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BEST FORCouples, families & groupsTRIP PACETwo moves in seven daysHOTELS3-star, central in all threePEAKSTitlis + Grindelwald First
7D/6N1Night inZurich2Nights inLucerne3Nights inInterlaken2Summits3,020m and 2,168m1Departure fromZurich

Overview

A 7-day budget Switzerland tour package from India for people who want the mountains in the price and are happy to walk the towns for free - one night in Zurich on arrival, two in Lucerne and three in Interlaken, all on central 3-star hotels with a Swiss Half Fare Card. Best from May to September, when both summit lifts are on their full schedule.

This is the cheapest week we sell, and it is built that way on purpose. Two summits are included and paid for: Mt Titlis at 3,020m with the rotating cable car and the glacier cave, and Grindelwald First at 2,168m with the Cliff Walk. Everything else on the itinerary is free: the Lindenhof in Zurich, the Chapel Bridge and the Musegg Wall towers in Lucerne, the Hohematte in Interlaken, and the Staubbach Falls and the valley walk in Lauterbrunnen. The paid extras are listed with their prices on the Activities tab instead of being folded into the headline, and your rail card keeps them at half price if you decide to add one.

Key features of this package

6 Nights / 7 Days

Three bases, two moves

3-Star Hotels

Central in every city

Breakfast Daily

No dinners included

Swiss Half Fare Card

Extras stay half price

Two Peaks

Titlis + Grindelwald First

GST Included

The price is the price
Day by day

Mid-range itinerary

Explore your journey day by day, with every stay, transfer and experience clearly planned.

zurich

Arrival: The train station sits directly beneath Zurich Airport arrivals — ten minutes to the city and no transfer to wait for.

Check-in: One night in a central Zurich 3-star. Starting here means you sleep off the flight instead of spending it on a train.

Evening: The Niederdorf lanes on the east bank, then the lake promenade at Burkliplatz. Also free.

Afternoon: The Lindenhof, a flat terrace on the hill in the middle of the old town that gives you the whole thing in one view. Free, and almost nobody goes up.

Why Zurich first: You sleep off the flight in a city rather than arriving in the mountains tired, and the last three nights stay settled in Interlaken.

STAYZurich
TRANSFER10 min rail
TICKETIncluded
Luzern, Switzerland

Evening: The lakefront promenade past the Bahnhofsteg footbridge. A lake cruise is on the add-on list if you want to get out on the water.

Morning rail: Direct train to Lucerne, about an hour, roughly hourly through the day.

Afternoon: The Chapel Bridge, the oldest surviving wooden covered bridge in Europe, and the Lion Monument ten minutes away. Both free.

The best free view in Lucerne: The Musegg Wall towers. Four of the nine are open in season and you can climb them for nothing - the view over the old roofs is better than anything you would pay for.

STAYLucerne
MEALSBreakfast
RAIL1 hr direct
SIGHTSFree
Mt Titlis swiss

Getting there: Train to Engelberg, about forty-five minutes, then three lift stages up Mt Titlis - finishing on the Rotair, the first rotating cable car built anywhere, which turns a full circle as it crosses the glacier.

At 3,020m: The Glacier Cave cut ten metres into the ice, the Cliff Walk suspension bridge at 3,041m, and snow on the ground in August. Included.

Ice Flyer: An open chairlift out over the glacier crevasses with nothing under your feet. Part of the same ticket, and the best thing up there.

Afternoon: Back down through Engelberg. The Benedictine monastery and the village cheese dairy are both free if you have time before the train.

STAYLucerne
MEALSBreakfast
SUMMIT3,020m
STATUSIncluded
Harder Kulm Switzerland

Check-in: Three nights in Interlaken, the longest stay of the trip, walking distance from Interlaken Ost.

Evening: Unterseen, the quiet old quarter across the river, and the Lake Thun shore beyond it. Both free. The Harder Kulm funicular is on the add-on list if you want the high viewpoint.

Scenic rail: The Luzern-Interlaken Express over the Brunig Pass, with Lake Lungern below it. Two hours, no reservation, no supplement - a named scenic route that happens to be the ordinary way between your two bases.

Afternoon: The Hohematte, a protected meadow kept clear of buildings in the middle of town so the Jungfrau stays in view. Paragliders land on it through the afternoon. Free.

STAYInterlaken
MEALSBreakfast
RAIL2 hrs scenic
SIGHTSFree

Why this route works

The towns cost nothing, so the budget goes on the mountains

Zurich's Lindenhof, Lucerne's Chapel Bridge, Lion Monument and Musegg Wall towers, Interlaken's Hohematte and Unterseen, Staubbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen - every one of those is free to walk into. That is four of the seven days covered without a ticket, which is how the two summit days stay inside a budget price.

The card keeps working after we are done with it

The Swiss Half Fare Card is valid a month, not just for the tickets we have bought with it. Anything you add while you are there - Harder Kulm, a lake cruise, Truemmelbach, another summit - is half price too. On a budget trip that is worth more than one more thing bundled into the headline.

Zurich first, not last

One night in Zurich on arrival means you sleep off the flight in a city instead of pushing straight into the mountains, and the last three nights are settled in Interlaken. It also means the departure leg is a single train from Interlaken with no mountain village to get out of.

Inclusions & exclusions

Compare what is included and excluded side by side.

  • 6 nights in central 3-star hotels - 1 in Zurich, 2 in Lucerne, 3 in Interlaken
  • Daily breakfast at the hotel, all six mornings
  • Swiss Half Fare Card, valid one month, per person
  • International flights
  • All lunches and dinners - no dinner is included in this package
  • Harder Kulm, the Lake Lucerne cruise and Truemmelbach Falls, all listed as add-ons with their prices

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Three reasons, and none of them is a hidden cut. Hotels are central 3-star rather than 4-star. Only two things are ticketed - Mt Titlis and Grindelwald First - and the other four days run on sights that are free to walk into. And the extras that used to be bundled in, like Harder Kulm and a lake cruise, are now on a list with their prices so you only pay for the ones you want. You get the cheapest way we sell a 3,020m glacier summit, plus a rail card that halves the price of anything you add.

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