The Swiss Pass- The Best Way To See Switzerland

Switzerland is a relatively small but rich country. The landscape is just spectacular. It is almost a picture perfect scene most of the time anywhere in the country. If you love nature, then this is certainly the place to go. If you want to see glaciers, lakes, mountains, vast orchards and not to mention beautiful architecture at one time in two to three hours then you will be disappointed.

Visiting Switzerland is expensive but you can be creative and still truly enjoy this marvelous country. Because of its small size and thanks to its efficient transportation system, you can travel from one region to the other in a few hours. Zurich to Geneva is only approximately 4 hours travel by train. In a matter of hours you will be transported by the efficient Swiss railway system from the German speaking Zurich to the French speaking Geneva in the west.

Buying a train ticket on every trip will probably cost you a fortune especially if you are planning to stay for weeks in this beautiful country. So how did me and my sister survived with little money in our pocket and were still able to visit almost all of Switzerland?

The answer is the SWISS PASS. Before knowing that this exists, we were tied to the house of our cousins most of the time. The most we did was to hike around the area, which was not bad at all considering that the scenery was so beautiful. But we knew that there was so much out there waiting to be explored. Our cousins and friends were more than willing to show us around but they have to work too. Its good enough that we have a place to stay and somebody to feed us...especially helpful since food in Switzerland is really expensive.

The Swiss Pass is a ticket for unrestricted travel on the entire network of the Swiss Travel System including the train, bus, and boat. This is all you ever need to get to all of Switzerland. You can also take the Post Bus where the train could no longer go. We bought a Swiss Pass that is good for one month since we were there to travel and enjoy for more than a month. You can hop and get off the train, bus, tram, boat anytime you want leaving no room for you to worry whether you miss a stop or need to get another train. Its hazzle free and enables you to go around Switzerland for less. You can book for trains going to scenic routes, see the glaciers, visit Zermatt where the Matterhorn is, the possibilities are endless.