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Zurich - Lauterbrunnen - Munich

Hi,

I will be arriving Zurich from Praha via the night train at 0905hrs on the 5th of April.

I plan to get to get a train to Interlaken via luzerne and then to Lauterbrunnen for a two days stay.

Then plan to take a train to Munich as my flight will be on 10th April, 1210hrs.

Is that possible?

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I hope you realize that most of the lifts and tourist infrastructure in the mountains are closed in April.

Posted by
7209 posts

Just because ski lifts are closed and some hotels have scaled back doesn't mean the town is a shut down ghost town. After all, there are actually people who "live" in these villages. The grocery stores, banks, and transportation to/from the villages can't be closed because the residents depend on them, too - not just tourists.

It's an astounding area to visit even if you don't plan on skiing or rigorous hiking.

Posted by
155 posts

Can anyone guide me, how do i grt a ticket or possible e-ticket for

Zurich to Interlaken

Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen

Lauterbrunnen to Munich hbf

Posted by
12040 posts

After all, there are actually people who "live" in these villages. The grocery stores, banks, and transportation to/from the villages can't be closed because the residents depend on them, too -

Been there in April. Except for one restaurant, everything in Mürren was closed. The lift from Gimmelwald to Mürren wasn't even operating. Not a single business was open in Gimmelwald. The residents who remained were mostly occupied with the tasks of preparing the pastures for grazing. And this involved fertilizing the ground with manure, sprayed through a power hose. The air smelled...um, quite ripe.

There was a little more activity in Lauterbrunnen, but not much. Interlaken was the only real center of life.

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8889 posts

movexz,
To actually answer your questions:
"Can anyone guide me, how do i grt a ticket or possible e-ticket for
Zurich to Interlaken
Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen to Munich hbf
"

For Zürich to Interlaken and Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen you don't need to buy a ticket in advance. Swiss rail tickets are fixed price, there is no discount for buying in advance. And all tickets are valid on any train on the date printed on the ticket. So you don't need to buy an E-ticket in advance, just buy a ticket from the manned ticket counter or from the ticket machine when you get to Zürich / Interlaken and get on the next train. All rail routes in Switzerland have at least one train per hour, often more.
Go to: www.sbb.ch for times and prices.

For the Lauterbrunnen to Munich trip you can buy tickets at www.sbb.ch Here there is a discount for advance purchase as German railways have different rules.

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7209 posts

Every single business was closed??? So all 3 of them ;-) Tom, most restaurants in Murren are located within hotels. Typically the hotels in Murren come with breakfast or half board so it's handy for them to have a small restaurant to serve meals. Did you check the restaurants at the Hotel Bellevue, The Eiger Guesthouse, The Alpenruh Hotel (one of my favorite restaurants).

There's hardly anything open in Gimmelwald on a "good day". Gimmelwald isn't the place to go for hotels and restaurants.

And as for the gondola from Murren to Gimmelwald being closed down...good thing that's the secondary route and not the major artery of transportation from Lauternrunnen which is Lauterbrunnen->Grutschalp->Winteregg->Murren.

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12040 posts

I repeat...almost everything was closed in Murren for the shoulder season and the air smelled like manure. When you're hungry enough, you tend to investigate things, like the availability of food and who can provide it.

For the three days I was in the region in April, it rained at least part of everyday, and the overcast skies meant that I could barely see the peaks. I'm just trying to help people avoid the mistake that I made. The Berner Oberland really is not a vacation wonderland in April. Several years living in Germany showed me again and again that the Alps in general are a very low yield place to spend your valuable vacation time and money in the early spring. I'm not saying don't go (well, I am, sort of), I'm saying that the shoulder season is nothing like the winter ski or summer hiking seasons. If you go, significantly downgrade your expectations.

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155 posts

I avoid Murren than, but just Lauterbrunnen and its surrounding. :)

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4853 posts

Once you're in Lauterbrunnen it's easy enough to ask locally and see if Murren is open for business. If not, the falls are running all the time and there's still a beautiful valley to enjoy.