Hello, I will be arriving in Switzerland April 7th for 2 weeks. My itinerary is as follows:
Lucerne - 2 nights
Grindelwald - 4 nights
Zermatt - 2 nights
Montreux - 4 nights
ZRH - 1 night
There are 7 of us - 2 are in their mid 80s (my mom passed away a few years ago and these are her best friends from high school), 4 of us are the daughters, and a niece. Only 3 of us are very active. We are interested in food, wine, history, and architecture. I have traveled extensively and have been elected the tour director/planner.
Along with the above transportation routes, we'd like to take the Jungfrau Railway, and the Gornergrat Railway to the Matterhorn, weather permitting. We would also like to visit Gruyere and Maison Cailler in Broc while in Montreux.
So, my question is which pass should we buy? I have never been to Switzerland, but I have done research on the types of passes. i have a few concerns that may sway the decision one way or another. I don't particularly want to have to buy tickets for each time we get on a train. (I guess I could simply buy them for everyone and pass them out.) What if I have missed something in my research and there are other routes we may want to take? I could buy the half-price card. The full pass is more flexible but is expensive in my opinion. The flex pass would work as we are only staying 2 weeks, but what if we want to use the train more often than I assume now?
Any help would be appreciated! At this point I have analysis paralysis! :)