A 2 week Itinerary for Germany, Austria & Switzerland.
 

Hi all, my husband and I are planning a 2 week trip to Germany, Austria & Switzerland. We will be flying into Munich and out of Geneva. Here is our rough itinerary

3 nights in Munich - Spend our time seeing the sights in Munich, going to Dachau. Renting a car and going heading to Neuschwanstein for a day. Then off to Salzburg

3 nights in Salzburg. Here we would like to see Salzburg, take a drive through Grossglockner. Then drive to Luzern, stopping off in Innsbrook for a few hours.

2 nights in Luzern
4 nights in the BOB area basing ourselves in Wengen. I definitely want to take a day trip to Zermatt
2 nights in Geneva.

Does this sound to ambitious. I have done a lot of searching on this forum and have narrowed down our original itinerary. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I would urge 3 and a half in
Munich, two and a half in Salzburg - - in other words, leave late on day 4 to drive to Salzburg. It's still three nights n each city, but day 1 inMunich will be less energy-charged, asuming that you are arriving by trans-atlantic fight.

And you realize, I trust, that you are likely to face a hefty drop charge to return a German car in Switzerland.

Best wishes,

Rex

Sounds excellent to me.

What about dropping the car in Munich (driving there from Salzburg) and taking the train to Lucerne from there?

Unless you love the city life, why Geneva?

You'll have plenty of exposure to cities in Munich and Salzburg, and even a smaller city like Luzern. (I've never been to Wengen)

It seems to me that your itenary would be very appropriate for someone travelling by train. With a car there are just so many other places for you to go to.

I usually run from the cities. And now, especially, with the high cost to buy a Euro, I would much rather explore the smaller towns along the way.

I guess that if cities are your thing, that's a great itenary. If out of the way places are your thing, then re-consider.

Have a great trip. It'll be fun regardless of where you end up going.

Thanks for the advice, we are not arriving on a transatlantic flight. We will be arriving from Ireland, so we won't be jetlagged.

I knew about the drop off charge, it is 180 Euro. Is there no charge if you rent in Salzburg and drop off in Germany? If not, then I will reverse the 1st half of the trip since I haven't booked the airfare yet.

As far as Geneva is concerned, I would leave it out, but the husband wants to go. I already convinced him to leave off Zurich in favor of more time in BOB and Luzern.