bp

Help, we are leaving in two weeks for Europe and now we have freed up our time in Zurich. We were going to meet people in Zurich and stay there for three nights and just do day trips from Zurich (Luzern, etc.)also, our flight leaves from there. Now we are trying to decide if Lugano is worth a night and the extra train travel or should we devote a night to Lugano and one to Luzern. Is Lugano fun at night, how about Luzern? Thanks very much.

Ed

I'm not sure about nightlife. <BR> <BR>With an extra night or two in Switzerland I'd sure spend the time in the mountains which are far more spectacular than Switzerland's cities. <BR> <BR>(The cities are nice, but there are better ones in Europe ... Luzern perhaps an exception.) <BR> <BR>Suggestions for a short visit to Switzerland at http://twenj.com/swissshort.htm <BR> <BR>Ed

Bob

Head to the mountains! Zurich aint that great. Lucerne nice, but the small towns in the mountains are where you want to go.

Donna

Agree with the others...visit the small towns in the mountains - Appenzel, St. Gallen, Stein-am-Rhein, Sschaffhausen & Rheinfall. However, you really should do what most appeals to you.

Peter K

<BR>Luzern is beautiful and is worth the trip. I recently visited there with a group of teens and they all loved it? <BR>Take a trip up Mt. Pilatus and see the Alps and come down a cog rail.

Dani

Lucerne, definately. We loved it.

richard j vicek

Good evening,. bp <BR>I would use Luzern for a base for the <BR>mountains of Rigi, Pilatus and Titlis, <BR>also don't over the lake itself, its <BR>steamers can provide a good way if you <BR>have a rainy day. Don't go up if the <BR>weather is cloudy, as you can't see <BR>anything. Have stayed in both Luzern <BR>and Lugano, the old town in Luzern has <BR>some action at night, however Lugano's <BR>old town and pza Razzomco and Riforma <BR>might carry a slight edge over Luzern. <BR>Both towns have excellant casinos and <BR>both are on lakes. We have always used <BR>the Hotel WILDEN MANN in Luzern and the <BR>Hotel LUGANO DANTE in Lugano. Luzern <BR>is along the germanic lines and Lugano <BR>the italian... <BR>Go to Lugano first and then return to <BR>Luzern as it is only a 55 minute trip <BR>to the Zurich HB and an additional l5 <BR>mins to Kloten, some of the trains go <BR>directly thru and to the airport. <BR>Heres a few urs to check out.... <BR>www.sbb.ch/ <BR>www.swisshotels.ch/ <BR>www.verkehrshaus.ch/ <BR>www.tourism.ticino.ch/ <BR>www.vierwaldstaetterseesued.ch/ <BR>www.titlis.ch/ www.zhol.ch/ <BR>www.rigi.ch/ www.staedte.ch/lu/ <BR>www.citynet.ch/ www.schweizferien.ch/ <BR>www.luzern.org/ www.zurich-airport.ch/ <BR>www.pubblinet.com/ <BR>Good surfing, have a good trip. <BR>Richard of Hickory Hills, IL... <BR>

Margie

Lucerne, definitely! Just returned. By all means take the circle trip to Pilatus, by boat, cog train, aerial tramway and gondola. For a wonderful meal, a local specialty, dine al fresco at Des Balances (on the river) and order Chogelipastete, a creamy meat & mushroom-filled pastry puff dish. Take your camera for a picture of this picturesque and delicious dish. You'll love it. Walk the wall. Visit the Lion and the glacier garden. Lucerne is a very special Swiss city. Enjoy!

maryann hensinger

i agree with staying in the mountains. last year my husband and i were in switzerland in the grindlewald area and a friend suggested that we take a few days and visit lugano. we drove all the way to lugano, spent the night and turned around and went back to the mountains the very next morning. we did have a wonderful dinner while we were there in gandria. we returned to lauterbrunnen (i'm sure i spelled this wrong!) and spent our last three days there. just give me the alps!