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Short trips over weekends

by yokuni91 24 May 2012

Hi there, I am residing in Zurich for 3 months for a summer work and will have time to roam around in the weekends. As I realize the…
RE: 5 day trip in June to Switzerland from London...need help in planning

by neckervd 04 April 2012

It sems to me that there are some contradictions in your post: "We plan to visit Switzerland for 5 days" "would mostly be trying to see…
RE: Swiss alps hikes - mid May

by neckervd 08 February 2012

Forget the huts: Swiss Alpine Club huts are at altitudes where you will still find snow in May. The canton of Valais is usually the dries…
RE: December 4th shopping

by neckervd 04 December 2011

Suchard is no longer a Swiss brand. The factory has been closed long ago and the brand was sold first to Jakobs Kaffee Bremen and then…
RE: Two weeks in Switzerland in January.

by neckervd 25 November 2011

In the 4 days, you may visit some places in the Swiss or French neighbourhood, like: Chillon castle: http://www.chillon.ch/en/ Gruyeres…
RE: Upcoming Trip in December

by neckervd 11 November 2011

The transfer by train from Zurich airport to Zurich main railway station takes 10 minutes. You will then have to change to one or more…
RE: Driving from Basel to Bern - nice route?

by neckervd 08 November 2011

In which season? In winter, there is often (but not always!) thick fog over the midlands (between Belchen Tunnel and Berne) whereas the…
RE: 5 nights in March

by neckervd 30 October 2011

Did you realize that Thun is less than 20 min by train from Berne? 5 trains every hour from 5.30am until after midnight. http://www.myswi…
RE: Suggestions for 2 free days in Switzerland

by neckervd 14 September 2011

I know, Bern is tiny, it counts only about 300.000 inhabitants (with suburbs), but it has a fine medieval centre (Unesco world heritage…
RE: Zurich Main Railway Station (Zurich HB) to Zurich Airport

by neckervd 02 May 2011

Where will you come from? May be your train will go to Zurich airport anyway. Trains arriving at Zurich towards 13.00 and coming from…
RE: Northern Italy - 4 nights

by a_p 17 April 2011

By the way you write dates (4/26 instead of 26/4 as we do in Europe) I suppose you're American. For you, our continent might look small…
RE: 3 weeks in Germany and Switzerland

by neckervd 15 March 2011

The distance between Stuttgart airport and Zurich airport is only 200 km. The areas more or less in between are the Black Forest, the…
RE: Will be in Nyon in July

by neckervd 27 February 2011

Signal de Bougy and Kinderzoo Rapperswil is only for kids. Some other ideas: LAKE GENEVA The whole Lake Geneva (Lac Leman in French…
Re: 10 DAY TRIP OF SeWITZERLAND

by Crwydryn 22 January 2011

I spent a month going around Switzerland a couple of years ago, I'm biased towards scenery and some moderate walking (I was recovering…
RE: 10 DAY TRIP OF SeWITZERLAND

by neckervd 22 January 2011

What do you want to visit: Historical museums, art museums, watch museums, transport museum, ethnographic museums, red cross museum, olympi…
Re: Tips for a small family traveling to Geneva end of January

by catecate 12 January 2011

Hello, I lived 5 years in Geneva and had a car for 3 year for work purposes, and traffic is seriously insane for such a small city. It…
RE: My Big European Adventure

by applepievn 16 December 2010

between Paris and Interlaken: Dijon or Lyon in France, or Basel or Bern in Switzerland. Bern is a beautiful town, closest to Interlaken…
RE: Please Help!! :)

by neckervd 10 December 2010

"historical sights, sights of natural beauty and also nature..": Cathedral and museums of Geneva Medieval village of Yvoire Swiss Natio…
RE: Switzerland in April

by neckervd 02 December 2010

Weather in the Alps is unpredictable all the year round. Temperatures in places like Geneva, Bern, Basel, Lucerne or Zurich may go up…
RE: One night in east Switzerland (winter)

by neckervd 02 December 2010

Swiss Pass: If you stay almost all the time in Geneva and want just to go from there to Gruyeres, Lucerne, Bern, Basel or so and back,…
RE: Day trips from Geneva in November

by neckervd 16 November 2010

Google for the following places: Gruyeres (medieval town center with castle, cheese diary)/Broc (Cailler chocolate factory) http://www.ca…
RE: Where to live if working in Geneva?

by neckervd 29 October 2010

Kerouac: I was born in Biel/Bienne (a completely bilingual town), I studied in Neuchatel and St. Gallen (the easternmost place in Switzeraln…
Switzerland - Travel in surrounding areas and countries

by ukwnstudent 16 September 2010

Sole female traveler on a student budget that is in the Vaud region with the next 10 weekends free for traveling. Within Switzerland itself…
RE: Switzerland in October???

by swissbee 15 September 2010

+I know it is always cold there+ It looks as if you really +know+ a lot about Switzerland... When you want to go to Switzerland depends…
Switzerland - Italy any suggestions??

by pmarion28 07 September 2010

Hello all! I’m a solo female traveler, travelling from Greece to Switzerland-Northern Italy for 8 days on the last week of Sept. As I…