komal

We are a family of three me hubby and 3 year old boy..we are planning a trip to switzerland this september for 10 days .need your help...we are arriving in milan. must want to take a scenic train ride and to stay in one or 2 car free village for few days. for now what i think is ..

day1:take bernina and stay at chur or st moritz.

day2:go to rhine fall and take a hike around luzern and stay their.

day3:mt.titlis.

day 4: mt rigi or pilatus and rest of the day in luzern.

day 5 :wengen or grindelwald or wilderwill..need help in deciding

day 6 :jungfrau.

day 7 bern and lake brienz

day 8 schilthorn and stay in murren.

day 9 murren

day 10 golden pass from interlaken and visit chilon castle and stay in geneva.

pls need some advise. This is our first trip to switzerland.

kja

"day1: take bernina and stay at chur or st moritz.... day2: go to rhine fall"

You might want to spend a day (or two or more) in/near Chur or St Moritz (or nearby).

"day 5 :wengen or grindelwald or wilderwill"

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"day 8 ... stay in murren"

Depending on your interests, it might not make sense to relocate to Murren if you will be in Wengen or Grindelwald or anywhere else in the Bernese Oberland beforehand.

Its a beautiful country -- enjoy!

swandav2000

Hi komal,

This is a good plan, but it seems a little rushed to me. I wouldn't just stay in Chur/St. Moritz area for just one night, and I wouldn't switch bases from Wengen to Mürren. Remember that every time you switch bases, you lose about half a day of "outside" time due to the chores of packing up and checking out, then checking in and unpacking again. It might take even longer with a 3-year-old!

Anyway, I would recommend you consider staying in Sils rather than Chur or St. Moritz, as it's a car-free town, and that's one thing you want to do. Neither Grindelwald nor Wilderswil is car-free, so I would stick with either Wengen or Mürren.

Have fun as you plan!

s

kleeblatt

Trains become very boring for 3 year olds. Rheinfalls isn't worth it. Skip it.

St. Moritz isn't worth doing quickly either. Too much train time and not enough downtime.

komal

Thanks for all the replies.i really appreciates all the advises.
now i have come up with new itenary..
day1 stay at chur.
day2 appenzall and stay in luzern.
day3 and day4 in luzern.
day5,6,7,8,9 in murren.
day10 montreux.

Pepper_von_snoot

You do realise if you sleep in Murren you must take a gondola (or train and gondola) to leave town.

Either train to Grutscalp and gondola down to Lauterbrunnen or gondola to Gimmelwald station then change cars to Stechelberg gondola--then post bus or walk to Lauterbrunnen.

Thin

tipsygus

I wouuld not do Bern and lake Brienz in a day either, Berne deserves a day to itself. Take your son to see the bears down by the river and take to Gurten Bern's local 'mountain' funicular ride up and down and lovely childrens' playground at the top, and wonderful views over the city. To get to Gurten take the no.9 bus from the bus station outside the rail station to the stop "Gurtenbahn"

komal

I will surely give one day to bern.and will stick to 1 night in chur,3 nights in luzern,5 nights in car free beautifull murren and 1 night in montreux as we have a flght back to usa from geneva next morning 11 am.Thanks for all the smart suggestion really do appreciate them.