we four sixty year old photographer friends(men) are planning a tour by rented car. We are reasonably physically fit.
Our tour is between 21st May 2015 to 3rd June.
ZurichAirport to Zurich Airport.
Places to be covered are Lucern, Lauterbrunnen, LAVAUX region, Ascona for Aletsch glacier, Bad Ragaz
We want to stay in hostels to save cost.
Please suggest us spots around these town where we can take cable car for taking walks for photography.
please also suggest names of cheap hostels. Is there facility of taking a Pass for cable cars and funicular?
Anand (India)
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Long Beach, California, USA
3398 posts
For the Lavaux vineyards I would suggest staying in Montreux. This is the website of the youth hostel in the town. For the Aletsch glacier you'll want to stay in Fiesch - here is the link to the youth hostel there.
I'll leave the question of the the passes to someone who is more of an expert. I hope that my two small suggestions get you started!
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Vernon, Canada
32350 posts
There's a Hostel in Lauterbrunnen or you could stay at the Mountain Hostel in Gimmelwald (Lauterbrunnen would be a better choice as it's more central). From there you can take the BLM Cable Car & mountain train to Mürren, or take the Post Bus to Stechelberg and then the four cable car segments to the Schilthorn. If you want to explore the other side of the valley (Wengen, Grindelwald, Kleine Scheidegg, Jungfraujoch), take the cog wheel train up from Lauterbrunnen.
It's difficult to suggest the "best" Pass for Switzerland, as there are many choices, and it would take some number crunching to get some idea. You may find it helpful to have a look at Rick's Switzerland Rail Pass info. There are also regional passes for the Berner Oberland and Jungfrau so it would take some time to determine which will be best for the specific sights you plan to visit. A Swiss half-fare card may be the best option.
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OP
Aurangabad, India
15 posts
thanks for the information. I have some more queries will post them soon.
anand
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Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
Ascona is nowhere near the Aletsch glacier.
Ascona is a town in Ticino (southern Switzerland), on a lake called "Lago Maggiore".
The nearest town to the Aletsch glacier is Brig, but you then have to take a cable car to a village higher in the mountains to see it, for example Riederalp or Bettmeralp.
See map here: http://map.schweizmobil.ch/?layers=&bgLayer=pk&scale=500000&X=644840&Y=144530&lang=en