Deepak1kota

Hello Travel Mates,

I m planning trip to FRnace and Switzerland from April 03-2015 till April 10-2015, as i will be travelling from UAE to France CDG airport 1st, and there i want to go to Disney Land Paris for my 7 Yr old son, please advise some other places that we can visti in Paris or Near By.
And how many days visit will be enough to DLP 1 or more than one and from where i can book the Cheapest ticket of DLP.

I will be in Paris for 5 Nights and 6 days.

From Paris i am planning to go to Switzerland by Train.

Please advise should i go to Geneva or Zurich? which palce is good to go with Family ( Wife and 7yr old son).I am planning 3 Nights and 4 Days In switzerland.

And please advise the cheapest possible way to travel from Paris to Switzerland i.e. Genva or Zurich.

Please guid me as this will be my 1st Trip to Europe and i want to make it Memorable.

neckervd

Neither Geneva nor Zurich are the real gems of Switzerland. Direct Swiss bound TGVs go from Paris to Geneva, Lausanne, Basle, Zurich and Berne. There are connecting trains from all these places (running every 30 to 60 min) to all other places of Switzerland.
What are your interests? What woould you like to do once in Switzerland?
You may have a look at
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/home.html
http://www.swisstravelsystem.ch/en/
http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/en

As you will travel with a child, you may also be interested in

SWITZERLAND WITH CHILDREN

As public transport is rather expensive in Switzerland, study carefully the sites about Swiss Pass, Swiss Flexipass and Swiss half fare card: http://www.swisstravelsystem.ch/Tick...l?&L=2#s_h_f_c

Check the Swiss Travel System Family Card
The Swiss Travel System Family Card is issued at no cost to parents who wish to take along their children under the age of 16 at no cost. Please note that at least one parent has to travel with the child/ren.

Some ideas:

historic steamboats on Lake Geneva:
http://www.cgn.ch/horaires/pdf/AffA2-ete-10.pdf
http://www.cgn.ch/eng/flotte

Swiss Vapeur Park Le Bouveret:
http://www.swissvapeur.ch/en/index.php

Signal de Bougy:
http://www.parc-aventure.ch/Signal-de-Bougy/
http://www.signaldebougy.ch/

Menhirs at Yverdon
http://www.yverdonlesbainsregion.ch/...menhirs_clendy

Blonay-Chamby historic railway:
http://www.blonay-chamby.ch/index-en.php

Chillon castle:
http://www.chillon.ch/en/

Gruyeres castle, cheese diary and chocolate factory:
http://www.chateau-gruyeres.ch/e/mul...spectacle.html
http://www.la-gruyere.ch/en/navpage-...FR-120085.html
http://www.lamaisondugruyere.ch/inde...=142&Itemid=56
http://www.lamaisondugruyere.ch/inde...=142&Itemid=56

Zermatt-Gornergrat:
http://www.gornergrat.ch/home/index.php
http://www.klein-matterhorn.ch/photos/
http://www.zermatt.ch/en/index.cfm

Entirely walled city of Murten:
http://www.murtentourismus.ch/en/nav...nFR-99305.html
http://www.murtentourismus.ch/en/nav...-MurtenFR.html
Medieval city of Bern:
http://www.berninfo.com/en/page.cfm/Information
http://www.kleinbahn-gurten.ch/

Swiss Village Park Ballenberg:
http://ballenberg.ch/en/Welcome

Lugano and Swissminiatur:
http://www.lugano-tourism.ch/en/291/default.aspx
http://www.swissminiatur.ch/

Seewen in the Jura close to Basel:
http://www.bundesmuseen.ch/musikauto...x.html?lang=en

Rapperswil:
http://www.zuerichsee.ch/en/page.cfm...FamilyDRZ/1230
http://www.knieskinderzoo.ch/
http://www.zuerichsee.ch/en/page.cfm/SightsRZ
http://www.zuerich.com/en/page.cfm/r...gion_zuerich_x

Rhine Falls Adventure Park
http://www.rheinfall.ch/Attraktionen...ark?lang=en-US

Furka steam train
http://www.furka-bergstrecke.ch/eng/train/timetable.php

You may have a look at
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/interests/family.html
http://www.takethefamily.com/where/s...ays-and-breaks
http://www.eparenting.co.uk/family_h...tzerland.shtml
http://www.reka.ch/en/rekaferien/Pages/default.aspx
http://littletravellers.com/destinat...y-switzerland/

nytraveler

Sorry - but you are counting incorrectly. Five nights in Paris is 4 days and 3 nights in Switzerland is 4 days. You are counting some days twice to get to you numbers - that is, counting the same day as an arrival day and a day in Paris - or 3 times - a day in Paris a day in transit and then a day in Switz.

April is spring and can still be chilly and likely to be rainy. You should see Disney FROM Paris - it's a very short train ride to and fro Paris - no need to stay AT Disney. And as for Switz - you don;t want to visit the large cities - you need to visit the mountains - where the beautiful scenery is. Only April is early in the year - you will still have snow at higher elevations and at lower you will have chilly and only early grass and a few flowers. May is the earliest for full spring - with lots of wildflowers and the cows actually to be turned out into even the lower meadows (mountain meadows may be June).

Deepak1kota

Thanks Nytraveler for your useful tip, i will Reach Paris on 3rd April early morning and want to stay there till 7th Night and 8th Morning planning to move to switz from paris by Train and will be in Switz till 3 nights i.e till 10th and 11th April i will take flight back to UAE.

so you mean to say that i should stay in Paris and go to DLP from there, please advise is 2 days trip to DLP will be enough and which all places i can go with family in Paris or nearby places, my main interest is froom point of view of my son, i am planning for Eiffel tower and some other nearby mpre popular sites, need your advise also.

please advise which city in switz should i go, as we are in UAE full of sand and sun and my son want to play in snow so please guide, but my return flight is from Zurich Airport.
which city will be best suited for the family trip in Switz.

neckervd

Early April is full of yellow narcissus (jonquils) flowers in the Jura above Biel/Bienne and Neuchatel, followed by white narcissus, brooms, lilies of the Valley in Southern Switzerland (second half of April) and the Montreux area (May). Most fruit trees will begin to bloom in April.

In order to find snow for sure, take any railway, cableway or bus which goes up to at least 2000 metres:
Rochers de Naye, Glacier3000, Riffelalp, Riffelberg, Bettmeralp, Simplon Pass, Kleine Scheidegg, Truebsee (Titlis), Oberalp Pass, etc. In some years, you may find snow at much lower altitudes, however.

neckervd

Early April is full of yellow narcissus (jonquils) flowers in the Jura above Biel/Bienne and Neuchatel, followed by white narcissus, brooms, lilies of the Valley in Southern Switzerland (second half of April) and the Montreux area (May). Most fruit trees will begin to bloom in April.

In order to find snow for sure, take any railway, cableway or bus which goes up to at least 2000 metres:
Rochers de Naye, Glacier3000, Riffelalp, Riffelberg, Bettmeralp, Simplon Pass, Kleine Scheidegg, Truebsee (Titlis), Oberalp Pass, etc. In some years, you may find snow at much lower altitudes, however.

Deepak1kota

Thanks very much neckervd for the valuable input