Alpine Switzerland — 5 days
Picture-postcard lakes and snowy peaks. Day-by-day itinerary: Geneva → Lucerne; Mount Pilatus; Interlaken & Jungfraujoch; Zermatt & the Matterhorn.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Geneva → Lucerne
- 09:00 — Arrival at Geneva GVA
- 11:00 — Train Geneva → Lucerne
- 14:00 — Lakeside hotel in Lucerne
- 15:30 — Old Lucerne & the Chapel Bridge — Lucerne
- 17:30 — Lion Monument — Lucerne
- Walk to the restaurant — Lucerne
- 20:00 — Cheese fondue — Restaurant Historischer Keller
Day 2 — Mount Pilatus
- 09:00 — The world's steepest cogwheel railway → Pilatus — Kriens → Pilatus
- 12:00 — Hike on the summit of Pilatus (2,132 m)
- 13:00 — Panoramic lunch at the top
- 15:00 — Gondola + boat back to Lucerne
- 20:00 — Rösti + Zürcher Geschnetzeltes — Lucerne
Day 3 — Interlaken & Jungfraujoch
- 08:00 — Train Lucerne → Interlaken
- 10:30 — Hotel in Interlaken
- 11:30 — Jungfraujoch — Top of Europe (3,454 m) — Jungfraujoch
- 14:00 — Aletsch Glacier — the largest in the Alps — Jungfraujoch
- Train back to Interlaken — Jungfraujoch → Interlaken
- 17:00 — Back in Interlaken — raclette dinner — Interlaken
Day 4 — Zermatt & the Matterhorn
- 08:30 — Train Interlaken → Zermatt (2h30)
- 12:00 — Hotel in Zermatt (Matterhorn view) — Zermatt
- 13:30 — Gornergrat (3,089 m) — Matterhorn view — Zermatt
- 16:00 — Stroll around Zermatt village — Zermatt
- 20:00 — Set-menu dinner with a Matterhorn view
Day 5 — Back to Geneva & Flight
- 07:00 — Sunrise on the Matterhorn
- 09:00 — Train Zermatt → Geneva (3h)
- 13:00 — Lunch in Geneva — Quai du Mont-Blanc — Geneva
- 14:30 — Jet d'Eau + Geneva old town — Geneva
- 19:00 — Return flight from GVA