Will be arriving in Zurich on 8/29/26. Need to be in Freiberg by 9/2. Want to include Strasbourg. Will have a car. Like to hike view castles, medieval cities, museums. We are in our 60s, but very fit and active. Any suggestions for must see sites and where to stop along the way? Is it worth staying in Zurich for the first night?*
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
7592 posts
Is it worth staying in Zurich for the first night?*
Are you arriving after a long haul flight? If so, then spending a night in Zurich to overcome the ill effects of jet lag, before climbing into a strange car to travel unfamiliar roads would be prudent.
Posted by
Arctophilia (x26), Northamptonshire, England
37097 posts
which "Freiberg"?
Do you mean Freiberg am Neckar north of Stuttgart?
Or do you mean Freiburg im Breisgau - Freiburg with a "u"?
Or Fribourg, spelled slightly differently, in northwest Switzerland? Or Fribourg in France in the mountains between Nancy and Strasbourg?
It can be confusing with so many places so close and with very similar sounding names.
Posted by
Green Bay
23710 posts
Is it safe to assume you will be returning the car to Zurich for your flight home?
Posted by
585 posts
In daytime the drive from Zurich Airport to Freiburg im Breisgau is over 2 hours without stops - and can be a very nice drive if you are awake - use the German B500 route rather than the autobahn via Basel which, like so often, is currently (12:50 local time) screwed up! But there are places where you can and should stop for 30 minutes for coffee (at a bakery) and a quick look around, like Waldshut old town, just after crossing into Germany, about 50 minutes from airport. Then Titisee (another 50 minutes drive), good coffee stop at railway station, walk down to lake..
Staying in Zurich is expensive, especially if it's to sleep off jet lag.
Posted by
Wyckoff, NJ, USA
8795 posts
One possible route segment:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/switzerland/interesting-town-near-swiss-german-border
Posted by
Arctophilia (x26), Northamptonshire, England
37097 posts
Sorry Kathleen, you need a better journey planner.
I think, reading the OP word for word, the order is Zürich, Strasbourg, then whichever Freiberg. Kathleen is right. The measurement is Strasbourg to Freiburg im Breisgau (if that's what's meant, there is the Freiberg on the German border in France west of Strasbourg and northeast of Nancy). When squerfurth comes back - this is their first post - we'll know.