Airfare
Carrier
From
To
Time
$
BOS
ZRH
18:30-07:50=7:20
967 Fall '03
406 April '04
What to do with three weeks
0 BOS - LHR (7:00)  BOS - ZRH 
1
Eurostar to Paris (3:00)
Gare-de-Lyon => Interlaken (6:30)
2 Jungfrau Vicinity
3 Zermatt (3:00)
4 Pilatus (1:54)
5 Rigi (3:00)
6 Titlis (2:42)
7 Geneva (2:46)
8 Chur (4:00) New Base
9
10
11
12
13 ____ to Paris
Eurostar to London (3:00)
14 LHR - BOS (7:00) ZRH - BOS

Other travel options

from http://money.cnn.com/markets/currencies/europe.html
 
Euro
Swiss Franc
Pound
2003-02-25
$1.07
$0.73
$1.57
2003-12-26
$1.24
$0.80
$1.77

EURAIL SAVERPASS 1st Class Adult, The Eurail Saverpass is a consecutive day pass for a group of travelers. Travelers must travel together at all times with this pass. Prices are per person. 15 days $498


Swiss SaverPass 1st Class, Allows travel in Switzerland for 2-5 people traveling together. Prices are per person. Consecutive Days, 4 days = $208, 8 days = $289, 15 days = $349
Transport


raileurope.com
 
Days
1 Person
2+
8 Anytime
$424
  
15 Consecutive
$410
$349
22 Consecutive
$475
$404

Swiss Rail Timetables

How to travel between two stations
 http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/en
PDF of all trains running between two stations
 http://timetable.sbb.ch/bin/04/query-p2w.exe/en?
Show all trains departing a specified station
http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/bhftafel.exe/en?
Electronic Timetable
fax 011 41 71 274 66 67

 

Post busses
Funiculars

Rail map of SwitzerlandRail map of France Rail map of Austria

Train and Boat links
Many swiss railway companies


Pictures of Switzerland
What passes do: ricksteves.com
Map of Switzerland
Switzerland in Sight
About.ch
http://wetter.ch/

Washington Post Historical Berne Data

WalkingSwitzerland.com
swisstopo.ch Maps

BRN - Berne, GVA - Geneva, ZRH - Zurich  It's an extra $200 to fly directly to ZRH as opposed to LHR
137 Miles North to South
216 Miles East to West
126 miles square

Lodging
bnb.ch
bbswitzerland.ch
ivillage.bbchannel.com

http://www.ambassador-brig.ch/neu_e_default.htm

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An Interlaken B&B
 
 

City Tourist Links

Interlaken Gimmelwald Geneva Zermatt
Other people's trips
twenj.com http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/swiss4/

Heritage Lines+

 
What
Link
Where
When
Dur
Miles
1) La Traction
la-traction.ch (english)
cj-transports.ch
16 Mi NW Bern
Various
  
47+
2) Vapeur Val-de-Travers
vvt.ch (english)
30 Mi N of Lausanne
Some Weekends
  
20~
3) Pont-Brassus
Vallée de Joux
20 Mi NW of Lausanne
Daily
  
8
4) Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher Bahn
leb.ch
Lausanne
Daily
  
14
5) Blonay-Chamby
Blonay-Chamby.ch
Just North of Montreax
Weekends+
  
2
6) Swiss Vapeur Parc
swissvapeur.ch
17 Mi SW of Lausanne
Daily
  
1
7) BLS Lötschbergbahn
bls.ch (english)
8 Mi SW of Lnterlaken
Daily
  
 
8) Brienz Rothorn Bahn
Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn.ch (english)
11 Mi NE of Interlaken
Daily
  
5
9) Ballenberg-Dampfbahn
Dampfbahnen.ch
Interlaken
Some Sundays
  
28
10) Furka Bergstrecke
furka-bergstrecke.ch (english)
31 Mi E of Interlaken
 Fri, Sat, Sun
  
8~ 
11a) Rigi Vitznau
rigi.ch (english)
13 Mi E of Luzern
Daily
  
 
11b) Rigi Weggis Tram
"
"
"
  
 0.6
11c) Rigi Arth
"
"
"
  
 
12) Stanserhorn-Bahnen
stanserhorn.ch
9 Mi S of Luzern
Daily
  
1
14) Sursee-Triengen-Bahn
dampfzug.ch
11 Mi NW of Luzern
Various
  
5.5
15) Dampfbahn Bern
dbb.ch
Bern
Few Sundays
  
 
16) Regionalverkehr
Regionalverkehr.ch
7 Mi NE of Bern
Daily
  
27
17) Oensingen-Balsthal Bahn
oebb.ch
24 Mi NE of Bern
Daily
  
2.5
18) Waldenburgerbahn
funet.fi/...Waldenburgerbahn
8 Mi SW of Basel
Daily
  
8
19) Schinznacher Baumschulbahn
schbb.ch (english)
16 Mi W of Zurich
Weekends
  
1.5
20) Zürcher Museums-Bahn
museumsbahn.ch
Zurich
Some Sundays
  
11.5
21) Verein Zürcher Oberland
dvzo.ch
16 Mi E of Zurich
Some Sundays
  
 7.5
22) Bodensee-Toggenburg
suedostbahn.ch
30 Mi E of Zurich
 
  
 
23) Appenzeller Bahnen
appenzellerbahnen.ch
35 Mi E of Zurich
Daily
  
 
24) Rorschach-Heiden-Bergbahn
ar-bergbahnen.ch
47 Mi E of Zurich
Daily
  
4.5
25) Rhätische Bahn
rhb.ch(english)
7 Mi NE of St Moritz
Daily
  
d/c
26) Ferrovia Mesolcinse
seft-fm.ch/retrospettiva.htm
66 Mi SE of Interlaken
Some Sundays
  
9
27) Swiss Club San Gottardo
 
8 Mi NW of Como, It
Alt Sundays
 
6
Glacier Express
glacierexpress.ch (english)
bvz.ch (english)
fo-bahn.ch (english)
rhb.ch (english)
mgbahn.ch (english)
Zermatt - St Moritz
4x June 16+
7:30
182!
JungFrauJoch
jungfraubahn.ch (english)
Interlaken
Often
 
12~
Bernina Express
.../bernina_express.htm
rhb.ch (english)
Chur - Tirano, IT
Daily
 4:20
82
Chocolate Train
.../chocolate_train.htm
 Montreux - Gruyeres
 Daily
 
 12
 Golden Pass (3 legs)
goldenpass.ch (english)
bruenig.ch (english)
Luzern - Interlaken  - Montreux
 twice+ daily
 
163!
 William Tell Express
.../william_tell.htm
lakelucerne.ch (english soon)
Luzern -  Logano
Daily 
 
120 
Heidi Express
.../hex_e.html
Landquart - Tirano, IT
Daily
 
80~
Arosa Express
.../aex_e.html
Chur - Arosa
Hourly
 
10~
Engadin Star
.../engadinstar_e.html
Landquart - St Moritz
Daily
 
44~
Pilatus Railways (World's Steepest)
(Boats, Trams also)
pilatus.com (english)
Lucerne - Pilatus
Hourly
T1:00
B1:30
4~
Centovalli
centovalli.ch (english)
Locarno - Domodosolla, IT
Several
1:40
25~
Zermatt-Schwarzsee-Klein Matterhorn (trams)
Zermatt-Sunnegga-Rothorn (trams)
Zermatt-Gornergrat (train)
bergbahnen.zermatt.ch (english)
rothorn.com (english)
bvz.ch (english)
Zermatt
Tons
Tons:June 16+
Tons
fast
fast
0:42
0
0
5~
Mulenen - Niesen Kulm (funicular)
niesen.ch
9 Mi SW Interlaken
1/2 Hourly
0:28
1~
           
Rail rider
.../railrider_e.html
Preda - Filisur
3x Weekends
 
6~
 Voralpen
voralpen-express.ch/
 Luzern - Romanshorn
Hourly 
 
80~
           
pot-pouri
.../dampf_e.html
St Moritz vic
Various
  
 

More English links to peruse

Link
Why
montegeneroso.ch/train/h_english/train_en.htm
Summit near Lugano
schilthorn.ch/index_e.kis
Revolving Restaurant, 007
cardada.ch/benve_e.htm
Resort
 esthersguesthouse.ch/english/framepage.htm
 B&B near Jungfrau
twenj.com
Travel w/Ed & Julie 
geneva.ch/CGN.htm
Lake Geneva Cruises
titlis.ch  Mt Titlis (revolving tram)
 Pilatus, Rigi, Titlis  good descriptions
int.myswitzerland.com several must see summits 
Funiculars
Harder Interlaken  N46.69179 E7.86397
Heimwehfluh Interlaken N46.67739 E7.85141
Lauterbrunnen Murren Lauterbrunnen N46.59872 E7.90708
Murren Allmendhubel Murren N46.56032 E7.89308
Niesen (greatest rise) Mulenen N46.63926 E7.69082
Reichenbachfallbahn Meiringen N46.71790 E8.17046
Thunnersee Beatenberg Bahn Beatenberg N46.68571 E7.74708
Gelmerbahn (110% slope!) Handegg N46.61203 E8.30815
Erlenbahn Handegg N46.61195 E8.30742
Funicular le Chatelard Les Jeurs N46.06018 E6.95761
Metro Alpin (looks impressive) Saas Fee N46.10914 E7.92516
Sierre Montana Crans Sierre N46.30575 E7.50824
Zermatt Sunnegga Berg Zermatt N46.02435 E7.75223
Austria
Austria