My family and I are flying into Zurich to meet up with family and then are plan is to make our way by train down through Grindelwald and then down through Rome to Amalfi Coast. We have two weeks. Is this possible or are we biting off more than we can chew :) ? This is our first time going. Is it possible to fly into Zurich and Fly out of Naples? Or is there a better airport?
Thank you ahead of time
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
7030 posts
Whether 2 weeks is enough depends on how many stops you plan and how long to stay at each location
Rome should get 4 nights
AC should get at least 4 nights
Yes you can fly in to Zurich Out of Naples- that is called “open jaw” or a multi city flight.
Use google flights to research and do an Advanced Search to see your options
Do not search for two one way flights-that is not the same
If Naples isn’t a good option then Rome is next best
Plan to go all the way to AC then back to Rome for your final nights and fly home from there
This itinerary means a lot of time on trains
Posted by
San Diego, California
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What time of year - and 2023 or 2024?
Posted by
11504 posts
Give Grindelwald enough time! We spent a magical week there. Liked it much better than the Amalfi Coast.
Posted by
OP
21 posts
We plan on going in March or April of 2024.
Thank you everyone for the info-greatly appreciated
Posted by
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4432 posts
It depends on what you hope to see. We spent 12 days in Sorrento touring the Amalfi Coast and the Vesuvius excavation sites.
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
5330 posts
Have a look at the historic weather and snow cover in Grindelwald for March and April before locking in any plans.
Posted by
San Diego, California
5442 posts
It's best to avoid the weeks before and after Easter. Good luck!
Posted by
Prior Lake, MN, USA
393 posts
Hi
We have friends who line in the Zurich area (we live in Minnesota). We have visited them several times and then traveled-on to see other regions.
We took a day trip from Zurich to Lugano (on Italian border near Como) and although a pleasant and fast ride, it took about 2 hours (one way). that's a long part of a day.
We're looking at going to Italy this October and I toy with the idea of landing in Zurich and visiting our friends for a few days and then heading on to Ravenna for our Italy visit. The train trip would be 7.5 hours!! Given that there's transfers, I don't think we would do it at night, so that's a full day of vacation spent on a train.
In one of our visits, we landed in Zurich and stayed for several days. Then we flew to Naples for "Italy" and flew back to Zurich (to visit our friend's home-town near the Matterhorn. The point being, flying is fast!!
P.S. we stayed in Salerno so we could easily do day trips to 3 places: Positano, Pompeii, Paestum. Paestum was our favorite place and is SO overlooked by tourists! Salerno had good restaurants and was pleasant to walk at night.