Efficient Trip to Top of Europe
Abdulrahman_A, Nov 2022
Swiss Alps Day Trip from Zurich: Jungfraujoch and Bernese Oberland
As I mentioned above, it is a very good trip if you’d like to visit the top of Europe with limited amount of time.
If you have limited time in Switzerland, and you’re staying in Zurich, then this trip is for you. Below is the breakdown of the trip details. Basically, we took the bus from Zürich to Lucern, we picked up some people who are booking the same trip and on we went to Interlaken. In Interlaken, we stayed for around 30 minutes only. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. If you want more time in Interlaken, this trip IS NOT for you. The same operator offers a different trip where you can have up to 5 hours free time in Grindelwald and Interlaken, but you cannot go to Jungfraujoch in this other trip. Anyway, after spending 30 min going up and down the street in Interlaken, we hopped on the bus and drove to Grindelwald, which is around 20 min drive. In Grindelwald we got off the bus and took the Eiger Express to top of the mountin to the train station (IT WAS THRILLING). Then, from the train station we took the train to Jungfraujoch. There we got off and started taking the Jungfraujoch Tour. I personally first had lunch in one of the restaurant because I was starving. Then started the tour. We had around 3 hours there, and it was more than enough to complete all the tour destinations (a total of 6 destinations plus the souvenir shop). First, you take the elevator up to the observatory and see THE TOP OF EUROPE. Then, you visit the tunnel that they built and it’s truly a journey through history. Then at the end of the tunnel, you arrive to the 3rd destination which is the ICE PALACE. Really cool place. Then you arrive at the PLATEAU, which is an open space to play in the snow. The 5th destination, is the SNOW FUN, where you can play in the snow, sliding and skating. HOWEVER, the SNOW FUN was closed actually (25-OCT to END OF MARCH), but there was a cool coffee/drink spot there. The 6th destination was also closed, which is I believe a restaurant that you have to walk to for 45 min in the snow, kind of cool, but there wouldn’t have been enough time to do it anyway.
This marks the end of the journy. As I mentioned above, it is a very good trip if you’d like to visit the top of Europe with limited amount of time.
WORTH TO MENTION:
- The trip is long, so make sure you get a good breakfast and pack some snacks and water, and get a good night sleep the night before.
- Again, don’t expect to spend much free time in Interlaken, we had around 30 min minus the time to get from/to the bus.
- You only visit Grindelwald to hop on the Eiger Express and go up the mountin. THERE’S NO FREE TIME IN GRINDELWALD.
- No need to buy snow boots, I wore my Yeezy’s and it was fine, in the snow and in the ice palace.
ONE LITTLE ISSUE I FACED:
- After we got off the bus in Interlaken, I had some coffee, and when I brought the coffee back with me to the Bus, the driver said: “It’s not allowed to bring coffee to the bus”!!! They did not mention this anywhere, and THEY LITERALLY SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY THAT DRINKS ARE ALLOWED. Anyway, I satyed outside the bus and drank my coffee, then got in. TO MY SURPRISE, when I was walking to my seat, many people had their coffee with them in the bus, and no one said nothing!!! So please, THIS IS FOR THE OPERATOR OF THE TRIP, MAKE SURE YOU CONVEY CLEAR MESSAGE REGARDING THE DRINKING AND EATING BEFOREHAND, AND ENSURE THAT THE RULES ARE APPLIED FOR EVERYONE EQUALLY.
ENJOY 🌹