Need help between Munich and Lauterbrunnen in June

Posted by mherrmann3 on 01/31/25 12:06 AM

Hello

Family of four (18 and 16 year olds) traveling to Munich on June 24 from east coast US. Have 4 nights already booked on the tail end in Wengen Switzerland but was thinking after our initial 2 nights in Munich we head SW and have 2 nights near Fussen for a total of 10 (last ight in either Bern or Zurich). But open to suggestions as alternatives to Fussen as an intermediate stopping area on our way to Wengen. Probably rent a car out of Munich for two days then drop that off in Interlakken. Thanks so much.

Posted by Sam

Green Bay

01/31/25 12:15 AM

21892 posts

Do not rent a car in Germany and drop it in Switzerland.

You will have to pay an international drop fee. The car will have to be transported back to Germany and you pay for that and then some.
On entering Switzerland, you will have to purchase a Swiss vignette for the car costing 40 CHF.

Better, drop the car in Lindau Germany and continue to Wengen by train

Posted by WengenK

Wengen

01/31/25 06:34 AM

2826 posts

Or alternatively just stay in Munich and do Füssen as a day trip. Then take the train from Munich to Wengen.

Posted by mherrmann3 OP

01/31/25 10:54 AM

2 posts

@wengen

Fantastic idea. If we stayed in Munich for 4 nights and used it as a base for day trips like Fussen, what other places would you recommend for day trips?

Posted by Sam

Green Bay

01/31/25 12:20 PM

21892 posts

Salzburg is one. Easy day trip using the Bayern Ticket costing 62 EUR for your group of 4 for the day. Weekdays leave from Munich Ost at 9:04, since the Bayern Ticket is only valid after 9 am, but on weekends it is good any time. Use regional trains only.

Posted by Russ

Paradise

01/31/25 03:01 PM

7276 posts

If you want mountain atmosphere (in Germany or Austria) then staying in Munich (population 1.6 million) for 4 nights and doing day trips to the mountains is a much less desirable choice, IMHO. Salzburg is a great city to visit on several grounds, but a Munich > Salzburg > Munich train outing will use up nearly 4 hours just getting there and back. That's a chunk of time that shortchanges Salzburg and of course eliminates the nice options just outside Salzburg. The day trip to Füssen presents much the same problem: 4 hours round-trip travel.If you go to Salzburg at all, stay there and enjoy the area.

If Füssen is what you want, go there and stay there for 2 nights... whether you are heading to Wengen from Füssen or from Munich, it's going to be a 7-hour train ride either way.