Places of Interest

Old Sep 4th, 2017, 08:13 PM
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Places of Interest

Hello everyone!

I am currently helping my parents to plan a trip to Zurich in mid October and would need some help! They will be there from 9-25 October but from 9-13 October they will be at Rheinfelden for some business trip! I would need some recommendations on places to visit in Rheinfelden, Zurich and also in Basel! They would be very keen on any wine tasting, chocolates and cheese! And even beautiful sceneries ~ Would greatly appreciate everyone's help in making this a successful itinerary <3
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Old Sep 4th, 2017, 09:56 PM
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You might start with a good guidebook or two. I thought the Rough Guide and Michelin Green Guide particularly good for these areas, but any number of others -- including (of course) Fodor's should prove invaluable. The cost will be nominal in comparison to the cost of their trip, and you / they will learn all sorts of things neither you nor they even know to ask.

Obvious sites in Zurich include the Chagall windows of the Fraumunster and the wonderful Landesmuseum; in Basel, the Munster and many wonderful squares. But there's a lot to see in each city, and much to see in and around each. Without knowing their interests, it would be hard to narrow the options to a manageable list.
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That is a lot of time in a very expensive city. Personally I would head for the mountains or the lakes (Constance or Italy).

As kja says, you need some guidebooks. Meanwhile, this was my take on Zurich:

https://mytimetotravel.wordpress.com...ecting-zurich/
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Unless I am not understanding the goals, the destinations and the what they are keen on seem to be incompatible.

>>> Trip to Zurich

Is Zurich mostly an airport to them or it is THE place to stay outside Rheinfelden?

You indicated:
Oct 9-Oct 13 = Rheinfelden
Oct 14- Oct 25 = Zurich??? if "Trip to Zurich" implies this.

There there are mismatches if they want to find followings in Zurich and Basel.

>>> wine tasting

If they mean vineyards, I think they are mostly in the west around Lake Geneve, south in Valais, and lakes around Neuchatel.

>>> cheese

They can of course find various local cheese at cheese shops, if they actually want to visit the eponymous regions, e.g. Appenzell, Gruyères, etc., then they have to go to that region.

>>> chocolate

All large cities, Geneve, Zurich, etc, have fine chocolate shops. If they want to go to a chocolate factory, they can go to places like Maison Cailler Chocolaterie in Broc.

>>> beautiful sceneries

What kind of scenery is beautiful to them? If that means high mountains with lakes, they would need to go middle and to the South into Alps far from Rheinfelden and Basel. You can quickly grasp where the high mountains are by looking at the google map and turning on the terrains option. However, realize that October is at the end of the hiking season and before the sky season where hotels and transports close operations for maintenance requiring you to make sure items of interests are operational.

For example, for Mt. Pilatus,
GONDOLA AND AERIAL CABLEWAY
Kriens–Fräkmüntegg–Pilatus Kulm–Fräkmüntegg–Kriens
Important: The facility is not in operation from 23 October – 10 November 2017 due to inspection.
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Lucerne would be nice for a base - lake boats still tripping around the lake I believe.

Take Golden Pass scenic train Lucerne-Interlaken-Montreux and find Lake Geneva bit warmer this time of year. Lots to do around that lake too.

Trains are great -no need for car-www.sbb.ch and www.swisstravelsystem.com for lots on Swiss trains and also general info www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com.
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Hi, Zurich is very very expensive, but I found it interesting. Again the Chagall windows are lovely with repetitive religious symbols in the glass. We rode the trolleys all over Zurich and never figured out how to buy or use the tickets, so just got on and off all over town, so maybe they are free? Had great fondue in Zurich At Italian restaurant. Stayed at a ridiculously expensive hotel, right on Lake Zurich and the little boat rides are fun, but be careful, we bought a one hr ride, got on the wrong boat, showed the ticket to ticket person, getting on the boat, which was about a 5 hr ride and had to figure out how to get back and then got charged for the longer ride we did not want in the first place, they may not run in Oct? There is a nice little thin book on Zurich at Barnes and Noble or Amazon, be sure to get it...good suggestions for restaurants, might be Fodors, not sure. Lots of chocolate shops in Zurich, very expensive again. Sue
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Here are instructions for how to buy a ticket for a tram in Zurich.
http://www.zvv.ch/zvv/en/travelcards...-machines.html

For information about how to ensure that your ticket is valid:
http://www.zvv.ch/zvv/en/customer-se...n.tab-tab.html

And here is information about the fines for not validating your pass (100 CHF plus).
http://www.zvv.ch/zvv/en/customer-se...tab-tab_0.html

If this information is NOT covered in your guidebook, I strongly recommend that you get a better guide book!
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French friends of mine went to Basel and saw everyone boarding trams without tickets and thought that they were free and just hopped on - they did not get controlled or could have been fined for not having tickets - most locals have passes instead of tickets.

There is usually no free ride

kja's important info should be read carefully.
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kja, yes funny, it probably was in the guide book, and we/I was so exhausted at that point that we just got on the trolleys and enjoyed the "free" ride. We had the Swiss Rail Pass and I thought maybe that would work?...as I said, just too wiped out after walking all over Europe and a "bit" older. Anyway a great trip and I enjoyed Zurich, but Wengen was amazing. Sue again.
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Well yes Swiss Pass if valid for that day covers city trams and buses.
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