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Switzerland?

  • 12-01-2008 5:50pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭


    MY gf is going there soon for about 5 days, flying into Zurich airport. I don't know too much about the country tbh :confused:. So was wondering if any people here have much experience there and can give me a few quick pointers of the must see/do attractions around Switzerland for first time visitors. Many thanks in advance!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,376 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    i haven't seen a whole lot of switzerland i must confess but geneva is a lovely town which plenty to do (expensive though) and Zermatt (the town next to the matterhorn) is not to be missed.

    if you do go to geneva its only a hour drive from chamonix in france which sits right next to europes tallest mountain (leaving out russia) Mont Blanc, the scenery around that area is fantastic


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Pete4779


    Bane wrote: »
    MY gf is going there soon for about 5 days, flying into Zurich airport. I don't know too much about the country tbh :confused:. So was wondering if any people here have much experience there and can give me a few quick pointers of the must see/do attractions around Switzerland for first time visitors. Many thanks in advance!

    There's a lot to do in the countryside, Zurich itself is quite small. www.zuerich.ch is a good official site for booking excursions, etc., . The public transport is second to none in the world, and you can plan your own trips as easily using the SBB website for trains, etc., . The tourist office in the Hauptbahnhof is great and will book anything for you, and they also have all of the tours and sightseeing (hundreds really) there.

    I recommend getting up the mountains on the tours, if not skiing. It's expensive (e.g., Jungfraujoch http://www.splendorsofeurope.com/images/Interlaken%20Jungfraujoch-Top%20of%20Europe.jpg), but incredible incredible scenery in the alps.

    People are friendly, but reserved compared to Germans. Also, Swiss-German language is quite a world away from standard German, but everyone speaks english at least as well.

    Around ~20% more expensive then Dublin for restaurants, and in clubs you can easily pay €25 for a whiskey and coke.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭Bane


    Thx guys. For all the usefull info given.


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