10 days in Switzerland (and a bit of France): Travelog!

How should you spend 10 days in Switzerland? Well, we're definitely not Europe travel experts - having visited only once in the last 5 years - so we can't answer that question definitively, but perhaps our travel video will give you some ideas!


We flew in to Geneva, did a couple of day trips to nearby French lakes and mountains, then headed gradually to Zurich via the Zermatt and Jungfrau areas.

In Switzerland, we traveled mostly via the excellent Swiss rail, ferry, and gondola network - offsetting some of the high costs with the Half Fare Travelcard.

Anyway you can check out the breakdown of the places we visited in the video; Do let us know in the comments if you've got any questions and we'll try to answer them to the best of our ability!

📅 Detailed Itinerary 📅

Day 1: Tour of Geneva
✓ Lake Geneva / Jet d'Eau
✓ English Gardens and Flower Clock
✓ Geneva Old Town / Shopping Area
✓ Patek Philippe Museum
🍴: 🤤 Cafe Du Centre, 🤤 Auberge de Saviese

Day 2: DayTrip to France (Chamonix)
✓ Chamonix
✓ Aiguille du Midi
✓ Montenvers / Mer de Glace
🍴: 😒 Café de Paris Genève

Day 3: Day Trip to France (Annecy)
✓ Annecy Old Town
✓ Le Palais de I'lle
✓ Jardins de l'Europe
✓ Château d'Annecy
🍴: 🤤 Glacier des Alpes, 🤤 Restaurant MS Libellule, 😒 KFC

Day 4: Zermatt / Matterhorn
✓ 3½hr Train to Zermatt
✓ Gornergrat
✓ Partial Hike down to Zermatt
🍴: 🤤 Chez Max Julen

Day 5: Zermatt / Wengen
✓ Mountaineer's Cemetary
✓ Zermatt
✓ 3½hr Train to Wengen
🍴: 🤤 Da Sina Pizzeria

Day 6: Jungfraujoch
✓ Jungfraujoch
✓ Partial Hike down to Kleine Scheidegg
✓ Lauberhorn Crazy Golf
🍴: 🤤 Kleine Scheidegg Restaurant, 🤮 Pasta & More

Day 7: Day Trip to Bern
✓ Bern Federal Palace
✓ Bern Prison Tower
✓ Zytglogge Tower
✓ Einstein's House
✓ Bern Cathedral
✓ Bern Bear Park
🍴: 🤤 Metzgerstübli, 🤤 La Golosa Gelato, 🤤 Brasserie Chez Edy

Day 8: Männlichen and Grindelwald
✓ Männlichen Gondola & Royal Walk
✓ Summer Gemel (luge) to Grindelwald
✓ Grindelwald & Grindelwald Reformed Church
🍴: 😒 Eiger+ Cafe Lounge, 🤮 Jungfraublick Wengen

Day 9: Rigi Kaltbad
✓ 4½hr Train and Ferry to Rigi Kaltbad
✓ Mineralbad & Spa Rigi-Kaltbad
🍴: 😒 Rigistübli, 😒 Restaurant/Hotel Alpina

Day 10: Zurich & Home
✓ 2hr Train to Zurich
✓ Reformed Church
✓ Fraumünster Church
✓ Bahnhofstrasse
✓ Zurich Old City
🍴: 🤤 Crepes and Meat skewers in Zurich's Old City