A Spectacular 10 Day Rail Itinerary In Switzerland & Liechtenstein

Hotels? Booked. Swiss Travel Pass? Purchased. Panoramic train reservations? Sorted months in advance. Llama trek and yurt stay? Check. Wait… what?

We have just returned from what we have both declared to be one of our best holidays yet. It was one we’d been putting off, not deliberately, but because Switzerland is somewhere you can’t really go off-the-cuff without budgeting or planning (at least, not the type of trip we wanted to do). With all my travel last year, not to mention the big Japan trip, somewhere expensive like Switzerland was out of the question. This year, however, we’ve barely even been abroad, and so we thought if we’re going to do a 10 day trip, it may as well be one we can save up for.

And after all my city breaks last year, I really wanted a holiday that would give us nature and scenery – something that Switzerland has an abundance of.

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I spent a lot of time planning this trip, coming up with our perfect itinerary that would also incorporate things like the panoramic trains, because we wanted to make the absolute most of our Swiss Travel Passes.

Most itineraries I read on blogs included a lot of Swiss cities. In all honesty, I had no interest in this for our trip. You’ll see a couple of cities on the itinerary but only really on the arrival and departure days – we mostly wanted to focus on the mountain regions of Switzerland.

With that said, I originally wanted to fly into Geneva and out of Zurich so that we could see both cities (and travel the length of the country!), but ultimately we chose Zurich for both flights due to the route we were doing, and nearby Lucerne was the final clincher.

So, without further ado, here is our full itinerary for Switzerland and neighbouring Liechtenstein, taking in the best scenery from Jungfrau to Zermatt, incredible panoramic trains through even more stunning scenery, and bookended with a couple of relaxing city days.

An overview of our 10 days in Switzerland and Liechtenstein:
📌 Day 1: Fly to Zurich, stay Lucerne
📌 Day 2: Lauterbrunnen and Wengen, stay Lauterbrunnen
📌 Day 3: Interlaken and Grindelwald, stay Lauterbrunnen
📌 Day 4: Gelmerbahn, Aareschlucht, Lake Brienz, stay Wilderswil
📌 Day 5: Zermatt
📌 Day 6: Glacier Express to Chur
📌 Day 7: Bernina Express to Tirano, regional train back to Chur
📌 Day 8: Liechtenstein
📌 Day 9: Liechtenstein
📌 Day 10: Zurich, fly home

Day 1: Fly Zurich, stay Lucerne

Our flight into Zurich had us out of the airport at lunchtime, and we hopped straight on a train bypassing Zurich altogether, direct to Lucerne.

Lucerne is a beautiful city, and it was the perfect setting for easing us in to Swiss culture and scenery. Mount Pilatus rose over the town, reminding us of what was to come. I had zero plans beyond seeing Chapel Bridge, but if we had time I wanted to jump on a boat through some of Lake Lucerne (also included in our Swiss Travel Pass).

As it happens, we arrived by 2pm, around half an hour ahead of schedule as we’d managed to get an earlier train, which gave us plenty of time to check in to our hostel and wander the small Old Town.

Within five minutes of leaving the station, we’d stumbled across Chapel Bridge. I say stumbled across as if it’s easy to miss. I think you’d have to try pretty hard to avoid it! It is absolutely stunning, and I took way too many photos of it over the course of the afternoon, evening and following morning.

We also went to check out the famous Lion of Lucerne, which on a map looks like it’s a bit out of the way, but actually Lucerne is so small that it doesn’t take long to get there. And wow! The lion was far bigger and more impressive than I expected. The detailing of the emotion on the lion’s face is something to behold.

And so it was that we’d seen the main attractions within the town itself – we did miss the city walls, which was probably an oversight on our part – and it left us with plenty of time to carry out my plans on Lake Lucerne.

I make that sound like we were setting out to take over the region, but no, even though I had “zero plans”, I had of course made a potential plan for the boat if we had time. By which I mean poring over the timetable and figuring out where we could stop and see something.

Enter: Weggis. If we hopped on the 16:12 boat, we’d get to Weggis at 16:53, and then be able to return to Lucerne at 17:49, getting us back in to Lucerne in time for dinner. This gave us a very reasonable amount of time out on the water, and also gave me time to find this viewpoint (story of my life):

What I didn’t even realise is that Weggis is the terminal for the gondola up Mount Rigi. This is one of the most popular things to do from Lucerne, but with all of our upcoming plans across Switzerland, we chose to skip both Rigi and Pilatus. Maybe next time!

We really, really liked Lucerne, and I’m glad we chose it as our main city stop.

Also, have to talk about our accommodation for a sec: it was in a PRISON.

My colleague recommended this place, and you know it’s right up my street! It’s technically a hostel but with lots of private rooms, so it doesn’t really feel like one. Anyway, it’s brilliant and the staff were so friendly and helpful.

Book the Barabas Hotel here!

Day 2: Lauterbrunnen & Wengen

After a quick night in Lucerne, it’s time to head to the mountains proper!

Lauterbrunnen was the #1 place on my list to visit in Switzerland, so we decided to book 3 nights there. Except that when I went to book six months in advance, the Monday night for some reason was completely sold out. Therefore on our third night we actually stayed in Wilderswil, five minutes outside of Interlaken. Yep, managed to book a whole weekend in Lauterbrunnen, but not a week night??

Our plans then went further awry when the weather was due to be awful from 3pm onwards. Sigh!

Anyway, let’s start from the beginning quickly because we didn’t take the train straight to Lauterbrunnen. It’s simple enough from Lucerne: just get a train to Interlaken (2 hours), then hop on the next one to Lauterbrunnen (20 minutes). We, however, were making a short detour on the way, and we ended up getting off at somewhere I’d never even heard of, Brünig Hasliberg, and jumping straight on a 151 bus towards Brienz. Mid-way, we stopped at the Trauffer shop!

You’ll see these wooden cows ALL OVER Switzerland, but this is the factory and so their shop has so many more options than you’ll ever find in the general souvenir shops. They also have an on-site museum and you can carve and paint your own cow!! We didn’t have time for this, but what a cool souvenir that would be! It’s definitely on the list for next time.

Anyway, after jumping back on the bus to Brienz and onto a train, we made it to Lauterbrunnen. And holy crap. It lived up to every expectation I’d ever had.

We managed to get a walk in which took us deeper into the valley before the rain hit. We decided not to go to Trummelbach falls as it costs 16CHF and we just had so many other things planned on the trip that we couldn’t justify spending money on everything, but it does have great reviews.

The main attraction in Lauterbrunnen is a waterfall anyway, Staubbachfall, which you could see for free!

IN FACT, we could see it from our balcony!

This was at Valley Hostel, which was a fantastic place to stay, and the cheapest accommodation of our trip.

We also stopped by a cheese vending machine – yes, a CHEESE vending machine! Stop the press!

In the afternoon, I had planned to take the train up to Wengen, spend some time wandering this lovely mountain village, and then hike down into Lauterbrunnen (just over an hour), but because of the rain, we had to put this off until the morning. So we had a decidedly more relaxed afternoon and evening before our next few busy days.

Read more: Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken & More: Three Incredible Days In The Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Day 3: Interlaken & Grindelwald

Our plan for day 2 in Jungfrau was to head to Grindelwald and go up to Grindelwald First, where I wanted to do the 2~ hour hike to Bachalpsee. Because of the rain the previous day, we walked down from Wengen into Lauterbrunnen first thing in the morning, and then discovered yet more rain was on its way… specifically only to Grindelwald.

Luckily, I had a back-up plan, as there’s plenty to do in the Jungfrau region. We avoided the rain and went up Harder Kulm instead, which overlooks Interlaken. This was brilliant, and with the Swiss Travel Pass it’s about 50% off, which made it 19CHF.

We were going to Grindelwald anyway, though, so after not really vibing with Interlaken as a whole, we headed to Grindelwald to grin and bear the rain. It actually stopped for a while, and we even managed to see the Eiger!

I had something exciting booked, which thankfully wasn’t weather-dependent. We were booked to eat fondue inside a gondola!

This fantastic experience is at the Hotel Belvedere Grindelwald, and it was absolutely brilliant.

The gondolas are booked out in 2-hour slots, so I went for 6pm. By the time we had finished, the gondolas were all lit up!

This was one of my highlights from the whole trip, so I highly recommend it as a unique Swiss experience.

Day 4: Interlaken area + Gelmerbahn ride!

Today we were going further afield, out past Meiringen to the steepest open funicular in Europe – the Gelmerbahn!

This was my most ambitious day due to the Gelmerbahn being a little tricky on public transport, but incredibly everything worked out even better than expected, and even felt fairly relaxed!

Now, your third day in this region could involve so many different areas. I was tempted to head back to Adelboden (my first ever trip abroad!) and explore Kandersteg and Oescheninsee. You could spend time around Lake Thun, or spend a fortune on the Jungfraujoch train up to the highest train station, or go up to Schynige Platte, or indeed go up any number of cable cars to places like Murren or Mannlichen for days-worth of hiking. You could go and make that cow at Trauffer. You could, if you’re into that sort of thing, go paragliding over Interlaken. You could (wait for it) take a steam train up a mountain and eat sausages cooked with the steam (yes, REALLY.) In short: this is the region of Switzerland I’d love to go back to, because there is so much to do!

Here’s everything we had planned for the day (i.e. none of the above), all of which we managed to do:
– Gelmerbahn booked for 11am
– Aareschlucht gorge walk around lunchtime
– Train back to Brienz
– Boat from Brienz to Giessbach, stop to see hotel & waterfall
– Boat from Giessbach to Interlaken

This was so meticulously planned that my notes have an entire list of 10 modes of transport and times for this day (including two trains and a bus just to get to the Gelmerbahn). But it’s Switzerland, and therefore it all ran very smoothly.

Sadly, the weather wasn’t on our side YET AGAIN for the Gelmerbahn, but it was still a really fun experience! If anything, it was creepier being lifted up at a 106% incline out of the mist. When we got to the top, it was bright sunshine – for all of five seconds. I kid you not, I took my camera out to get a photo of the lake and it came out like it was foggy, despite being clear to the eye. Within seconds, you couldn’t see it in real life any more, either! Spooky.

It meant we didn’t need much time up there, so we headed back down on the next one. What I wish I’d done was waited a bit longer and got the front row! Either way, it is really fun! Ash hates heights, and for the duration also hated me for booking him on it, but he said the way down wasn’t so bad. Whether that’s because we were sat at the back, or because we had a better view of where we were going, I don’t know. It’s certainly not for the faint-hearted, but it’s not *too* extreme either!

For what it’s worth – we visited on a Monday in early October, and there was some availability on the day. In fact, we were booked on one at 11am and we managed to get on the 10:12! We were then booked on the 11:36 descending but we could hop on any going back down.

We ended up well ahead of schedule, so we took the bus back to Innertkirchen where we could either walk or take the train to Aareschlucht Gorge.

The gorge costs 12CHF to walk through, and it is so worth it! It’s GORGE-ous! It takes 45 minutes to walk through the whole thing, so I allowed an hour for photos, but 45 mins is pretty accurate.

By the time we got to Brienz, we were a full two hours ahead of schedule, so we had time for a lovely wander along the waterfront and still managed to get an earlier boat towards Interlaken at 14:40. The full boat ride takes an hour and 15 mins, but we were getting off at the first stop: Giessbach.

I only discovered this recently and promptly added it to our itinerary in the hopes we’d have time. This was AMAZING. On the surface, it’s a fancy hotel. Beyond that – literally – there’s a massive waterfall. One of the best waterfalls I’ve ever seen. And if you go behind part of it, THIS is your view.

This place blew us away, and I’m really glad we had time to stop. There is a small funicular (one of the oldest in Europe!) from the boat up to the hotel, but I got a single ticket up (7CHF) and then walked back down to the shore which took around 15 minutes, and then we were back on the boat all the way to Interlaken.

Honestly, this day worked out so much better than I thought it would. Public transport in Switzerland is excellent, and even with the potential stops we didn’t rush at all.

Day 5: Zermatt

We were genuinely sad to leave the Jungfrau region behind, but very excited about what was coming up.

Next stop: Zermatt!

We had one night in Zermatt, so after a 2.5 hour journey, we needed to make the most of our day, and for once, the weather was on our side: BRIGHT SUNSHINE!

This can mean nothing when it comes to the Matterhorn, though. It’s common for it to be hidden within the only clouds in the sky.

My original plan to do the Five Lakes Trail was scuppered when I discovered that the Sunnegga cable car was stopping for the season a mere two days before our arrival. Stellisee, with its spectacular reflection of the Matterhorn, had been on my list ever since we’d decided to get down to Zermatt. However, there was an alternative, albeit much more expensive – which meant we’d only do it if the Matterhorn appeared.

Needless to say, we hopped right on it.

The Gornergrat railway is a whopping 66CHF each way, but mercifully with the Swiss Travel Pass it’s 50% off. We planned to then hike down to Riffelsee, and the further down that you hike, the less you need to pay to get back to Zermatt…! From Rotenboden (the station next to Riffelsee), for example, it was 28.50CHF with the pass.

Luckily, you don’t need to book, and you can buy tickets from any station, so when I asked about buying the return from Rotenboden, the guy told us to just buy it when we get there. “And besides,” he said, “you might decide you want to hike further down to a different station.”

Tip: sit on the right going up!

This was one of our absolute highlights of Switzerland. It was, genuinely, one of my favourite days of my entire life. The sun was shining, I met a lovely couple who I chatted with for ages as we took some of the best photos we’ve ever taken, and I got to hike in the Swiss Alps!

When we got back to Zermatt, we checked in to our hotel and… well, never mind the balcony view in Lauterbrunnen, THIS was the view from the bed!!!! Actually unreal!

We stayed at Le Mazot Zermatt which was fantastic, and even on the lower end of prices (160CHF) it was still the most expensive place we stayed in Switzerland. We did pay a little extra for the Matterhorn view room, though. Zermatt is expensive!

In the evening, we headed to Grampis for dinner, a lovely Italian place. I also had Whymper Stube and Restaurant Golden Lok on my list – the latter of which has a frigging golden Gornergrat carriage in the middle of it. So cool! Witch’eese fondue hut also looks great, but it’s very expensive and I feel like our fondue experience in Grindelwald was much better value.

Zermatt is a great resort town, but I don’t feel like you need a lot of time there unless you’re planning lots of hikes or want to maximise your chances of good weather. For us, I don’t think we could have got a more perfect day there.

Read more about Zermatt: A Day In Zermatt & A Million Photos Of The Matterhorn

Day 6: Glacier Express

We were booked on the 09:52 Glacier Express from Zermatt to Chur, which meant we had a leisurely morning to enjoy the view from our bed.

Or, because it’s me, get up early for sunrise to get to the viewpoint over town. This was WELL worth the effort!

What an incredible place. Yet it’s hard to be sad to leave when you’re about to embark on a bucket-list rail journey across one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

The Glacier Express, known as the slowest express train in the world, chugs along slowly out of Valais, through Andermatt, across the Oberalp pass, and over to Chur before heading south to St Moritz. The entire train journey takes about eight hours, which is a long time.

Because we were also doing the Bernina Express the following day which follows the same route from Chur as far as St Moritz, we split up the journey by getting off at Chur along with most other people. I will say that we were flagging a little by the time we pulled into Chur around 15:30, so the extra couple of hours may not have been as appreciated as they should have been. So I definitely think we made the right call!

Anyway, it’s an incredible journey. I felt like it really ramped up around Andermatt, with views in all directions as we rolled up the switchbacks to the Oberalp pass. But that’s not to downplay the rest, as it was constant mountain views the whole way.

Chur is Switzerland’s oldest city, which came as a surprise as you don’t hear much about it other than it being a main stop on the express train journeys. In all honesty, we didn’t find there was a lot there, but we did have two quirky things on our list.

Firstly: the HR Giger Bar. HR Giger designed many films but most famously he was behind the iconic artwork of Alien. There’s an entire museum in Gruyeres which looks amazing, and you can also visit this bar in his hometown of Chur.

IT. IS. SOOOO COOL! This was definitely the quirkiest thing we did in Switzerland.

I just wish it was in a more central part of town – it’s either a half hour walk, or a few minutes from Chur West train station (which we did) and then part of a shopping complex. It also has odd opening hours, and usually closes at 7pm.

Anyway, it meant we could visit another nearby quirky spot. This is one of the ONLY times I will ever recommend doing this… we went to McDonald’s for dinner. I felt like it was semi-acceptable in a very expensive country to find a cheaper option, but also…

IT IS IN A PYRAMID.

(The only other two McDonald’s I will ever talk about are the one inside a train carriage in Barstow, USA, and the one inside a PLANE in New Zealand. If you know of any other particularly cool ones, let me know…)

Day 7: Bernina Express

We were up bright and early for the Bernina Express train at 08:17. The Bernina Express, as above, follows the route of the Glacier Express as far as St Moritz (or rather just outside, as it bypasses the town itself) and then carries on to Tirano, across the border in Italy.

And so, we popped down to Italy for lunch!

The first thing that struck me about this route is that it’s very enclosed compared to the previous wide-open views we’d had on the Glacier. We’d catch glimpses of waterfalls and beautiful rivers, but by the time you tried to take a photo, it would all be obscured by trees.

(On that note, taking photos on either train is a pain! The rumours are true: the panoramic windows are pure reflection unless you have your lens right up to the glass. However, if there’s somewhere in particular you want photos of – there may be an open-able window opposite the toilet.)

Therefore it’s the perfect journey to sit back, relax and just enjoy the scenery in fits and bursts. We crossed the Landwasser viaduct, and while this gets all the attention, truthfully there were many other viaducts that were also spectacular.

It was once we got past St Moritz that it opened up and the scenery really went bananas.

We got incredible views of the Morteratsch glacier, and the views along Alp Grum were phenomenal. I was thrilled when we got to stop there for a few minutes to get off and take in the views – as well as proper photos!

And then, an unexpected highlight: the Brusio spiral viaduct. This is so cool!

We didn’t have a lot of time in Tirano, so we made a beeline for Restaurant Parravicini in Tirano (recommended by Barefoot in Jandals) and got a table downstairs in the cellar. This is a really nice restaurant, and looked like they had regulars which is always a good sign.

Walking back to the station, I grabbed an obligatory gelato, but other than that, there really wasn’t much to do. Like Chur, it’s more of a transit town. A lot of people will take a train onwards to Milan via Lake Como, and maybe if we weren’t going to Liechtenstein, we might have added this on at the end. It’s also possible to take a looooong bus transfer to Lugano and head back up to Zurich.

We hopped on a regional train back north at 3pm, with a couple of potential stops in mind. However, our plans had been changed because an activity we’d booked in Liechtenstein wasn’t available on the date we wanted, and we had to book it for the morning of arrival. That meant we had to change our accommodation the night before so we could get there in time.

Originally, we had booked a place in Celerina, just outside St Moritz. So our plan was to do a hike at Morteratsch to get better views of the receding glacier, and also see St Moritz. Instead, we had to re-shuffle and get back to a town just north of Chur – so in avoiding eight hours on the Glacier Express, we now instead had even more train time today!

Ultimately, we decided not to do any stops. This had the bonus of excellent lighting at the Landwasser viaduct, so I managed to get some epic photos out of the open windows – which, yes, you can open on regional trains, but only in certain carriages. Choose wisely!

This was a loooong day, but only because of our change of plans.

I’ve written a comparison between the trains, including the regional, with lots more info. Read it all here:
Glacier Express vs Bernina Express: Which Swiss Panoramic Train Is Better?

Day 8: Liechtenstein

We spent the next two days in Liechtenstein, and as above we had to change our plans a little. We were staying in a yurt on a llama farm, so the obvious thing to do was book a trek with the llamas for the following morning. Typically, the guys at Lama & Alpaki were going on their well-deserved holidays that weekend, so we couldn’t book it for the Saturday!

So we booked it on the Friday morning instead, which meant a reeeeeally early start.

With that in mind, I’d generally recommend arriving mid-morning, spending the rest of the day in Vaduz in some of the museums, and then on the second day, get out of Vaduz and do the llama trek in Triesenberg before exploring Malbun and Steg.

Obviously that is not what we did, so we started with the llama trek, which was an amazing and surreal introduction to Liechtenstein!

We finished up at almost 11.30am, and by the time we got back down to Vaduz, it was almost lunchtime. I’ll post a full Liechtenstein itinerary separately, but we had the Adventure Pass which gave us free access to all the museums. We went into the Liechtenstein Museum which is excellent, and includes the Treasure Chamber. We also went into the smaller but very interesting Post Museum which is free anyway.

Our stay in the yurt was fantastic, and I’ll be writing more about that too.

To get to Liechtenstein, you need to change transport at the border. Coming from Chur or Zurich, it’s best to take the train to Sargans and then catch a bus to Vaduz.

Day 9: Liechtenstein

We had a much more leisurely morning than the previous two, but we had plenty more planned in Liechtenstein.

We were heading up to the ski town of Malbun, and as the Sareis chair lift is included in the pass, I took that up to the top and then walked back down into the village. This was a perfect morning walk with views of Austria, and there are plenty of longer hikes you can do; Liechtenstein is a surprising hiking haven.

On the way back to Vaduz, we also stopped off in Steg, which really is a gem of Liechtenstein and somewhere I had read NOTHING about it. It’s home to the only lake in the country – and it’s tiny at that, but look at it!

We went to Seeblick Restaurant for lunch, which was excellent and one of the cheapest places we ate on the whole trip. I HIGHLY recommend the cheese spatzle, and Ash had some really good rosti.

Because our time in Liechtenstein was a little topsy-turvy, we spent some more time in Vaduz before saying goodbye and heading back to Switzerland. (I actually popped over to Switzerland from Vaduz too, along the old wooden bridge!)

I’ve written lots more about our time in Liechtenstein – read all about it here!

It’s just an hour and a half to Zurich; half an hour on a bus to Sargans, and then under an hour on the train to Zurich.

We grabbed dinner at the Raclette Factory (the one Swiss food we hadn’t had yet), and debated whether to go to one of the mad bars I’d written down. One was Edi’s Weinstube, a place packed with err, “interesting” artworks, and the other was Oepfelchammer, where you can try the challenge of hanging upside down from a wooden beam while drinking wine. While I wasn’t up for the challenge, I did want to see it in person, but unfortunately it’s upstairs and looks more like a restaurant, so I couldn’t even pop my head in.

(Another place I have found out about since, which I now really want to visit, is the “wine library” in the B2 Hotel – this is EXACTLY what it sounds like. Want walls and walls of books as a background for drinking wine? This is your place.)

Instead, we took a lovely walk to get our bearings and see some of the sights at night.

Day 10: Zurich, fly home

Our flight home wasn’t until 5pm, which gave us a good chunk of the day to wind down in Zurich.

Originally, my plan was to head across to St Gallen, as the abbey looks absolutely stunning and normally costs 18CHF – but free with our Swiss Travel Passes, along with, of course, the trains there and back. There would have been plenty of time for this, but after several busy days with loads of train travel, we decided to just stick to Zurich.

Instead, we went to the Lindt factory in the morning. If we’d planned this for definite, I would have booked us on a tour as it’s meant to be excellent! As it happens, they had some availability, but unfortunately only one space left on the next tour and then nothing for another hour, so we still didn’t get to do it. But if you’re not set on doing it, it’s worth turning up. We were there on a Sunday, and the weekends tend to be much more popular and book out weeks in advance, so I was surprised they had any availability!

Anyway, we were happy just going into the comprehensive shop, and seeing the giant chocolate fountain in the lobby. Lindt is the best chocolate in the world!

Just FYI – the regular Lindt you can get back home is way more expensive here (the boxes you get in Tesco for a fiver were about 12CHF!!). It’s best for trying new flavours from the pick n’ mix (my favourites were tiramisu and cheesecake!) and getting unique bars or boxes. It’s also CHEAPER than duty-free at the airport.

Afterwards, we wandered the Old Town of Zurich, which was far prettier than I expected. I’ve got to be honest though: we were bored within a couple of hours, because once again, it was Sunday, and almost everything was shut. (We experienced the same thing in Basel, so we knew this would be the case!) If you want museums or art galleries, it would be easy to fill a whole day.

Like I said: we would have had plenty of time to get to St Gallen for that spectacular abbey.

Anyway, it was a nice wind-down day to end the trip, and I’m glad we got to explore Zurich.

Is the Swiss Travel Pass worth it?

Every blog post I read simply said “it depends what you’re doing”. Which is correct, because if you’re travelling by rail through several European countries, it’s worth getting an Interrail pass. If you’re sticking to one region of Switzerland, you may be able to get a regional pass.

For what we were doing? ABSOLUTELY worth it!

As well as all the many, many, many rail journeys we did, we also used the pass for two boats, several buses, and lots of discounts like 50% off the Gornergrat railway and the Harder Kulm funicular.

It also includes a ton of museums and attractions, so it’s even more worth it if you’re planning a few of those. And the fact it includes the panoramic trains is an instant win, although it’s worth bearing in mind you still have to pay for the seat reservations.

I’m not gonna lie: this trip was a LOT to organise. Almost as much as Japan! Certainly more hotels, and more travel between places. We had to book seat reservations for both panoramic trains, and the Gelmerbahn, and the llama trek, and the gondola fondue. It was a lot to keep track of, and, perhaps most importantly, a lot of research to ensure that everything was actually possible.

But as you can see, it was totally worth the effort! We had an incredible trip, and hopefully this post gives you some inspiration if you’re planning a trip to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Read all about our trip to Switzerland & Liechtenstein here:
⭐ Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken & More: Three Incredible Days In The Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
⭐ A Day In Zermatt & A Million Photos Of The Matterhorn
⭐ Glacier Express vs Bernina Express: Which Swiss Panoramic Train Is Better?
⭐ How To Spend Two Days In Liechtenstein – And Is The Adventure Pass Worth It?