Hi, we are traveling in August on a 4 day flexi pass and trying to decide the best use of the ticket. We will be traveling: 1-Basel to St. Moritz; 2- St Moritz to Zermatt on GEX - already have these reserved; 3-Zermatt to Wengen. We will be spending an extra day in St.Moritz to travel to Diavolezza and an extra day in Zermatt to take the cablecar to Gornergrat. We will have to pay for one of these days transportation and cablecars but not sure which would be most cost effective. We are staying in an apartment in Celerina that does not include an Engadin pass (too late to cancel now). We have looked on the SBB ticket site and searched the different websites but can't find the information. I appreciate any advice.
Posted by
Green Bay
20004 posts
The 4 zone Engadine day pass will get you to/from Diavolezza train station for 11.80 chf each. Don't know what the cable car price is, but it is not covered by the Flexi-Pass anyway. So I'd pay for that one out of pocket. The Gornergratbahn can be pricey, so you'll get a 50% discount using a pass day.
Posted by
OP
7 posts
Thank you so much for your advice. I spent hours with no luck trying to get that information! I assume we can buy the pass at the train station and use for all modes of transportation around St. Moritz that day. I appreciate your help!
Posted by
Green Bay
20004 posts
Should be. That is the price shown at www.sbb.ch and I started at Celerina. It showed a short ride to St Moritz then change to Diavolezza.
Posted by
Bainbridge Island
3095 posts
Gornergrat is a train, not a cablecar, and it is indeed pricey--86 CHF for a roundtrip ticket.
http://www.gornergratbahn.ch/en/timetable_tickets/prices/Pages/default.aspx
Posted by
OP
7 posts
Thank you both for the info! The Gornergrat website is exactly what I needed. The cablecar to Diavolezza is 33chf so that will be the day we buy our tickets.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16893 posts
To reiterate the detail that Sam mentioned, a Swiss Travel Pass only offers full coverage as far as Zermatt. Mountain lifts and the Gornergrat train from there are discounted 50%. But one change to the flexi-pass version of the Swiss Travel Pass this year is that you only get those 50% discounts if you are either using one of your 4 counted travel days or if you buy the version of the pass with Half-Fare Card combined for $64 more. (With a consecutive-day version of the pass, all your days count equally during the activated travel period.)
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OP
7 posts
Thanks Laura - we saw that so that is why we decided to use it for the 50% discount as our 4th day for the Gornergrat train.