My family of 4 including two older teenagers are flying into Venice on July 1st. We're spending 2 nights there and then 2 nights in Milan (spending two nights there to account for travel to city before and after), and then 2 nights in Lake Como/Bellagio area.
Then we will travel to Switzerland for 5 nights. We will fly out of Zurich on July 14. We are first timers to Italy and Switzerland.
We are interested in seeing the unique topography and beautiful views. No city life and no museums. We would like updated 4/5 star hotels with air conditioning. We are also meeting another family in Switzerland so that is complicating things.
Where do you suggest we visit in Switzerland for ease of travel coming from Italy and ending up in Zurich?
Is there a particular part of Lake Como that makes it easier to travel north as we have not booked that property yet?
I was initially thinking of taking the Bernina Express to St. Moritz.
Now I have switched to Grindelwald for 3 nights and Lucerne for 2 nights.
How do we get from Como to Grindelwald? We are open to other areas if the travel is too cumbersome.
Should we just do one night in Lucerne?
Thank you so much! So much information and hard to work through when you have never been to these areas.