Families with children aged 6 to 16 save big with the Swiss Junior Card, the Children’s Co-Travelcard, or Day Pass Children, which allows for free travel on almost all trains, buses, trams, boats, and cable cars in Switzerland. Special deals are available for youths under 25 too. The Junior Travel Card (Junior-Karte / Carte Junior) is … Read more
The best way to travel from Paris to Geneva is on fast TGV Lyria high-speed trains with the cheapest tickets around €29 one-way. Fast TGV Lyria trains travel eight times daily between Paris Gare de Lyon and Geneva main train station in Switzerland in just over three hours. These high-speed trains operated by the Swiss … Read more
A free Swiss Pass card is necessary to buy public transportation savings deals and passes for use on trains, buses, boats, and cable cars in Switzerland. The Swiss Pass is a card used by almost all public transportation systems in Switzerland to store travel deals and passes. Although mostly associated with Swiss Railways and the … Read more
Update: The Swiss Transfer Ticket is no longer sold. Travelers in the Lake Geneva region are unlikely to miss it much. Visitors planning extensive travel in Switzerland should consider buying the Swiss Travel Pass or Swiss Flexi Pass or the Half-Fare Card. The Swiss Transfer Ticket is a cheap savings deals for travelers on long … Read more
Ski transfers from Genève Aèroport (GVA) to winter sport resorts in Valais and Vaud in Switzerland are usually done by train and bus but private shuttle bus services are also available. Getting from Geneva Airport (GVA) to Swiss ski resorts is easy by public transportation. Swiss Railways’ trains stop at the airport station in the … Read more
Getting to Neuchâtel in Switzerland is easy by public transportation (trains and boats) and car. The city is within easy reach of Geneva, Zurich, Basel, and Bern Airports with good rail and road connections. Neuchâtel (Neuenburg), capital of the similarly named canton, in Switzerland has excellent transportation links to the rest of Switzerland. The road … Read more
Getting to Fribourg / Freiburg city in Switzerland is easy by car or train with good rail connections to airports in Geneva, Zurich, Basel, and Bern. Traveling to the Swiss city Fribourg (Freiburg), capital of the similarly named canton, is easy from most parts of Switzerland and indeed from most of Europe. Fribourg has good … Read more
Flying to Neuchâtel (Neuenburg) in Switzerland usually requires a flight to Geneva (GVA), Zurich (ZRH), Bern (BRN) or Basel (BSL) airports followed by an easy train ride or car trip. The Swiss city Neuchâtel (Neuenburg) does not have its own airport but is within easy reach of Switzerland’s four main airports. Flying via Geneva (GVA) … Read more
Eurostar travelers can avoid transfers in Paris by changing in Lille to TGV Lyria trains heading to Aigle, Martigny, Visp and Brig in the Valais valley in Switzerland. Skiers using Eurostar trains from London or Brussels en route to Switzerland can now bypass Paris and travel by TGV Lyria trains from Lille to the Valais … Read more
Eurostar Ski Trains connect London St Pancras and Ashford stations in England with Moûtiers, La Plagne and Bourg St Maurice near French ski resorts on winter weekends. Eurostar’s ski trains offer direct connections on winter weekends between London and the most popular ski resorts in France. The direct ski trains, which cut out the cumbersome … Read more