Switzerland: A travellers paradise

Switzerland is traveller’s paradise Travel Plan:
Before planning your trip, check out how effective is the Switzerland Train pass.Day 1 : Luzern local site seeing

Day 2: Luzern cruise, Mount Rigi, Golden Pass Panaromic Train Interlaken Youth Hostel

Day 3: Train to Jungfraujoch,Jungfraujoch, Grindelwald YHA, Kase Fundo Dinner

Day 4: Scenic Train From Interlaken to Montreux , Montreux

Day 5: Interlaken, Interlaken Cruise

Day 6: Zurcih, Back to Heathrow
Miscellaneous:

1) Essentials for Jungfraujoch

2) Vocabulary for first time tourist in Switzerland

3) Luggage storage falcility in Switzerland Train stations
If I am not mistaken, every Indian bollywood fan has dreamt of making a trip to Switzerland. This is most filmed country by the Indian film Industry. It attracts a lot of tourists all over the world.

We had planned our visit to Switzerland during Easter holidays for 6 days. Since there was no tourist visa required for UK Residents on work permit.

We booked BA return flight from London Heathrow to Zurich. If you are planning to go to Switzerland during Easter or summer holidays, I will advise you to book your tickets in advance. Last minutes deals to most wanted destination are always costly.

There is budget airlines airport at Basel and you can catch flights to Basel from any of the UKs budget airlines airport.

Zurich

We reached Zurich at 5:30 pm. As usual we had booked room in Youth Hostel.
At the station, we figured out the next day’s plan and time table for train to Zurich Airport.
Then we took tram and reached the Hostel.

Zurich Bag packer Hostel:

There was only one hostel located in City centre of Zurich so we decided to opt for that.

I would recommend not staying in any hostel in metropolitan city. It’s difficult to get cheap, clean and safe place in heart of metropolitan city. It’s worth spending some more money and staying in a good hotel in outskirts of the city.

Zurich sight seeing:

We walked along streets of Zurich. We visited a church, wall and strolled along banks of the river. There was river cruise available, but we did not opted for it as we already had enjoyed two long cruises in Luzern and Interlaken.

Shopping in Zurich:

We bought some wine chocolates from local super market COOP.
On the Kaufman Street, I bought two perfumes bottles.
Last but not the least, we did a lot of window shopping on the Kaufmans Street.

Train to Zurich Airport:

We took a train at evening at Zurich airport. The journey to airport is about 15 minutes to half an hour. After check in we relaxed at the airport and then ultimately caught flight to London Heathrow.
For those who have visited many European cities, I would recommend to skip Zurich and make a short and sweet trip.

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