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Lucerne and Interlaken with Golden Pass
5 days tour including Interlaken and the Jungfraujoch, Golden Pass Panoramic, Lucerne and Pilatus.
Suggested transportation pass: Swiss Card  
Suggested vendor: raileurope.com or swisstravelsystem.com
 

Day 1 Lucerne / Luzern
Arrive swiss airport or border.
Buy a Swiss Card on line or at the airport train station.

Travel to Lucerne by train. Seat reservation is not necessary.
(sbb timetable).
Book a Lucerne Hotel through this link: switzerlandhotels.ch
Arrive Lucerne and transfer to your hotel on your own (Taxi, walking or public bus).

Day 2 Lucerne / Luzern
This morning you will visit Mount Pilatus.
Take bus No 1 to Kriens station Linde. From there you walk up hill, pass a little church, keep up hill and after ten minutes you reach the Pilatus Mountain railway station.
Buy a ticket at 50 % reduction (Swiss Card), or 25 % (Swiss Pass). Travel by Cable Car up to Pilatus Kulm. Enjoy a wonderful panorama of Central Switzerland. You may want to go for a walk on the marked routes. Take your way down to Alpnach with the steepest mountain railway of the world!
From Alpnach to Lucerne you travel by boat on Lake Lucerne.
Find the schedule on this link: lakelucerne.ch

Afterwards you may consider visiting the Rosengart Collection or the Swiss Traffic Museum or have a tour of Lucerne on your own.

Day 3 Interlaken
Travel from Lucerne to Interlaken Ost by Golden Pass Panoramic train. Seat Reservation for the 1st class Panoramic Waggon is a must. For standard 2nd class travel Seat Reservation is not mandatory but recommend during high season.
Reserve your seat at the same time when you buy your Swiss Card or reserve your seat through the site of goldenpass.ch

Book a Hotel in Interlaken through this link: switzerlandhotels.ch

Arrive Interlaken Ost and find your way to your hotel.
In the afternoon you may want to go on an Excursion to see the Trümmelbach Falls or visit the Mystery Park.

Day 4 Interlaken
Full day Jungfrau - Top of Europe and Grindelwald.
Cost savers will choose the good morning ticket to reach Jungfraujoch. This ticket is only available for the train departing Interlaken Ost at: 06:35 and 07:35.
Take the railway and rack railway from Interlaken Ost to Jungfraujoch via Grindelwald. Arriving at Jungfraujoch you will enjoy a breathtaking view over the alps and you will understand why the Aletsch Glacier has been declared an UNESCO World Heritage. Hikers among you will hike down from Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald. After a stop in Grindelwald you continue by rail down the valley to Interlaken.

Day 5 Departure
Train transfer Interlaken Ost - Airport or swiss border.
Seat reservation is not necessary (sbb timetable).

 
      
      
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