Hi Folks!
I have traveled extensively throughout Europe .. but never in Switzerland, and quite frankly, I really do not know enough to come up with an itinerary that would suit my Wife and I. Here are some thoughts I have:
- Thinking of flying in to Geneva, and taking train to Lausanne.
- Thoughts are first number of days utilize train for Lausanne, perhaps Bern. Pick up car in Bern (I assume we can rent a car in Bern - of course, I have not researched this as of yet)
- Thinking of road trip around Lauterbrunnen area - where else with a car?
- we thought we can possibly end trip and fly out of Zurich back home.
- We think 12 nights in all. We typically prefer to base somewhere on our travels and emerge ourselves - but this trip will be different as we really want to drive around and see the beautiful Alps.
- Thinking September timeframe
I have started to do research but not finding anything so far that helps. My thoughts are to initially plan out areas to see (train first? then car?), how many days in each area, etc. Then we can fine tune what we want to see in each.
We are both early 60's, perhaps do some light hiking, but mostly want to experience the beuaty. Food is always a priority, but we can figure that out after we figure where to go.
Any thoughts on good itinerary's for this are of Switzerland? We had initilaly wanted to continue into Germany from the area to black forest area (Wife's Family roots form there and Bavaria), but thinking 12 nights not enough time.
Any suggestions would be helpful. My concerns are Tourist crowds (Lauterbrunnen?) and time of year. I am hopeful September is after some of the crowds, but still within good weather (we are very flexible on dates, so can be early or late September).
Thanks,
Glenn