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Switzerland
DH and I are going to Switzerland for 10 days this summer with my parents. We plan on spending some time with them in Zurich and going to Zermatt with them for a few days (they honeymooned there and plan on spending quite a few days there; we'll probably only spend two days there). Any recommendations on what to do/ see while we're there? We're open to pretty much anything that won't cost us a ton. We can't wait!
Thanks!
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Swiss National Museum and the Kunsthaus (art museum). Take the Dolderbahn and swim at the pool up there. It's so gorgeous up there. Take the train up to the ?etliberg. It has great views of the city. Boat tour on the lake is great too. Lots of walking in the old town. Check out the three main churches!
We didn't go out to eat much when we lived there as things were expensive and we were saving money. But I can highly recommend this place! http://restaurant-le-rendez-vous.ch/ The prices are equal to what you see elsewhere in the city. But the presentation and service was fantastic!
Hope you have fun. I miss the place oddly enough and prefer it to Chicago. I see myself in 5 years moving back.
Oh the Tram Museum too! I found the trams really cool when I lived there. They have a small museum where you can get in and look around at the different antique trams.
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If you are going up into the Bernese Oberland, we stayed at Hotel Oberland in Lauterbrunnen. It was really nice, and we had a view of the tallest waterfall in Switzerland out our window. Stunning.
The town was a wonderful size and well situated for day trips to Jungfraujoch, Trummelfalle (a series of waterfalls in an interior canyon), the Schilthorn, etc. There are lovely walks around the valley and surrounding hills.
I liked the area around Interlaken. There are tons of small towns around there and lots of hiking, biking, etc. I really liked Thun. It's gorgeous! http://www.flickr.com/photos/musaedq8/6250044443/ and it was like 15 mins from Interlaken. From Interlaken you can visit Junfrau mountain (take the train up) which is very cool. And there is a smaller mountain that you can go up by gondola and then take a trotti bike (like a scooter crossed with a mountain bike) back down which is really fun.
I also LOVED the area around Vevey. They have a summer weekend market with wine tasting and there are vineyards you can hike through/to all around in the Lavaux area. http://www.flickr.com/photos/32426709@N00/977814291/
Interlaken was at the top of our list, so it sounds like that's the place to go! This is what our itinerary looks like so far:
Land in Zurich and head right to Zermatt with my parents
Spend 3 days in Zermatt with my parents
Head to Interlaken for 3 days (just DH and me)
Meet my parents in Lausanne for 2 days (they're already booked here)
Head to Zurich for 2 days then fly home with my parents
I looked into Lucerne, and we might sneak a day trip in while in Interlaken. I really wish we had more time!
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Personally stay in a village near Interlaken. Interlaken is just full of tour buses and a huge tourist trap. It has a Hooters... enough said. I could add even more about my opinion of what a trap the place is. Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald would be a lot nicer in my opinion.
Back when we lived in the mountains Thun was the closet "big" village to us. So it has a personal place in my heart as DH and I went there a lot. I like Bern and Luzern too.
From Zurich you could go to the city that's at the end of the lake called Rapperswil. It's really nice could easily be a day trip to just walk around at. Nice views too! You can take one of the S-Bahn (commuter trains) which is I think 1.5 hours or you can take the boat from Zurich Burkliplatz all the way to the near end of the lake. Which is 4.5 hour one way. We took the train there and the boat back.
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We did a road trip and stayed in Montreux for a day. We got a room with a balcony that over looked Lake Geneva and got room service and ate on the balcony. We also walked up and down part of the lake and went to see this castle:
http://www.chillon.ch/en/