Hello,
My family of 3 (2 parents and teen) will be traveling next July 2018. We would like to have 2 or 3 places as a home base. Possibly Murren/Wengen and ???. So many choices to pick from. Wonder how to see the majority of the country while not having to change our nighttime sleeping arrangements. Any suggestions would be great!
How about Lauterbrunnen and Montreux
We used Grindelwald and Pontresina which worked well for us.
A couple of questions:
Bon voyage!
It depends on your interests—we go for hiking and like to stay 4-6 days each in Mürren and Bettmeralp (in the Valais region on the south side of the Alps).
https://www.aletscharena.ch/destination-en/my-place/bettmeralp/
A village in the Engadine area (such as Pontresina mentioned above) is also a good choice for hiking.
Although Switzerland is rather small, the geography is challenging. I don't think you can cover the country particularly well with only two bases. I'd consider three if I had two weeks.
If only two bases, I think you need to decide whether your priority is mountains or you prefer some variety. If the latter, I would probably make my second location somewhere around Lake Geneva or in the Ticino.
Mürren is a lovely destination in itself, but because it is halfway up the side of a mountain, it does not make a good base for seeing much of Switzerland outside of the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Takes too much time to get in and out of there.
Yeah, and Muerren is like Zermatt as far as taking a long time to get into and then out of.
HubS will depend on transportation and preferred locales/activities.
