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Hey guys,

I am planning to visit switzerland for 7 days. My plan for the trip is (I have my first two days booking at Zurich done; but the rest is pretty open):

2 nights days in Zurich : Plan to make day trips to Lucerne.

/ St. Moritz.

2 days in Zermatt

2 nights at Interlaken (or) 1 night at interlaken and 1 night at Geneva.

Basically, I wanted advise on four things:

  1. Which are the glaciers worth visiting on this plan? How to get there (I might be able to figure out how part.....but seriously which are big/beautiful ones)?
  2. I have my 3rd night free; and was thinking if it was worth going to St. Moritz and take the glacier express to Zermatt. I plan to take the swiss pass and wonder whether it was worth paying the additional money?
  3. My final two days is a split between being at interlaken or interlaken and Geneva. We are not interested in the cities; but have a flight to catch at noon that day from Geneva.

Thanks!

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Why don't you look into taking the Golden Pass Panoramic Express from Interlaken to Geneva? The train actually starts in Luzern so you could even take it from there.

http://www.goldenpass.ch/default.asp?Language=EN

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The most beautiful glaciers are around Zermatt. The longest glacier of Europe (Aletsch glacier) is not far away: less than 1 hr by train/bus/cableway from Brig.
As your trip ends at Geneva, you may also consider the glaciers around Chamonix Mont Blanc.
St. Moritz is close to the glaciers of the Bernina chain (smaller glacier area than Zermatt or Chamonix, however).
There are no glaciers along more than 80 per cent of the Galcier Express itinerary, but you will cross stunning alpine landscapes.

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/home.html
http://www.swisstravelsystem.ch/en/
http://www.zermatt.ch/en/index.cfm
http://www.engadin.stmoritz.ch/sommer/en/
http://www.ticino.ch/en/commons/details/Lugano-the-city-between-lake-and-mountains/93073.html
http://www.chamonix.com/welcome,0,en.html
http://www.rhb.ch/Video-Glacier-eng.784.0.html?&L=4
http://www.rhb.ch/Video-Bernina-eng.782.0.html?&L=4
http://www.rhb.ch/UNESCO-Clip-eng.1061.0.html?&L=4

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