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Hi, have a look at this link it will give you an idea of what trips you can take. http://www.viator.com/Interla ken/d5011-ttd
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Hi Frank-
Welcome to My Swiss Alps!
This will also help:
http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses
You don’t need to make reservations in advance for any rail travel within Switzerland. If you are not doing a lot of travel, you might find the half-fare card your best option, and it gives you a greater discount on the quite expensive Jungfraujoch journey than does the Swiss Travel Pass…That will be your most expensive trip from what you have described.
Reservation for the Jungfraujoch trip are not a bad idea, but there won’t be a lot of crowds in January. Not really necessary. Don’t book until the last minute or the night before.
You don’t want to go up if the weather up top is cloudy, so buy your Jungfrau tickets on the night before or the day you travel, in Interlaken, and ask about the weather up there before you buy. Local information is the best guide.
Webcams are useful, and the weather comes in layers…could be sunny up top but not below or vice versa.
en.swisswebcams.ch/kat egorien
And, the weather in the Alps is very unpredictable.
Slowpoke
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Thanks everyone for the tips. It looks like the half fare card may be my best bet. This may be a silly question – but when I get tickets for Jungfraujoch – does that include the rail travel from Interlaken? Or am I paying for rail travel from interlaken to Lauterbrunnen- Wengen to Kleine Sccheidegg and then buying a ticket to go to the top? Are there reserved seats to go up to the top? And also I read where you should go up one route and take the other down. How does that work…do I just get return tickets for the other way at the train station?
Also regarding things to do in Interlaken – the girls would like to sled (neither know how to ski) and we’d also like to know if there are any walking trails along the lakes that are within walking distance of the town.
Is there any other day trip you would recommend from Interlaken…as we plan to spend one day at Jungfraujoch, and would entertain the idea of another short day trip. If not we will tour Interlaken.
Thank you so much for your help.
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<<“This may be a silly question – but when I get tickets for Jungfraujoch – does that include the rail travel from Interlaken?”>>
Yes.
😉
You can do it whatever way you wish.
This map may help:
map.search.ch/?pos=642448,162400&z=32
<<“Also regarding things to do in Interlaken – the girls would like to sled (neither know how to ski) and we’d also like to know if there are any walking trails along the lakes that are within walking distance of the town.
Is there any other day trip you would recommend from Interlaken…as we plan to spend one day at Jungfraujoch, and would entertain the idea of another short day trip. If not we will tour Interlaken.”>>
map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=swisstopo&lang=e n&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo .pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisst opo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege&zoom=4&E=26 24891.11&N=1175484.68
http://www.alpenwild.com/stat icpage/trail-signs-in-the-swiss-alps/
Consider Bern for a nice, easy day trip. Interlaken is boring. 😉
http://www.myswitzerland.com/ en-us/bern.html
http://www.myswissalps.com/be rneseoberland
http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfrauregion
http://www.myswissalps.com/be rn
Slowpoke
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Hi Franks4duke,
If you’ve decided on the Swiss Half Fare Card you can buy it online and have it emailed to you here: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isshalffarecard
You can buy tickets from any town to any mountain and the ticket would cover the entire trip. So from Interlaken you can buy a ticket right to the top at Jungfraujoch. You’ll have train changes along the way of course, you can see the schedule/connections for any trip using the Swiss railways timetable here: http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable
If you want to buy tickets online for Jungfraujoch you can do so here: http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfraujoch/tickets – I agree with Slowpoke, don’t buy until the day before or later.
For other ideas on what to do in the Interlaken / Bernese Oberland area look here: http://www.myswissalps.com/be rneseoberland/activiti es
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Many thanks for the tips! I feel much better prepared.