Family Vacations Directory - Switzerland

Share the magic with your kids or grandlkids for free. [Read More]

Here’s the deal. Kids ages five and younger go free and ages six to 16 receive a 50% discount on any tour. ECHO Trails is a new Lucerne based company offers English-speaking guided day walks, hikes and bike tours ideal for families of all ages. The name ECHO stands for Ecological, Cultural, Heritage and Outdoors and represents the underlining themes for all tours. Participants see magnificent Alpine scenery with half and full-day tours designed to include historic and cultural highlights. All tours start from the Lucerne train station. Details at www.echo-trails.com [Read Less]

Share the trails with your kids. [Read More]

The Lake Lucerne Tour provides a two-day program with accommodations and luggage transport are pre-arranged and handled. The Swiss Path Map available on line. And for further help just contact one of the local tourist offices and/or go to the contact menu on the www.weg-der-schweiz.ch site and send your request in English. You will receive a timely response. [Read Less]

Who doesn’t love legends, mountains, boats, trains, great food, and lovely Swiss chocolate? [Read More]

If Switzerland sounds totally out of range for a family vacation think again – safe, sunny, and then there’s real chocolate and lovely wine meant to be shared. While there are several cruises on Lake Lucerne daily, the Wilhelm Tell Express Premium boat and connection by train to Ticino) departs Lucerne at 11:12 a.m. For bookings Wilhelm Tell Express Premium contact the Rail Service SBB under the number 0900 300 300 (CHF 1.19/Min.) or from abroad +41 512 25 78 00. chifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees Wilhelm Tell Express Werftestrasse 5 Postfach 4265 CH-6002 Luzern. Tel +41 (0)41 367 67 67. For detailed information and reservations go to [Read Less]

Stay at one of 34 hostels throughout the country. [Read More]

Swiss Family Backpackers is a group of hostels that have a particularly family friendly atmosphere. We welcome you and your children both for just one night or a longer period. Therefore, you can flexibly plan your journey and stay on a budget in Switzerland. You will find our hostels in Cabbiolo, Genf, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Luzern, Nidau and St. Moritz. We are looking forward to welcoming you in our hostels soon.www.swissbackpackers.ch/en-families.html [Read Less]

Kids go free. [Read More]

On the Swiss Travel System children younger than 16 years of age travel for free with a paying adult passenger. Enjoy stress-free travel by road, rail and waterway throughout Switzerland with a Swiss Pass. Take advantage of special service including exclusive tickets, fare reductions on mountain railways and panorama routes, as well as many attractive extras. Here’s the rail deal: Anyone who purchases one Swiss Pass (1st or 2nd class) for travel and from September 1st to November 30th is entitled to take with them an accompanying person free of charge. The deal is valid with a Swiss Pass, Swiss Flexi Pass, Swiss Card or a Swiss Transfer Ticket from Swiss Travel System.www.swisstravelsystem.com/en/home.html [Read Less]

More than 100 winter resorts throughout Switzerland connect with about 300 marked snowshoe trails for loads of high energy family fun. [Read More]

The combined length of the network is more than 2,000km weaving throughout Graubünden, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switzerland, Schweizer Mittelland, Bernese Oberland, and Valais: Global Trails offers detailed facts about many routes, including additional information such as the condition of the trail (updated daily), degree of difficulty, weather forecast, relevant SBB train timetable and other features. The entire website is in English, German and French. [Read Less]