5 day Private Tour of Central Switzerland including Luzern, Grindelwald & Zurich

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About this activity

This tour shows you simply a real mix of the best places to see in Central Switzerland. There is the perfect combination of cities, towns and villages such as Grindelwald, Luzern, Bern and Zurich and then a myriad of breath-taking natural places such as mountains, lakes, gorges, waterfalls to visit. Plus some typical Swiss food and drink experiences

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At a glance

Duration: 5 days
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–4
Guide: English
Operated by: Typically Swiss Tours

Ages: Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Lunch

Not included

Not included: Admission to places eg Waterfalls, Mountains, Museums. Some will be subsdised.

Itinerary

Day 1 · Zurich Airport Pick and drive to Luzern

Lucerne

5 hours

Day 1 Arrive Zurich Airport. Be picked up and drive to Luzern, check in and have a guided tour around Luzern taking in the Lion Monument, the Wooden Bridge, Lakeside and the Old Town and if time allows a drive to a local beauty spot offering views of Lake Luzern and the Swiss Alps.

Guests pay for own lunch and dinner

3 Star Hotel in Luzern

Day 2 · Day on Mt Pilatus

Pilatus Luzern

9 hours Admission not included

With your guide explore the Golden round trip to Mt Pilatus. Take the boat to Alpnachstad from Luzern and take the steepest cog wheel in Europe to Mt Pilatus at 2132m above sea level. Stroll around the summit, take some stunning pictures of the Alps, do the cave walk and have a bite to eat. Then using the larger cable car, travel down half way to Frakmuntegg where possibly try a mountain toboggan or even a rope park. Make your way down to Kriens in a gondola before heading back to Luzern to either a chocolate factory or a local beauty spot.

Guests pay for their own food.

Same 3 Star Hotel in Luzern

Day 3 · Day in the Bernese Oberland

Bernese Oberland

9 hours

Day in the Bernese Oberland. Be driven or take the train to Brunig where your driver will pick you up and take you to the steep sided Aare Gorge, then head to the Giessbach Falls, where you can walk under the falls themselves before having lunch at this charming old hotel. Take the Funicular down to the lakeside and catch the ferry to Brienz where your guide will pick you up and guide you through this lakeside village and meet some traditional woodcarvers. Journey through Interlaken and onto Lauterbrunnen to marvel at the 300m Staubbach Falls, before heading on to the Trummelbach Falls to see a waterfall within a mountain. If time permits we go head to Isenfluh and catch the Cable car to Sulwald for a drink and take in the breathtaking views of the Tiger, Monch and Jungfrau before checking into your hotel in Interlaken.

Guests pay for their own food and drink

3 Star Hotel in Interlaken

Day 4 · Choose your own guided activity in the Bernese Oberland

Grindelwald

9 hours

Several options - Let your guide help you plan one of several options - take a trip up Jungfrau or Schilthorn. Or alternatively have an easier day shopping in Interlaken or a trip to Grindelwald and Mt First. Alternatively a trip east to the Gelmerbahn and the Rhone Glacier or why not visit the Ballenberg village for a slice of how Switzerland used to be. The choice is yours.

Guests pay for food themselves

Same 3 Star hotel in Interlaken

Day 5 · Bern and Zurich

Bern

9 hours

Take in 2 famous cities in one day and drive to the Nations capital Bern and take a guided tour to the Rosegarden for stunning views over the city, the Cathedral, the Bear enclosure and the Parliament buildings. Have a quick bite to eat and drive onto Zurich, if time allows take in a Cheese dairy, possibly taking in the nations most beating heart and stroll along Bahnhof Strasse and do some window shopping and take in the Gross and Frauen Munster before heading into the old town for dinner before heading to you Airport Hotel.

Guests pay for their own food

3 Star hotel at Zurich Airport

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

Guests will inform pre Tour

End point

Guests will inform pre Tour

Pickup points

Hotel Ava
b-smart hotel Schonenwerd
Tailormade Hotel SIHLPARK Schindellegi
Kurhotel Im Park
Waldhotel Hohberg
Tailormade Hotel RUDEN Schaffhausen
Hotel Kronenhof
Hotel Sonne
Vienna House by Wyndham Zur Bleiche Schaffhausen
Hotel Park Villa
Landhaus Gasthof Buehl
Hotel Promenade

and 1,020 more pickup points

I will pick up travellers from their chose of pick up point and then start the tour from there and drop off where they want after the tour has been completed.