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looking for feedback on my 2 switzerland itinerary options :)

Hello! I am looking for help with my Switzerland itinerary!

Saturday, August 24, 2019 land at 830 AM- train to Lucerne, stay in Lucerne.

Sunday, August 25, 2019-lucerne, travel and stay in Grinenwald (or other town in that area)

Monday, August 26, 2019- stay in Grindenwald or other town in that area.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019- Grindenwald area- travel and stay in montreaux

Wednesday, August 28, 2019- montreaux (maybe gryyres)- stay in Montreaux or travel to Zermatt and stay there

Thursday, August 29, 2019- zermat

Friday, August 30, 2019- zermat

Saturday, August 31, 2019- Glacier express to st moritz. Over night st moritz

Sunday, September 01, 2019 Morning train to Zurich.

Monday, September 02, 2019 Fly home in the morning.

We are young and not afraid to do it all and have a lot of energy. Mostly interested in a nature/ hiking trip vs. cities (which is why basel, bern not on my planned itinerary). I am looking for feedback on any edits you would make as far of length of time in areas- is the hiking/ etc better in the grindewald area or Zermatt? Trying to decide if we should stay 2 nights in Montreaux (possibly want to visit gruyere as well??). also any suggested changes to order of cities you would make?

We will likely travel by train- but my boyfriend really wants to drive at some point too- so once we finalize the cities/nights we will determine what combo makes sense…

the other option we would have is staying an extra day in Montreaux and skipping the glacier express and doing the golden pass instead.. so Lucerne for 2 nights- to montreaux for 2 nights- to grindenwald for 2 nights to zermatt for 2 nights and back to zurich. would we be missing a lot by skipping glacier express if we did the golden pass? we wouldnt have much time to enjoy st moritz before heading to zurich. thanks in advance!

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Grindenwald

Do you mean Grindlewald or Gimmelwald? There is no Grindenwald to my knowledge. I'll assume you meant Grindlewald.

It looks like you have 9 nights. Here is my recommendation for a first-time visitor interested more in nature/hiking than cities:
5 nights in Wengen, Murren, Lauterbrunnen, or Gimmelwald
2 nights in Montreux
2 nights in Luzern

Skip Zermatt and St Moritz since the mountains around Wengen are better.
You can take a train from Luzern directly to the Zurich airport, so there's no need to spend a night in Zurich unless you want to.

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If you are interested in hiking, I suggest you keep your plans except for the Glacier Express train ride to St. Moritz. It is a long train ride and the scenery is not as good as what you will see and experience on you hikes in the Berner Oberland ( Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen area) and Zermatt. Add a night to Zermatt and head to Zurich from there.

We like the hiking around Zermatt every bit as much as the hiking at Mürren or Grindelwald, so I personally would not skip it.