaken, murren etc.
Since this schedule covers 2 full days. Which mountain can we access to in least time? Or what other activity is advisable which will not require too much train time and would provide different sceneries then all above. Some boat/cable ride?
Which rail pass should we take to get discounts on other passes? Swiss travel card or half fare travel card or any other recommended? Is it worth buying a discount card for 6 days and the above mentioned travels? Is there any euro discount pass that canbe used in all including our travel from venice to Zurich.
Looking forward to reply. Much appreciated. Thanks!
-
Hi Samreenusuf,
A Eurail Global Pass would cover Italy as well as Switzerland. However, if you’re not traveling a lot in Italy it’s often better to pick a pass for Switzerland and point to point tickets for Italy. I’d recommend to look into the below pass options and do the math:
- Eurail Global Pass: http://www.myswissalps.com/eu railglobalpass
- 8-day Swiss Travel Pass: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass
- Tickets from the border (Domodossola) to Venice: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/italy
- Regional-Pass Bernese Oberland: http://www.myswissalps.com/re gionalpassberneseoberl and
- How to calculate which pass is cheapest: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses/prac tical/chooserailpass
I would not look into Saver Day Passes and buying more than one pass for Switzerland until you’re not happy with the outcome of the above options. Be sure to download the maps from the above links to see exact pass coverage.
Jungfraujoch is an easy day trip from Wengen. You can buy tickets once your date is fixed or once you’re sure about the weather. You need a ticket for Wengen to Jungfraujoch and back: http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfraujoch/tickets.
As for luggage, please see http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/practical/luggage.
For further activities in the Bernese Oberland and Jungfrau region (that’s where Wengen is), please see:
- http://www.myswissalps.com/be rneseoberland/activiti es
- http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfrauregion/activitie s
Happy planning!
Thanks for your response. It’s been very helpful. Might get back for a few clarifications after finalising. Much appreciated!!
- The thread ‘Which rail pass for Zurich, Wengen and Venice?’ is closed to new replies.
