Like us on Facebook
www.familytc.com
Here is the itinerary I put together for my clients with two kids, boy and girl. They rented a car in Germany and traveled to Switzerland.
On the way from Darmstadt, Germany you can stop in Basel
Ideas for Basel
1) Doll House Museum
2) Basel Zoo
3) Animal Park
Ideas for Lucerne
4) Transportation museum (Lucerne)
5) Cog train from Brienz
You can get to Brienz from Luzerne
by car (37 km)
by train
by steam boat
6) Glacier Garden - museum, maze, garden - can be a good place for kids
7) The Picasso Gallery
8) Pilatus Railway - the steepest cogwheel railway
Day trip to Zurich
9) Zurich Zoo
10) Toy Museum
11) Zoological Museum
12) Museum of Modern Arts
Day Trip to Montreux - super expensive resort town where a tiny ice cream can cost you $10 (it is what I remember the most), but it can be fun
128 km from Lucerne; 95 km from Geneva
You can go to Montreux on your way from Luzerne to Geneva
13) Swiss Museum of Games - can be fun for kids
14) Chateau Chillon - Swiss most famous castles where Lord Bayron was imprisoned
15) Food museum - can be fun, shows where food comes from
16) Swiss Vapeur Parc - Miniature wonderland. Because your son loves trains. It can be great place to spend time
Ideas for Geneva
17) Musée d'Historie Naturelle
18) Animal park
19) Barbier-Mueller Museum - Masks museum
20) City parks - 1/4 of the city is in parks
21) Trains and trolley tours
22) Forestland park & playground
23) Boat trip on a lake
24) Ride the train
a red and black solar powered train that runs from along the lake’s left bank from Jardin Anglais to Parc Eaux-Vives.
25) Chocolate factory tour
Interesting links about Geneva
More about Geneva
Geneva
Activities
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g188057-s401/Geneva:Switzerland:Family.Travel.html
Sunny Day:
- Jardin Botanique http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/
-In the summer, go the the Place de Nations to play in the water fountains. Dont forget the bathing suits.
Rainy Day:
- Museum of Natural History. http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/
- Get onto the yellow public transport boats and cross from shore to shore until they get tired.
Restaurants:
Chez
Ma Cousine, Rue Lissgnol 5, where you get delicious roast chicken with
potatoes and salad (under CHF 15). Two other Chez Ma Cousine restaurants
exist in Geneva, one in the Old Town and one in Petit-Saconex.
http://www.chezmacousine.ch/ for more details.
Sushi
Boky - South East Asian. Walk out the front of the railway station and
turn left (Rue de Lausanne). Walk about 50m and it's on the right
hand side, tucked into the tall building next to Mc D's.
Luigia - somewhat expensive, but kid-friendly pizza place
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g188057-d1938459-r126484301-Luigia-Geneva.html
Good website for family restaurants, but not sure if they are all in Geneva
http://geneva.angloinfo.com/af/474/geneva-family-restaurants.html
Top 10 restaurants for different budgets
http://www.resto-rang.ch/index.cfm?lang=EN
Accommodations considered
Accommodation options
Holiday Inn Express Luzern - Neuenkirch - $150
No comments:
Post a Comment