After visiting all important Swiss destinations here is my 8 days Switzerland Tour Plan [Including Swiss scenic train routes] with the following sequence.
(I have written about each destination in details which are mentioned in front of each cities)This tour plan covers all scenic train routes, important mountains, falls, fort, museums. I was able to cover almost all things except one or two, but that’s fine since I spent quality time on each destination.
Buy Swiss 8 days unlimited travel pass which will provide you single ticket travel through all trains, rope ways, buses & ships as well as provide concession on mountain excursions. Also family pass allows 2 children to travel in the same cost.
My previous tour to South East Asia was a group tour with a travel company, covering each destination taking care of food and travel, however it was just touch and go, and did not gave me any satisfaction in terms of time spent around each destination, hence I decided to go on my own spending quality time on less number of destinations instead of covering lot of things.
How feasible is it to take children along for these trips? Say you have a 3 year old and a 5 month old. Any no go areas for children?
For children, safety point of view no issues at all. Only you need to see how they can sustain with cold. Also if you are planning to goto Top of Europe then due to height children can have slight issue. But with due care I don’t see any issues.
Thanks for your response and your blog has been super useful in drawing up an itinerary for us. I am writing to you with my planned itinerary and I would be thankful if you can critique my plan and propose modifications if any. We are planning Swiss and Spain. Swiss for our photography needs and Spain for my son.
Day 2 – Do Rhine falls and Schaffhausen and get back to Zurich. At Rhine falls we would like to do the boat ride which will take us to observation desk up close to the falls.
Questions – Is this both doable in 5 odd hours from Zurich so that we could get some quality time in Zurich in the evening ?
The boat ride tickets can they be bought from India itself ?
Is boating at Lake Lucrene worth it ?
Questions – Mt. Titlis at the top offers great views and also some adventure like Ice flyer. Will the cable car ticket to Mt.Titlis automatically cover the gondola, ice flyer ?
Assuming that we do this place leisurely soaking into the place well, how long will it take ? If there is ample time which other place would you recommend to visit ?
Questions – Just the Jungfrau ticket would do for us or any other tickets that we need buy from India ?
With an early start to the day would we be in the position to do justice to both places ?
Is this possible ? If yes, how long will this whole trip take ?
Is the first class ticket worth it for better experience of the scenery and any other reason ?
How long with the Matterhorn excursion take ? I have seen some fabulous pics of the mountain in the twilight, would like to do that ?
Questions – How long is this complete train journey ?
I hope we have covered most of the must see places ?
Here do not forget to get photographed in traditional Swisss costume, later you will not find this studio facility.
First class tickets would not add any value, since all other comparments are equally clean and no crowd at all !
Zermatt village – there is beautiful church in this village which you must visit.
I must say you have made a wonderful blog, got lot of information.
(You will have to stay here since scenic train takes 8 hours from Zermatt).
Can you let me know if you did cover , as it looks very far from our place.