Just finished booking our trip to Switzerland. This is my 4th time there since December 2017. Our daughter moved to Luzern.
Schedule:
May 1 - arrive in Zurich and spend the night (for reasons)
May 2 - 6 - Luzern, Hotel Des Alpes (Monday - Friday)
May 6 - 9 - Wengen, staying at a VRBO apartment with our daughter and her Swiss boyfriend
May 9-14 - back at Hotel Des Alpes (Monday - Saturday)
My husband and I will get Swiss passes so we can go have fun while our daughter has to go to work. My husband grew up going to Europe every few years to visit family in Italy, and what we like most in Europe is to balance a bit of great sites with just hanging out.
I'm looking for ideas for:
Wengen - 4 trips to Switzerland and I haven't made it to the Bernese Oberland yet. I find it all very confusing. I live in Vancouver and have spent a lot of time in Banff, and have also done some US Rockies, so the "mountain experience" isn't a big thing for us (I was in Zermatt in December and it was amazing). What do recommend for two 50-somethings, and two 20-somethings? (and one of them Swiss-- probably should ask him). Not sure what to do in Wengen, especially in mid-May when the weather is iffy (we were in Luzern the same time in 2019 and it snowed at lake level).
Ideas for day trips out of Luzern. My daughter says Luzern is two hours from almost everywhere in Switzerland. I'd love to go back to Lugano. My husband hasn't seen Montreaux or Bern, and I liked both of those. I think we'll revisit the spa on Mount Rigi. We've done St Gallen and Santis. We've done Stanserhorn, but not Pilatus. We've taken the boat to Brunnen. All of these were great.
I think we are looking at up to 6 days for trips out of Luzern. What are we missing? Thanks!