Dear friends,
My friends and I are planning for Euro trip in Nov. This is our first Euro trip. We are so excited and have planned some of the places we want to visit, however, we are still have lots of uncertainties. We would like to get your kind help for below queries, pls:

We are coming from Paris and then Lyon and then Bern. We will stay in Bern for 5nights.
Below is our itinerary:
1) Day1 - we will reach Bern at night, so there is nothing much we can do.
2) Day2 - Bern city tour. Not sure if we should go to nearby town for sightseeing or just stay in Bern will do. We are more to sightseeing\historical building\nature lover. Not museum.
3) Day3 - we would like to visit Mt Rigi.
a) From Bern, we would like to visit Lucerne (visit the chapel), then continue to Mt Rigi. Which route should we take best? Or maybe we can visit Lucerne on the way back from Mt Rigi?
b) How long the journey from Bern to Mt Rigi?
c) What time we should reach Mt Rigi?
d) Any other nice place nearby Mt Rigi worth to visit?
4) Day4 - we would like to visit Jungfraujoch
a) From Bern, we would like to visit Interlaken (maybe just to visit the lake area), then continue to Jungfrau. Which route should we take best? Or maybe we can visit Interlaken on the way back from Jungfrau?
b) How long the journey from Bern to Jungfrau?
c) What time we should reach Jungfrau?
d) We would like to visit Grindelwald at the same time, would it be enough time for a day trip?
5) Day5 - no plan yet
a) This is just a buffer day for us, in case weather doesn't allow us to visit the mountains. But we would like to get suggestion from you if there is any other place we could visit?

Another questions would be:
1) Should we buy Swiss Travel Pass or individual passes to go from one point to another point above?
2) We are going to Munich after Bern. My question is if we'd like to enjoy a scenic view of the mountains\villages, what transport should we take? bus or train? any specific route? how much and how long the journey?

Awaiting for your kind response. Thank you!

Regards,
Fenn

My big question is why are spending five nights IN Bern?

Hi Dukey1,
1) We thought from Paris-Lyon then the train stop at Bern?
2) We found a nice accommodation near Bern train station
3) Easy for us to connect to other towns/country? I'm not sure about this. Just guessing by looking at the map.
Do you have other suggestion?

Thank you!
Fenn

Guessing by looking at a map has noting to do with the time/method of actually getting from one place to another.

If you are traveling only by train go to bahn.de and check out the train schedules (it has schedules for all of europe).

Staying in Bern all that time is a bad idea.

To see Lucern and Rigi you should stay in Lucerne.

To see Jungfrau, Interlaken and Grindelwalkd you should stay in that area.

You must understand that these mountains are high enough that the tops are often in clouds - and it makes no sense to asend the mountains on those days since you will see nothing. You have to wait for a day that it is clear at the top (and need to be at the bottom ready to ascend immediately - not travel from another area and arrive 3 hours later when it may have clouded up).

I would bag Bern and stay in both Lucern and Interlaken/town in foothills of Jungfrau. You can do a day trip to Bern from one of them on a cloudy/rainy day.

And you are significantly underestimating the time it takes to get places and see major sights.

For travel times:
http://www.sbb.ch/en/timetable.html

Thank you so much for the info!
I will revise it again.