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Berner Oberland or Swiss Travel Pass

Hi all,
My partner and I will be visiting Switzerland, but I'm not quite sure which transportation pass would best suit us for our trip. I'm also unsure if I am adding too many activities in a short amount of time. We are planning on being there late June, early July for about 15 days, give or take a couple days.

We have mapped out 2 itinerary options. Which one would work better and which pass should we get?

Option 1:
fly into Zurich (2 day stay)→train to Interlaken with day trips to Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Murren, Zermatt, Bern, and/or Lausanne (9 day stay)→Zurich with day trips to Lucerne or Rhine Falls or Konstanz (3 day stay), fly out of Zurich

Option 2:
fly into Zurich with day trips to Lucerne or Rhine Falls or Konstanz (4 days)→Interlaken with day trips to Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Murren, Zermatt, Bern, and/or Lausanne (6 days)→Zermatt (2 days)→Geneva (2 days)→fly out of Geneva

We will be going to about 3 museums in Zurich as well as the Lindt Factory. We also want to do the Grindelward Firsts activities, ride the gondolas, and do a lot of hiking in Berner Oberland area with Interlaken as home base.

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In Option 1, it doesn’t make sense to move to Zurich twice. A modified version of 2 makes more sense with your list.

Zurich Airport > Zurich 3 nights > Wengen or Grindelwald 6 Nights > Zermatt 2 Nights > Montreux 3 Nights > Fly out of Geneva

Zurich - 3 nights
Museums you want to see, Luzern, Bern, Rhine Falls

Wengen or Grindelwald - 6 Nights
Stay in the mountains as a base instead of Interlaken, which is just a transportation hub, and you don’t need to do day trips to Bern, Zermatt or Lausanne during this time - focus on the Jungfrau Region

Zermatt - 2 Nights
Gornergrat, etc.

Montreux - 3 Nights
See Lausanne, Chateau de Chillon, Lavaux vineyard terraces, etc

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Thank you for the suggestions. I will modify my itinerary as I didn't think about staying in the mountains, which I think is a great idea. Would you know if a Swiss Travel Pass is good for this kind of travel?