Anyone been to Switzerland?

I've spent a lot of time in Geneva. It's not really a tourist city, but the location is good for access to lots of cool places like Montreux and the Alps.

If you go to the Geneva and want to see the Alps, I would highly recommend taking the Alpebus to Chamonix and Mont Blanc. The Aiguille du Midi is the most amazing place I've ever been in my life.

We had a great time in Interlaken too. Went Canyoning, which was a blast. Only transited through Zurich and Bern, so not much to add. Had colleagues that loved Lucerne.

Switzerland in general is insanely expensive. Like $20 for a beer expensive in Geneva. Hotels are insane as well. Fair warning.

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Been to Lauterbrunnen / Wengen. Absolutely magical place.

As far as side trips, it’s depends if you rent a car. We had a car and Innsbruck, Austria was a nice stop over on our way to Munich. Lake Lucerne was a good spot to eat and break. The drive was legit.

Perhaps fly into Zurich and fly out of Munich.

Zurich>Interlaken>Innsbruck>Munich…if you are willing to drive.

Loved the Interlaken area. Lauterbrunnen is top 5 in my favorite places I've visited. If Interlaken is looking too expensive, an alternative is to stay in a small, quaint town on the lake called Spiez. It's only a 15 minute train ride from the center of Interlaken and is much cheaper than staying in Interlaken. We enjoyed visiting Thun for half a day also.

Here's Spiez:

Just went in November. Stayed three nights in Lucerne and three in Zurich, took the train to Engelberg and then the gondola up to Titlis. The views at the top of the mountain were incredible (it was also the only time in the week we saw the sun).

Lucerne was cool and I saw the surrounding mountains when we arrived but they disappeared within an hour behind clouds and never reappeared. Transportation museum was interesting and a pleasant surprise was Red Bull F1 section (if youre into auto racing) but the museum itself was cool too. Walked along the old city walls and through the old city, good stuff, I imagine the town is incredible in summer, I get why we had good deals, weather was ugly (not horribly cold just foggy/overcast/ugly).

Zurich was pretty cool too, The Swiss National Museum may be my favorite museum Ive ever been to, no exaggeration, considering cost (10 Swiss Francs) amount of exhibits, interactive nature of the exhibits, and overall interest. We also made chocolate molds at Lindt, that was fun too. Again weather was ugly, the last night there it cleared up, and en route to airport next am the sky was clear... literally clear for the first hour in the country and last couple hours (aside from Mt Titlis).

Both Zurich and Lucerne have nice walkable old towns, Ive read Bern is even more impressive but we ran out of time. Mt Titlis for your Alps adventure is highly recommended.

Ive been to Munich twice, both Lucerne and Zurich were more picturesque than Munich.

Don’t sleep on Lucerne. Day trip to Mount Pilatus, take the cable car to the top for some amazing views, including Lake Lucerne, which has shocking blue waters. See some cows grazing 3/4 of the way up. WTH? There’s a lot to see and experience that’s not slammed with tourists: Old Town, Chapel Bridge, The Lion Monument.

We stayed in a small village a few miles away, in a 100s years old hotel. A top travel memory for me, with my son. It was during the World Cup and Germany was playing. The only small bar in town moved outside on the cobblestone street. Beautiful night, raucous drunks cheering soccer, smoking a Cuban I had picked up in France, drinking German beer.