Switzerland Grand Tour
Itinerary through Geneva, Montreux, Zermatt, Interlaken, Lucerne, St. Moritz, … (17 days), with day-by-day ideas, shared by a Voyageur traveler.
Switzerland · 17 days · 8 Stages
Geneva, Switzerland
Days 1–3
- Day 1 16:00: Old Town walk to St. Pierre Cathedral towers
- Day 2 10:00: CERN Science Gateway
- Day 2 16:30: Jet d’Eau and Bains des Pâquis
Montreux, Switzerland
Days 3–4
- Day 3 14:00: Château de Chillon
- Day 3 18:00: Lakeside promenade to the Freddie Mercury statue
Zermatt, Switzerland
Days 4–7
- Day 5 06:30: Gornergrat Railway at sunrise
- Day 5 11:00: 5-Seenweg lakes hike from Blauherd
- Day 6 09:30: Matterhorn Glacier Paradise
Interlaken, Switzerland
Days 7–10
- Day 8 08:05: Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe
- Day 9 10:00: Lake Brienz boat to Iseltwald and Giessbach Falls
- Day 9 19:00: Harder Kulm funicular at sunset
Lucerne, Switzerland
Days 10–12
- Day 10 15:00: Chapel Bridge and Old Town walk
- Day 11 09:00: Golden Round Trip to Mount Pilatus
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Days 12–14
- Day 12 16:00: Walk around Lake St. Moritz
- Day 13 10:00: Muottas Muragl and the Philosophers’ Path
Lugano, Switzerland
Days 14–16
- Day 15 09:30: Olive Trail from Castagnola to Gandria
- Day 15 17:00: Monte San Salvatore funicular
Zurich, Switzerland
Days 16–17
- Day 16 14:00: Old Town, Lindenhof and Grossmünster
- Day 16 16:30: Lindt Home of Chocolate