Switzerland Lakes Honeymoon Package - 6 Nights, Lucerne and Interlaken

Same three cities, same six nights and the same 3-star hotels - the difference is entirely what you do. That route climbs Mt Rigi at 1,798m and Harder Kulm at 1,322m, and its water is Lake Brienz and the Giessbach Falls. This one has one far bigger summit, Schilthorn at 2,970m with the revolving restaurant looking across at the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. It adds the Hammetschwand lift, four lake journeys across three lakes, two lakeside castles and the St Beatus Caves - none of which are in the budget route. The gap is about twenty-three thousand rupees and every rupee of it is extra tickets, not a better room.

Yes, and on this route it is the right trade. Swiss 3-star properties are clean, well-run, and centrally placed, and the star rating there reflects facilities like room service and a restaurant rather than standards of cleanliness. What you give up is space, a bar and sometimes a lift. What you keep is a central location in all three towns, which matters more here than anywhere - the lake boats, the steamer quay and Interlaken Ost are all meant to be reachable on foot. Every booking requests a double bed, a higher floor, and a quiet side. If you would rather have a 4-star, we will quote it, and it adds roughly twenty-eight thousand to the package.

It is a deliberate choice, and Schilthorn is a big one - 2,970m, four cable car stages, a restaurant that rotates while you eat, and the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau lined up across the valley. A summit day in Switzerland is a full day: two hours up, two hours down. Three of them in a week and you spend your honeymoon in cable car queues. This route puts one proper summit in the middle and gives the rest of the days to water, which is the slower and in our experience the more memorable half of Switzerland. If you want more altitude, Jungfraujoch is on the add-on list and our Jungfrau Adventure route is built around three summits.

An open lift shaft bolted to the outside of a cliff above Lake Lucerne, 153m straight up, built in 1905 and still the highest exterior lift in Europe. You walk the Felsenweg - a level path cut into the rock face with the lake several hundred metres below - and then the lift takes you the last 153m in under a minute, with glass on three sides. It is the single most unusual thing on this itinerary and almost no package from India includes it, mostly because it needs a boat and a funicular to reach. It runs 3 April to late November.

Yes, and we would rather say it plainly here than have you find out on Day 2. Breakfast is included every morning. Dinner is included exactly once: the lakeside three-course dinner in Interlaken on Day 4. Every other evening you choose and pay for yourselves, which in Switzerland is usually CHF 30 to 60 per person for something ordinary and good. A second dinner is on the add-on list with its price if you would rather have two arranged.

Mid-May to the end of October, and that is firmer than on most of our routes. Oberhofen Castle opens mid-May and closes in October, and it shuts on Mondays in season - that is the narrowest window here. Spiez Castle runs 1 May to 31 October. Within that, mid-May to late June and all of September are the best weeks: everything open, boats on the full timetable, and hotel rates at their lowest. July and August work but cost noticeably more and the Lake Lucerne boats get busy. Outside mid-May to October we substitute where we have to and tell you exactly what changes before you pay.

We checked both for this exact route, because a pass makes every lake boat free and that looked like the obvious answer on a lakes trip. It still loses. A Swiss Travel Pass is a large fixed cost against four short boat legs, and across this itinerary it works out roughly CHF 110 per person more than the card plus the tickets. The card also keeps working for a month, so anything you add later is half price too. If you add Jungfraujoch or a lot more rail, ask us to redo the comparison - the answer can flip.

We request a double bed with every booking, along with a higher floor and a quiet side. We cannot promise it, because room allocation happens at the property on the day. Your quotation states which requests each property has confirmed in writing and which are still requests. A lake-view room is a different thing - it is a paid supplement, quoted per night per property, and it is worth asking about for the two Lucerne nights in particular, where the view is across to the Burgenstock ridge you go up the next morning.

Less than most Swiss itineraries. The three old towns are flat and walkable; every lake journey is a seated trip, and Schilthorn is reached entirely by cable car. The two real walks are both optional and both easy: the Felsenweg on Burgenstock is about twenty-five minutes on a level path, and the castle parks at Spiez and Oberhofen are flat. The St Beatus Caves have steps and a steady gradient inside, so tell us at enquiry if that is a problem and we will swap that morning.

Yes. Switzerland is in the Schengen area, so Indian passport holders need a Schengen visa before travelling. We help with the documentation, the hotel confirmations, the itinerary letter and the appointment, but the visa fee and the VFS Global service charges are not included in the package price, and the decision is the consulate's alone. Appointment waiting times vary throughout the year, so apply early and reconfirm the current requirements for your travel dates rather than relying on this page.

No. This is a land package. International and domestic flights are quoted separately, so you can use your own airline, miles or a cheaper routing if you have one. The price on this page covers the six nights, the rail card and every ticket on the itinerary, all four lake journeys, Schilthorn, both castles, the caves, the one dinner, the tourist tax and GST - everything from arriving at Zurich Airport to leaving from it.