Hello lovely helpful folks! I have been planning a trip to Turkey for some time, and realized that I could also swing a few days in Switzerland, a country I have always wanted to visit! My reasons for wanting to visit has always been for the train travel and seeing the Alps! When I first started planning, I figured I would fly into Paris ( cheap flight!) and then travel to Zurich that same day, I’m very familiar with Paris and have allowed myself 3.5 hours to get from CDG and onboard a train departing Paris around 5 pm. From Zurich I planned to travel from Zurich down to Zermatt the next afternoon, in order to take the Glacier Express the day following that! I have booked my seat reservation (and using Eurail pass) and a hotel in St Moritz that night after my train ride…
Following that I plan to take the Bernina Express to Turano and onto Milan. The following day I will board a flight to Istanbul! A lot of moving around in a short time, but I am so thrilled to be taking these two train trips!
Rather than taking a train trip to Zurich from Paris, I am wondering if I should take the train to Interlaken or Bern instead and overnight there? I would arrive at midnight and have most of the day there before having to leave for Zermatt. Reading Rick’s recommendations it sounds delightful, and I have seen lots of big European cities…Will I have enough time in one short day to enjoy The area or am I nuts?
Any advice from those of you familiar with Switzerland would be so appreciated! You will be happy to hear my trip to Turkey is much, much slower!