Below is our 2 week itinerary of visiting Switzerland, Rome and Salzburg, based on input from several in this great forum.
Need help planning what to do when in Wengen vs. Interlaken?
For train journeys, confirming below and have some queries. We are family of 4 with each carrying a suitcase. Hoping this is all doable? This is our first time and never travelled via trains in Europe.
1. Luzern to Wengen
will need to take 3 trains; take Luzern to Interlaken; Interlaken to Lauterbrunenn; Lauterbrunenn to Wengen
Interlaken to Florence
we will book 2 sets of separate tickets - Interlaken to Spiez and Speiz to Florence. Here are the train timings we got -
Interlaken Ost to Speiz - IC 61, 7:00 am-7:21 am, arriving in Spitz ;
Speiz to Florence - EC 51, 8:05 am-10:37 am, arriving in Milano; Frecciarossa 9525, 11:20-12:59, arriving in Florence
For Interlaken to Speiz, we will use the Swiss Travel Pass.
For Speiz to Florence, which website do we use to book? sbh nor trenitalia show it. We though see above trains through trainline.eu. Is this website good? And how do we use Swiss travel pass from Speiz to Florence until the Swiss border?Rome to Salzburg
We have the overnight train which we will book via nighjet.
6:58pm-6:15 at https://www.nightjet.com/en/Salzburg to Zurich
We have direct train which we will book through OEBB.
3:56-9:20 pm at https://tickets.oebb.at/en/ticket/offer
Day 1
Travel US to Zurich
Day 2
Reach Zurich in morning
Zurich airport Flughafen station to Lucerne -70 mins, by train
Lucerne, stay overnight
Day 3
Lucerne, ship ride to check fjords, Mt Pilatus, Mt Rigi
Leave for Wengen in evening
Stay overnight in Wengen
Day 4
Wengen
Day 5
Wengen
Day 6
Travel to Interlaken
Interlaken-Jungfrau, 2 hrs; lauterbrunnen-Staubbach falls, on way to Jungfrau
Stay overnight in Interlaken
Day 7
Travel to Florence
Stay overnight in Florence
Day 8
Pisa
Leave for Rome
Stay overnight in Rome
Day 9
Rome
Day 10
Rome
Day 11
Leave for Salzburg
Stay overnight in Salzburg
Day 12
Salzburg
Day 13
Salzburg-Zurich, via train
Stay overnight in Zurich
Day 14
Travel back to US