What are the best areas to visit in Switzerland?

End of July is the best time to come to Switzerland - high season! It will be mostly warm to hot, but also expect occasional thunderstorms. Always bring a cardigan if you travel in this country - temperatures in higher regions can change dramatically within minutes. 1st of August will be the national holiday - if you can, try to take part (bonfires on hills and mountain tops, fireworks, lots of bratwurst, beer, yodelling, patriotic speeches - http://bit.ly/aMZ8AA).

As for your journey:

Get a Swiss Pass: The Swiss Pass affords you unlimited travel on Swiss Travel System’s public transport network on either 4, 8, 15 or 22 consecutive days or one entire month. Choose your personal travel route from approximately 20’000 kilometers of train, (postal) bus or boat routes. Your personal choice includes the classic scenic routes, the public transport systems of 41 Swiss cities, and gives you 50% discount on most mountain-top trains and cable cars. To top it off, you will profit from free entries to approx. 400 museums and other interesting discounts accorded to you by Bonus Partners (http://bit.ly/ab84ie ).

Now, do a circular tour - one that you can't book at travel agencies but which is fabulous, to say the least (I did it myself many times). En route, you'll hear all four national languages. Supposed you arrive in Zurich:

- 1st day: Visit Zurich - sigthseeing and, if you feel like, shopping. On what else to do, see here: http://bit.ly/dcw9la or here: http://nyti.ms/4uLtoX. Zurich in the North of the country, speaks mainly German (to be exact: the locals speak Swiss Alemannic as their daily language).

- 2nd day: By train: Zurich - Chur - St. Moritz (http://bit.ly/alEI13 ). This is the East of the country, where Raeto-Romansh is spoken.

- 3rd day: By postal coach ("Palm Express" - http://bit.ly/cIX3sb): St. Moritz - Maloya pass - Lugano (http://bit.ly/dr9Nnp ). This is the South/Ticino, Italian is spoken here.

- 4th day: By train: Lugano - Bellinzona (three castles just above the town! - http://bit.ly/c81w7g ) - Airolo. By postal coach: Airolo - Nufenen pass (http://bit.ly/cLXsIK ) - Ulrichen (http://bit.ly/b4F3dk ). A very beautiful Alemannic is spoken here.

- 5th day: By postal coach: Ulrichen - Gletsch - Grimsel pass (spectacular! - http://bit.ly/dmbtLY ) - Meiringen - Interlaken (http://bit.ly/cV8PMI )

- 6th day: By cog railway: Interlaken - Jungfraujoch, the Top of Europe (http://bit.ly/34po1f ) - Interlaken

- 7th day: By train and aerial cableway: Interlaken - Lauterbrunnen (http://bit.ly/bw1tMr ) - Schilthorn, "Piz Gloria" (http://bit.ly/zk6cp ) - Interlaken

- 8th day: By train (GoldenPass Line (http://bit.ly/aIaalw ): Interlaken - Montreux (http://bit.ly/aDMEzA ) at lake Geneva. Welcome to the French speaking part of Switzerland!

- 9th day: By train: Montreux - Lausanne - Berne, the Swiss capital (http://bit.ly/9JYubW ). German/Allemanic has you again. Don't forget to buy "Läbchueche" (ginger bread), a local specialty . Go on to Zurich or alternatively to Geneva. If you can't stay that long, leave out/replace day 7 or 8. Or add another week to relax :-)

All mentioned towns/villages provide camp grounds. If you're adventurous, do "wild camping" (except in the South/Ticino, where it's not allowed). Churches and art to be found throughout the whole of Switzerland. For personalized train/coach schedules, see this site: http://bit.ly/qUKK7

Have fun travelling Willy Tell's own country!

I have been there a lot, I love Switzerland!

Rail passes are cheap for me, but then again, I'm a minor. I got a pass permitting me to go anywhere in Switzerland for only something like 15 bucks. Then again, that was when I was 14 or 15. I don't know what the cost is for adults.

Geneva is really pretty. In the summer, you can even swim at their beaches, which I personally love. I also like Geneva because there's a lot of Americans so I feel more in my element. It's also very busy with lots of stores, and they speak French there(much prettier than german) and if you go to Geneva, you could even take a quick trip to France! Geneva is right by the French border.

Your plan sounds good! With all my trips total, I've been there for months, and I still haven't seen it all. But there are great landscapes and beautiful churches. Definitely try to go by the lakes-whether it's for swimming or strolling along.

Both countries are quite small, so if you have time, visit all the areas of the countries, if not, Copenhagen in Denmark is quite great and in Switzerland, I would choose Geneva or Luzern. Why, you will find out that yourself, when visiting those cities. If I told you why, you would not have anything exiting to expect!!! Have a nice visit to Denmark and Switzerland!

I am somehow partial to the French region of Switzerland, it's not really the Alps yet but the countryside is beautiful, there are a lot of campgrounds around Lake Geneva and visiting the area is a thrill. Switzerland is small enough so you can do even an extended visit in one day with the train

Train system is excellent, specially the Inter City trains

Here is some information about the area

http://www.lake-geneva-region.ch/en/index.cfm

Here some information about the trains

http://www.sbb.ch/en/index.htm

Of course there are plenty of other alternative, but I know you will like this area