60 Places to Visit During Your Time In Switzerland

Are you overwhelmed with all of the recommendations for your trip to Switzerland? We have lived here for three years, and we are ticking off our Swiss Bucket List with our kids one stop at a time. We thought it would be great to share our kid-friendly list! So, here are 60 places to visit during your time in Switzerland!

Completed:

• 1. Explore Lucerne’s old town and walk over the Chapel Bridge
• 2. Visit the St. Beatus Caves
• 3. Go to the top of the Swiss Pyramid (Niesen)

• 4. Take a chocolate course at the Lindt Home of Chocolate
• 5. Attempt to learn to ski
• 6. Ride a horse carriage around Mt. Rigi in the snow

• 7. Enjoy some traditional Swiss dishes like fondue or raclette at a traditional restaurant
• 8. Take the Gornergrat train to the top of Gornergrat overlooking the Matterhorn
• 9. Spend the night in a pod in the Swiss Alps
• 10. Try out dog sledding
• 11. Take a car train (Kandersteg to Goppenstein)
• 12. Attend the Tulip Festival in Morges
• 13. Stay overnight in a historic Grand Hotel
• 14. See the Jet d’Eau fountain in Geneva
• 15. Visit the Olympic Museum in Lausanne
• 16. See the painted facades in Stein-am-Rhein
• 17. Visit the Ticino town of Morcote
• 18. Visit the largest waterfall in Europe – Rhine Falls
• 19. Enjoy llama trekking
• 20. Visit Heidi’s house
• 21. Visit a watch museum – Omega/Swatch in Biel/Bienne

• 22. Visit Neuchâtel Lake & city
• 23. Visit the Glasi Museum in Hergiswil

• 24. Watch Santa fly across the sky at the Montreux Nöel
• 25. Explore Zurich’s historic center (Altstadt)
• 26. Visit the Basler Weihnachtsmarkt (Basel Christmas Market)

• 27. Tour Gruyères village and visit La Maison du Gruyère
• 28. Go on a scenic ride on the Golden Pass train line
• 29. Stay at the top of Mt. Pilatus
• 30. Look at Europe’s largest glacier (Aletsch Glacier)
• 31. Kick a football at the FIFA Museum
• 32. See the Staubbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen
• 33. Drink a glass of champagne at Iglu-Dorf (Zermatt)

• 34. Visit the Aare Gorge & Reichenbach Falls
• 35. Swim in a glacial lake in the Alps (Oeschinensee)
• 36. See the bears in Bern

• 37. Stand on the Harder Kulm lookout platform overlooking Interlaken

• 38. Listen to an alphorn
• 39. Feel the wind outside on the Stanserhorn cable car
• 40. Cross Lake Lucerne on a car ferry
• 41. Visit the Ticino town of Ascona
• 42. See the Saint Bernards at Barryland
• 43. Speed through the Gotthard Base Tunnel (world’s longest tunnel) on the train
• 44. Visit the Feldschlösschen Brewery

• 45. Take a day trip to the Swiss Museum of Transport
• 46. Visit the Top of Europe (Jungfraujoch)

• 47. Visit the highest town in Europe – Davos
• 48. Hike around Valle Verzasca

• 49. Experience Morgenstreich at Basler Fasnacht

• 50. Ride the Glacier Express
• 51. Zoom down the mountain on a mountain coaster
• 52. Float down the Rhein with a wickelfish
• 53. Hike the Pizol Panoramic Hike

• 54. Attend a FC Basel match
• 55. Hike through the vineyards of Lavaux

• 56. See an Alpabzug (a cow procession coming down from the Alps in the fall)

• 57. See the iconic Swiss view of the Aescher Berggasthaus on Ebenalp

• 58. Visit Switzerland’s oldest library

• 59. Visit all of the 26 cantons in Switzerland

To Do:

• 60. Visit 60 of the Grand Tour photo spots (59/60 – There are currently 78.)

As we continue with our travels, we will make sure to update this list!

Did you find any places that you would like to visit from this list? We hope this list helps you to plan your trip to Switzerland! Thank you so much for reading!