Hi all, my fiancé and I are from the US and will be having our wedding in July 2025 and want to go to Switzerland directly afterwards! Want to get some feedback on this initial route we planned. Both of us are late 20s, wanted something active with a lot of hiking and outdoors, but didn't follow Rick Steves 2week itinerary because we want less time traveling between locations to have a more leisurely paced honeymoon.
This is what we have so far.
Day 1 - Fly to Zürich - Arrive in the morning - Sleep in Lucerne
Day 2 - Lucerne - Sleep in Lucerne
Day 3 - Lucerne - Sleep in Lucerne
Day 4 - Travel to Lauterbrunnen - Sleep in Wengen
Day 5 - Lauterbrunnen - Sleep in Wengen
Day 6 - Lauterbrunnen - Sleep in Wengen
Day 7 - Lauterbrunnen - Sleep in Mürren
Day 8 - Lauterbrunnen - Sleep in Mürren
Day 9 - Travel to Zermatt - Sleep in Zermatt
Day 10 - Zermatt - Sleep in Zermatt
Day 11 - Travel to Bern - Sleep in Bern
Day 12 - Bern - Sleep in Bern
Day 13 - Bern - Sleep in Bern
Day 14 - Bern to Zürich - Fly out same day.
My biggest questions are:
Q1. Is this too much time in Lauterbrunnen region? Thoughts on the split nights at Wengen+Murren, or would Grindelwald be better for one of those?
Q2. Alternatives to Zermatt? I've heard if weather is bad this isn't really worth it, and we will already get plenty of hiking in at Lauterbrunnen. Why/Why not would you recommend instead? Conflicted on either swapping out for Appenzell, Murten or maybe Lugano (Lugano seems a little far out of the way).
Thanks again!