6 days in Lucerne, is it too much?

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arioste
arioste

Hello all,

I'm planning to stay 1 week in Lucerne (7 nights and 6 days), before heading to Lake Lake Maggiore where we'll stay for another week (travelling with a family, it is cheaper to rent a place for a full week). The idea is to both visit Lucerne and use it as a base for day trips (probably by car).

Is there enough to see and do in Lucern and around to justify staying there a full week? Or do we risk to have the impression that we're loosing our time there and had better spend some of our time in other places?

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neckervd
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The Lucerne area is in the center of Switzerland. If you want to visit only the places you can reach in 1 to 2 hrs (by car or public transport), you will be busy for several weeks. Some destinations (google for them):
Pilatus, Rigi, Kewenalp, Seelisberg, Stanserhorn, Engelberg-Titlis, Brienzer Rothorn, Natural Reserve Entlebuch, Lake Sarnen, Melchsee-Frutt, Swiss village Museum Ballenberg/Brienz, Lake Brienz, Aar Gorge and Reichenbach waterfalls, Gelmersee cablecar, Lake Brienz and Giessbach, Einsiedeln Monastery, Rapperswil SG, Lake Zurich, Andermatt-Gemsstock, Swiss National Museums at Schwyz, Seewen SO and Zurich, downtown Zurich, Basel, Solothurn, Bern, Affoltern im Emmental Cheese diary.........

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