Swiss Paddle Steamers 2018

Our annual trip to Switzerland this year took place from the 8th to the 11th July. On arrival at Geneva airport we first travelled by train to Lausanne to join the PS Montreux for a sailing to Montreux. Continuing our journey again by train to our Hotel in Interlaken; which is relatively central to visit all the Swiss Lakes. Day 2 we set off on the wonderful narrow gauge mountain route to Luzern to join the PS Stadt Luzern to Beckenried. We then travelled back to Verkehrshaus Lido on the PS Uri, changing there for a sailing aboard PS Unterwalden to Alpstadnach, returning by train to Interlaken. The following day we took the train to Rapperswil on Lake Zurich for a crossing to Zurich aboard PS Stadt Rapperswil. Public transport and time keeping in Switzerland is excellent and can be relied upon to make connections, so while returning to Interlaken by rail we broke our journey at Fluelen on Lake Luzern to cruise to Brunnen aboard PS Schriller. Our final day we said farewell to Interlaken to journey back to Lake Geneva in time to take the afternoon sailing from Lausanne to Geneva on PS Simplon; ending another superb holiday steaming around the Lakes of Switzerland.
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