I spent lot of time to do this out and result was that I was ready to go on my own, once you go throught the draft I made in the beginning, you may like to refer to my recommended plan based on my experience now.
https://trekbook.in/2013/08/switzerland-2-tour-plan-for-8-days.html/
Here goes my draft tour plan, purposefully i have not modified it at all, so as to give u an idea of what was planned versus what was executed. remember that when u r on ur own, be flexible to change the plans based on the energy levels, whether, availability of trains and main thing is your mood 🙂
like instead of mount pilatus, i went to mount rigi.
like i planned for 2 hours of timepass over mount titlis, whereas i was there for more than 4 hours, so planning for evening was on toss !! but each spot i visited was upto my satisfaction, hence it was a success.
Switzerland tour plan – draft prepared by mahesh before start of Switzerland tour | |||||
Start | end | from | to | Bus/Train | Remarks |
Mumbai – 15 July | |||||
4:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Pune | Mumbai | Car | car ozone |
00.50 am | 6.15 am | Mumbai | Zurich | Air | |
Zurich – 16 July | |||||
9.05 am | 9.43 am | Zurich | Schaffhausen | Train (IC) | |
9.46 am | 9.49 am | Schaffhausen | Neuhausen | Train (S33) | CHANGE -Commuter train towards Winterthur |
9.46 am | 9.52 am | Neuhausen | Bahnhof SBB | walk | walk to bus station |
9.52 am | 9.54 am | Bahnhof SBB | Industrieplatz | Bus (NFB) | Bus towards Schaffhausen, Falkene (Walk to Rhine falls) |
1 hour | Rhine Falls | ||||
Industrieplatz | Walk | walk to bus station – Neuhausen, Industrieplatz | |||
11.14 am | 11.27 am | Industrieplatz | Schaffhausen | Bus (NFB) | Commuter train towards Herrliberg-Feldmeilen |
1 hour | Schaffhausen – visit the old town and the Munot fortress to enjoy some spectacular views. |
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Lunch | ??? Hotel ??? | ||||
1.18 pm | 1.55 pm | Schaffhausen | Zurich | Train (IR) | Commuter train towards Herrliberg-Feldmeilen |
1 hour | time buffer, else catch train at 2.04 pm to lucerene |
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3.04 pm | 3.49 pm | Zurich | Lucerene | Train (IR) | |
Lucerene – 16 July (Tuesday) | |||||
Evening | Chapel Bridge, Lion Monument, Old Town, The Rosengart Collection. Stroll along Lake Luzern. |
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Evening | Tuesday – weekly market day Shop for Swiss watches, jewellery and souvenirs at Bucherer.Bucherer is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2013. Don’t forget to pick up your free gift from here. |
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Dinner | ??? Hotel ??? | ||||
Holiday Inn | Lucerene – 16 July – night stay | ||||
Lucerene – 17 July | |||||
8.06 am | 8.53 am | Lucerene | Engelberg | Train (IR) | |
15mins | Engelberg | Engelberg BET | walk | Walk towards Engelberg BET | |
9.08 am | 9.28 am | Engelberg BET | TrĂĽbsee | GB | Gondola lift – GB – Direction: TrĂĽbsee Penultimate stop: Gerschnialp |
9.30 am | 9.35 am | TrĂĽbsee | arrive stand | LB | Gondola lift – LB – Direction: Kleintitlis |
2 hours | mount titles timepass | ||||
1.18 pm | 1.23 pm | depart stand | TrĂĽbsee | LB | Gondola lift – LB – Direction: TrĂĽbsee |
1.25 pm | 1.45pm | TrĂĽbsee | Engelberg BET | GB | Gondola lift – GB – Direction: Engelberg BET |
15mins | Engelberg BET | Engelberg | walk | Walk towards Engelberg | |
2.00 pm | 2.54 pm | Engelberg | Lucerene | Train (IR) | Train – IR – Direction: Luzern Penultimate stop: Hergiswil |
3 hours | Rest time | ||||
6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Lucerene | Bern | Train (IR) | Train – IR – Direction: Genève-AĂ©roport |
2 hours | the Clock tower, the Bear Pit, the Parliament Buildings and the Gothic fountains shop for Swiss watches, jewellery and souvenirs at Bucherer.Bucherer is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2013. Don’t forget to pick up your free gift from here. |
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Dinner | ??? Hotel ??? | ||||
9:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Bern | Lucerene | Train (IR) | Train – IR – Direction: Luzern |
Holiday Inn | Lucerene – 17 July – night stay | ||||
Lucerene – 18 July | |||||
8.08 am | 8.29 am | Lucerene | Alpnachstad | Train (S5) | Commuter train – S5 – Direction: Giswil |
?? | ?? | Lucerene | Alpnachstad | Boat | Alternate route for bus or train |
2 mins | Alpnachstad | Alpnachstad PB | walk | ||
8.50 am | 9.20 am | Alpnachstad PB | Pilatus Kulm | Train (R) | Train – R – Direction: Pilatus Kulm (Cog wheel train) |
3 hours | pilatus – time pass | ||||
1.40 pm | 2.20pm | Pilatus Kulm | Alpnachstad PB | Train (R) | Train – R – Direction: Alpnachstad PB |
2 mins | Alpnachstad PB | Alpnachstad | walk | ||
2.29 pm | 2.52 pm | Alpnachstad | Lucerene | Train (S5) | Commuter train – S5 – Direction: Luzern |
?? | ?? | Alpnachstad | Kriens | Cable Gondola |
Alternate route – take the cable car/gondola down to Kriens |
Kriens | Lucerene | Bus | bus or train | ||
3 hours | Rest time | ||||
Evening | Shop for Swiss watches, jewellery and souvenirs at Bucherer.Bucherer is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2013. Don’t forget to pick up your free gift from here. |
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8.10 pm | 8.38 pm | Lucerene | Zug | Train (IR) | Train – IR – Direction: ZĂĽrich Flughafen |
1 hours | watch the beautiful sunset (sunset time 9.15 pm) | ||||
Dinner | ??? Hotel ??? | ||||
9.53 pm | 10.25 pm | Zug | Lucerene | Train (IR) | Train – IR – Direction: Luzern |
Holiday Inn | Lucerene – 18 July – night stay | ||||
Lucerene – 19 July | |||||
8.55 am 10.55 am |
10.55 am 12.55 pm |
Lucerene | Interlaken golden pass line |
Reservation required |
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4:00 PM | 4.30 pm | Interlaken | Lauterbrunnen | 30mins – train path after hotel final | |
4.35 pm | 5:00 PM | Lauterbrunnen | Stchelberg | 30mins – train path after hotel final | |
5:00 PM | Stchelberg | The Cable Car up to the top of the Schilthornn | |||
5:00 PM | Stchelberg | Murren | Murren is traffic free village | ||
6:00 PM | Murren | Winteregg | train or just walk along the railway path | ||
7:00 PM | Winteregg | Lauterbrunnen | cable car to lauterbrunnen | ||
Dinner | ??? Hotel ??? | ||||
Sonne | Interlaken – 19 July – night stay | ||||
Interlaken – 20 July (Saturday) | |||||
8.35 am | 9.23 am | Interlaken west | Lausanne | Train – IC – Direction: Basel SBB |
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2 hours | LAUSANNE, picturesque town built on hills and cultural center of Switzerland. After orientation city tour, free time at the lake side or visit to the Olympic Museum. |
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11.35 am | 12.22 pm | Lausanne | Chateau de Chillon | Train (S1) | Commuter train – S1 – Direction: Villeneuve |
1 hour | Chateau de Chillon, one of the finest monuments of our country where a guided tour will take place. |
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Evening | market at Wednesday/Saturday at lusanne | ||||
?? | ?? | Lausanne | Interlaken | ||
6.22 pm | 6.56 pm | Interlaken | Brienz | Boat | time given is for train on the side of lake only for ref. |
Sonne | Interlaken – 20 July – night stay | ||||
Interlaken – 21 July | |||||
8.05 am | 8.39 am | Interlaken Ost |
Grindelwald | Train (R) | Train – R – Direction: Grindelwald |
8.05 am | 8.39 am | Grindelwald | Lauterbrunnen | Train (R) | Train – R – Direction: Kleine Scheidegg |
Lauterbrunnen | Mt Jungfrau Top of Europe |
Take a train from Interlaken Ost to Grindelwald and then to Kleine Scheidegg and from there to Jungfrau. On your way back come back via Lauterbrunnen and Wengen. You can choose to stop at any of the stations/villages in between. They are beautiful. |
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Water fall is there wherer u can go inside the cave ? On the way to Jungfrau ? Included in thomos cook trip |
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Sonne | Interlaken – 21 July – night stay | ||||
Interlaken – 22 July | |||||
9.08 am | 9.32 am | interlaken | Spiez | Train – RE – Direction: Zweisimmen |
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9.08 am | 9.32 am | Spiez | Visp | Train – IC – Direction: Brig | |
10.10 am | 10.13 am | Visp | Zermatt | Train – R – Direction: Zermatt | |
?? | ?? | Zermatt | Breithorn | The Matterhorn and Monte Rosa require you to have some mountain climbing experience. However, you can use the many lifts to get up to the Breithorn. |
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Evening | Walk around this car-free town enjoying the beautiful scenery around. Admire the famous Matterhorn peak. |
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6:00 PM | 6.12 pm | Zermatt | Täsch | ||
Evening | You can take a train down to the pretty village of Täsch (10 mins). Shuttle trains run between the two villages every 20 minutes. The scenery is stunning. |
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Hotel ?? | Zermatt- 22 July – night stay | ||||
Zermatt – 23 July | |||||
9.52 am | 3.35 pm | Zermatt | Chur Glacier express |
Train 910 | |
4.09 pm | 5.23 pm | Chur | Zurich | Train – IC – Direction: Basel SBB | |
7.10 pm | 7.48 pm | Zurich | Rapperswill | At the other side of Lake Zürich, Rapperswill, a small medieval town awaits you with an invitation to visit the Rose Gardens, the Castle, the deer park on the Lindenhof and Switzerland’s largest wooden bridge. Get to know where the famous Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate are made, by stopping over in Kilchberg, on your way back |
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Evening | good view of the ZĂĽrich skyline, GrossmĂĽnster, the famous tall twin towers. See the FraumĂĽnster church decorated by Marc Chagall; the beautiful spires of Saint Peters Church and its monumental clock |
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ask hotel for last day FREE drop to airport | |||||
Holiday Inn | Zurich – 23 July – night stay | ||||
Zurich – 24 July | |||||
9.45 am | 9.40 pm | Zurich | Mumbai | Air | departure |
10.30 pm | 3.30 am | Mumbai | Pune | Car | |
lucerene | mt rigi | In the early morning take a boat to Vitznau. It will pass one of the most attractive parts of lake Lucerne. From Vitznau you cross the road to the red cogwheel train which brings you up to Mt. Rigi. |
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lucerene | mt rigi | Alternatively you can take the boat to Weggis and walk to the cable car station to Rigi-Kaltbad. From there you can walk up to Rigi Kulm or take the red cogwheel train up there. |
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interlaken or Grindelwald |
Lugano | Italian and Switzerland border. Surrounded by mountains, on the banks of Lake Lugano, this city has a Mediterranean flair, offering the advantage of a world class city as well as a small town charm. the traffic free historic town centre with its Mediterranean-style squares and arcades, the numerous buildings in Italianate Lombardy style, numerous parks on the shore of the lake |
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interlaken or Grindelwald |
Lugano | Chocolate factory |
and if u wish to refer to the index page where u get links to all posts for my Switzerland trip then do visit ..
https://trekbook.in/2013/07/planning-trip-to-switzerland-from-india.html/
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