Making the most of 10 day trip, Switzerland, Italy, Germany

3 countries in 10 days - no way. It takes so much time to change cities, much less countries. You will spend more time traveling than enJOYing the towns. With Europe, less is more. For 10 days - Stay in Switzerland - see the Alps & Lucerne. Italy needs 2 weeks to see the highlights of Venice Florence Rome - that's another trip. It's not to be rushed. You could maybe do the Alps and Dolomites & Northern Italy if you want - which is stunning. But don't rush it. People always underestimate how long it takes to check out of hotels, take a train to another place, check back into another hotel - it steals lots of time from the trip.

Sure if you only want to spend a couple days in each country. Most people are jet lagged the day you get there and travel to other places takes at least a half a day depending on how far you’re traveling. With 10 days, it might make more sense to stay in maybe two places in Switzerland depending on what you really want to see.

Mark I laughed out loud at your 5 countries in 1 day option.

It is obviously doable, but if I were to attempt to do it, I would limit myself to the parts of Italy and Germany that border Switzerland. When are you going and what are your specific interests?

A basic draft: Fly into Zurich. Then 2-3 days around lake Constance or the south of the Black Forest (Ger, 2-3 hours train ride from Zurich ), 3-4 days in the high alps, for example around Berner Oberland, 2-3 days around Milano (City or one of the lakes like Maggiore or Como), and you are almost done (maybe fly out of Italy if a split flight is doable.)

Trains will be much faster than a car in Switzerland, if google is correct - about 3-4 hours max for the country changes.

Okay, so how about fly into Milan, the. Head to Como are for a couple days, then make way to lauterbrunnen region, fly out of Zurich? Plan is currently fly into Europe 6/2 or 6/3 and then out 6/10-6/11. we are more mountain, nature, foodies then big city and shopping.

Sounds like a great plan! You will not lack for thing to see and do, and you will not lose very much travel time getting from one place to another. Go for it!

That looks definitely reasonable from my checks. You will be jet lagged at the beginning, so be careful not to plan too much. Lago Maggiore might be a bit more convenient on the way from Milano to Lauterbrunnen than Lago di Como. Possibly try asking in the Italy section for the best choice.