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Geneva Airport Train Station Geneva
8 Reviews On arrival at Geneva airport, the simplest way to get to the city centre is use the train. It seems that every train from the airprot, travels for 6 minutes and then arrives at Geneva Railway...
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Bus Geneva
15 Reviews From the Bus Station (Gare Routiere) of Geneva, you can visit the beautiful French neighbor cities, such as Annecy, Chamonix, Megeve, Flaine, St. Gervais, Les Contamines. With the exception of Annecy...
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Trains Geneva
18 Reviews Geneva is well-linked by direct rail routes to a number of major European cities. There are high-speed trains to, for example, Milan, Paris, Lyon, and Barcelona. With one change of trains, it's...
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Trams Geneva
6 Reviews Geneva offers an extensive public transports network named TPG. A good way to travel around Geneva without stress. The City is currently building a new tram line to Meyrin-CERN to solve the traffic...
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Free Public Transportation Geneva
5 Reviews Free travel cards are dispensed at the baggage area in the airport. If you are staying in the city centre, make the most of the travel cards and take the train from the airport into Geneva main...
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Bicycles Geneva
10 Reviews Photos: 1. Safe guarded bicycle parking in the main train station Cornevin in Geneva 2. Entrance to the bicycle parking room It's hard to believe that there are still cities in Europe that do not...
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Geneva Airport Geneva
4 Reviews Geneva's Airport (Code: GVA) is serviced by 67 airlines from Aer Lingus to Varig. Service to/from Geneva is available from a number of countries, including the USA, Canada, India, Thailand, Brazil,...
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By Air Geneva
10 Reviews In July 2008 we travelled to/from Switzerland with British Airways from London Heathrow, flying into Zurich and back out of Geneva a week later. The flight from Geneva to London was around 1 hour and...
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Golden Pass Geneva
3 Reviews Between Geneva and Lucerne (and onwards to Zurich), offers a breathtaking trip through the most picturesque parts of Switzerland.Travel aboard the GP Panoramic train (from Montreux) and pass along 10...
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Boats Geneva
7 Reviews Photos: 1. Dock at Pâquis for route M2 2. Our skipper getting ready to cast off on the M2 3. Here she is steering the M2 across the harbor 4. The M2 with the Jet d'eau in the background This line...
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In our European 10,000 kms drive the part around Switzerland was the most rapturous.A lovely, sunny Saturday afternoon heading down towards Geneva and we looked to the east and saw this fascinating skyline. It was the part snow-covered Swiss/Italian Alps. The Jungfrau. We paused and enjoyed where we were and then back and around towards the lovely Mountains/Glaciers. Interlaken area.You must do it if you ever can
The Glacier Express is an express train which connects the two major mountain resorts of St. Moritz and Zermatt in the Swiss Alps. It is not an "express" in the sense of being a high-speed train but rather in the sense that it provides a one-seat ride for a long duration travel. In fact it has the reputation of being the slowest express train in the world. It takes 7,5 hours to journey across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass on the highest point at 2,033 m (6,670 ft) in altitude. The entire line is metre gauge (narrow gauge railway). The Glacier Express is run jointly by two private Swiss railways, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB) and the Rhätische Bahn (RhB), who also operate the regular local trains and freight trains over the same route. The panorama cars were introduced in 2006. VIDEO of my trip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEBjV_u4J-o
Summer is the season to try riding the Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard (or Colle del Gran San Bernardo) across Italy and Switzerland. Although it's not the highest pass in this section of the Alps, snowfall during summer months is not uncommon. Always check the forecasts and also be wary of possible thinderstorms. I was once caught up in a nasty one near the top at 2,470 m a.s.l.This spectacular pass road goes above the homonym (hefty) toll tunnel and, unless one wants to spend 13.40 Euro (one-way motorcycle toll, or 22.80 Euro for a car) to save 5 Km and 10 minutes' worth of drive, I'd suggest to avoid the tunnel. Well, only in summer!
Switzerland is not in the EU, and is surrounded by EU countries. You can fly from anywhere. Trains travel through and from all neighbours. Borders are usually open without passport check but spot checks sometimes happen.
Combine the Corcovado with Jungfrau & you get a 50% reduction This is really an interesting and funny deal and also a good way to save some money at the most expensive mountain-railway in Switzerland : All former visitors to Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro (that is the summit with the giant monument of Jesus Christ), who are showing a ticket of their ride to Corcovado,the ticket not beeing older than 24 months, will get a reduction of 50% when taking a ride to Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. b.t.w.: take a look at the type of trains taking you up the Corcovado and you will see, they were all built in Switzerland by the same company that built the trains to Jungrau, to Rigi and many others.
The "Good Morning Ticket" to Jungfrau is just 153.80 sfr. instead of 177,80 sfr !The full price for a returnticket to Jungfraujoch from Interlaken OST is 177,80 sfr. That is quite a lot and you can at least save some money by taking the first train in the morning and get down again latest at 12.30 noon. From May till October you can take only the 1st train of the day,that is leaving Interlaken Ost at 06.35am !Between November and April you can also take the 2nd train at 07.05am.Get in at any of these stations : Interlaken Ost - Wilderswil - Zweilütschinen - Lauterbrunnen - Wengen - Grindelwald - Grindelwald Grund - Kleine Scheidegg. Prices of the Good morning ticket will get cheaper by each station of course !--------------------------------- In case that you are holding a Half-fare Card, Swiss Card and Eurail, Swiss & Flexi Passes this ticket does not make sense to you, as the reduction...
FIRST is a great peakhigh above GrindelwaldFIRST (pronounce it like Feerst) is another highlight of your vacation in the area around Interlaken and Grindelwald. Unfortunately it is mostly neglected by many tourists. From First you can take a wonderfull fullday-tour to Schynigge Platte and get down again by another mountain-train to Wilderswil and from there it is just 1 station to Interlaken Ost with the ordinary train.First is a mountain with a hight of 2168 meters above sea-level and it is a perfect point to start various mountain-hikes, from easy to energetic. At first you will have to take the train from Interlaken to Grindelwald and walk about 300 meters to the station of the First-cablecar.The cablecar to First starts in the centre of Grindelwald, close to the Sunstar-hotel and there are 3 stations where you may leave the cablecar:1)BORT in a height of 1570m : from here you can...
Schynige Platte Bahnwas electrified already in 1914The cog-wheel-train to Schynigge Platte starts in Wilderswil, a small village at 3 km from Interlaken . At first you take the ordinary train from Interlaken Ost to Lauterbrunnen and change to the cog-wheel-train to Schynige Platte in Wilderswil.The train to Schynige Platte dates back to the year 1893 and it was electrified already in 1914. The track of the cog-wheel-train is 7500 meters long and the difference in height is more than 1400 meters.Schynige Platte is in a height of 1967 meters above sea-level and offers various attractions like 1)Teddyland - an attaraction for the whole family2)the Alpengarten / alpine garden with 500 different alpine flowers3)the Schynige Platte-restaurant and alpine-hotel:Hotel Schynige Platte, CH-3800 Interlaken Tel. +41 (0)33 822 34 31, Fax +41 (0)33 822 34 56 http://www.schynigeplatte.ch/The train runs...
I regularly get asked this kind of question in the Bernese Oberland region - which pass should I buy or not buy if already have half price card. The only answer is to work out the sums by calculating the fares for the journey you wish to make.Use the following website link to find the individual fares - on the left hand side navigation links you have option of selecting which resort you are from:http://www.jungfraubahn.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-139//86_read-6483/Consider Bernese Obeland pass vs Jungfrau PassThe Bernese Obeland Pass is more epensive but covers wider areas such as Brienz Rothorn and as afar as Kandersteg - you can use free days when you wish i the given period of 7 or 15 days. Still have to pay partial fees for Schilthorn and JungraujochThe Jungfrau Pass is less but is for consecutive days - does not cover Schilthorn though and half fare from last section of...
Don't get me wrong: Austria is a lovely country. But let's say you want to get from Zürich to Munich, and you have a railpass that doesn't cover Austria. You're in luck if you know a scenic detour across Lake Constance. Instead of taking the route from Zürich to Lindau/Munich by rail, consider taking the train to Romanshorn. From the Romanshorn station, continue to the ferry dock (less than 100 meters from the station) and board a ferry to Friedrichshafen. After you clear passport control, continue up the dock and to the left until you see the train station. Board the waiting train to "Friedrichshafen Stadt." Once there, you can change for an IRE train to Ulm, where you can transfer for main-line trains to Munich (or anywhere else in Germany you want to go). You really won't save a lot of money, but you'll get there at just about the same time, and you get to take a boat ride across Lake...
Hotel Continental Zurich Zürich
4 Reviews and 557 Opinions We stayed at the Sofitel in January 2008. Although the external appearance of the hotel is...
Art Deco Hotel Montana Lucerne
3 Reviews and 413 Opinions We stayed at the Hotel Montana over the American Thanksgiving holiday and found it to be one of the...
Eastwest Hotel Geneva Geneva
2 Reviews and 231 Opinions tayed here with my husband, it is the finest hotel with very good services. I loved the bathroom and...
Reviews and photos of Switzerland attractions posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Switzerland sightseeing.
Q: can you please suggest me a perfect planning for 7 nights from 07-07-12 onwards in switzerland till date following booking has...
A: Sounds good for Lucerne and Zermatt. I would choose Wengen over St Moritz because St Moritz is often a disappointment to some people and Wengen is gorgeous as are...
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