My family and I will be visiting Switzerland in the first 2 weeks of January and it will be our first time traveling.
This is our current itinerary:
Day 1 Arrive in Zurich and move to Pontresina
Day 2 Pontresina (Ski at St Moritz or Day trip somewhere)
Day 3 Pontresina and move to Luzern (Explore Luzern)
Day 4 Luzern (Day trip somewhere)
Day 5 Luzern and move to Zurich (Explore Zurich)
Day 6 Zurich (Day trip to somewhere)
Day 7 Zurich (Early evening flight back)
Some places we have in mind: (Just some random places we see on the internet)
Jungfraujoch
Grindelwald First mountain
Interlaken and Harder Kulm Viewpoint
Some questions I have:
1. There are some packages for day trips I see online (getyourguide.com), do you think it is worth it to purchase or is there a way we can save up on it?
2. What are some places you'd recommend us to go? There are too many for us to choose and we can't decide.
3. How does the Swiss Travel Pass work? (We are planning to get it)
4. I've been looking up Bernina Express/Glacier Express (to travel from Zurich to Pontresina, Pontresina to Luzern), and if I have the Swiss Travel Pass, how does the booking system work? If Bernina Express/Glacier is full booked, how else can we commute?
5. Are we allowed to hop off Bernina Express instead of my intended stop?
6. Do shops close early in general?
Thank you in advance :)