Family · 9D | 8N
Switzerland with the Family
Toboggans, cable cars, a chocolate factory and a cheese dairy, on a rail pass where children under sixteen travel free with a parent.
- Best time
- June to September; December to March for snow
- Route
- Lucerne · Interlaken · Zermatt
Day by day
9 days, planned in full
Toboggans, cable cars, a chocolate factory and a cheese dairy, on a rail pass where children under sixteen travel free with a parent.
Day 1
Arrive at Zürich
A stop at the Lindt Home of Chocolate on the lake — a nine-metre chocolate fountain and a tasting room — then the train to Lucerne.
- Night
- Lucerne
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
Lucerne, and the transport museum
The covered bridge and the Lion Monument in the morning, then Switzerland's most visited museum, which is aeroplanes, trains and a planetarium.
- Night
- Lucerne
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
Mount Pilatus, the golden round trip
Boat across the lake, the world's steepest cogwheel railway up at 48 per cent, and the cable car and gondola down the other side.
- Night
- Lucerne
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 4
To Interlaken
The Express along both lakes, then an afternoon at the Interlaken adventure park with rope courses graded by age.
- Night
- Interlaken
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 5
Grindelwald and the toboggan
The First cable car, the cliff walk out over the drop, and the Pfingstegg toboggan run — 736 metres of it, and they will want it twice.
- Night
- Interlaken
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 6
Waterfalls inside a mountain
The Trümmelbach falls, ten glacier-fed cascades reached by a lift bored into the rock, then Lauterbrunnen and Staubbach's 300-metre drop.
- Night
- Interlaken
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 7
West to Zermatt
The mountain crossing to a car-free village, with electric taxis from the station and the Matterhorn at the end of the street.
- Night
- Zermatt
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 8
Gornergrat, and marmots
The rack railway up, the marmot trail down to Riffelberg where they come out to be photographed, and the Zermatlantis museum.
- Night
- Zermatt
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 9
Fly home
The direct train down the Rhône valley to Zürich airport, about three and a half hours.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 8 nights in family rooms and apartments, all near a station
- Return economy airfare and a 9-day Swiss Travel Pass
- Swiss Family Card, so under-16s travel free with a parent
- Lindt Home of Chocolate, Transport Museum and Zermatlantis entries
- Pilatus golden round trip, Grindelwald First and Gornergrat tickets
- Pfingstegg toboggan runs and the Interlaken adventure park
- Daily breakfast and five dinners
Not included
- Schengen visa fees for each traveller
- Lunches
- Travel insurance
- Jungfraujoch, which is not covered by the pass and costs about ₹12,000 each
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