Geneva - Venice or Zurich - Venice

Hi, I am making my plans for a France-Switzerland-Italy trip in late
Aug this year.

I was asked to look at a day trip from Zurich to Venice as the route is
very scenic. Now my plans have me departing from Geneva. Is it mainly
the same route? Else, is it also scenic or can I look at flying or a
night train?

thanx, Kram

You won't have time to see anything in a day trip from either city to
Venice. The travel time is about 7 hours (fastest train) one way from
Zurich (which is closer than Geneva). So that's at least 14 hours
round trip, not including getting to/from the station. No time to tour.
you'll need to spend at least a night.

Nancy

wrote:

Hi, I am making my plans for a France-Switzerland-Italy trip in late
Aug this year.

I was asked to look at a day trip from Zurich to Venice as the route is
very scenic. Now my plans have me departing from Geneva. Is it mainly
the same route? Else, is it also scenic or can I look at flying or a
night train?

Zurich to Venice is a heck of a day trip. When I went by train from
Lausanne to Venice by train we boarded around 10 am and arrived in Padua
after 5 pm. Venice is only another 15-20 minutes from there. That would
make for a very long return trip for a very short visit.

wrote:

Hi, I am making my plans for a France-Switzerland-Italy trip in late
Aug this year.

I was asked to look at a day trip from Zurich to Venice as the route is
very scenic. Now my plans have me departing from Geneva. Is it mainly
the same route? Else, is it also scenic or can I look at flying or a
night train?

Any day trips between (Geneva and or Zürich) and Venice are completely
unrealistic. Geneva-Zürich may be theoretically possible depending on the
train schedule, but still silly. Better to walk around Geneva, go to Nyons,
or Lausanne, or some place close by.

Perhaps you should look at a good map...

Bernard Higonnet

On 22 Jun 2005 01:31:40 -0700, wrote:

Hi, I am making my plans for a France-Switzerland-Italy trip in late
Aug this year.

I was asked to look at a day trip from Zurich to Venice as the route is
very scenic. Now my plans have me departing from Geneva. Is it mainly
the same route? Else, is it also scenic or can I look at flying or a
night train?

Kram, you can't do it. Sorry, but it's just not doable. Venice needs
at least a couple of days due to the slow (think legs) transport that
is required to see even the major sights in Venice.

If you want to see amazing scenery, stick to the train in Switzerland.
There are some amazing sites to be seen from the window if you pick
the right route.
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Sorry, my poor choice of words. I did not mean day trip but a day
journey. Is the trip scenic enough to merit a train journey during the
day or should I make it an overnight trip? I will be spending probably
2-3 days in Venice.

Kram

wrote:

Sorry, my poor choice of words. I did not mean day trip but a day
journey. Is the trip scenic enough to merit a train journey during the
day or should I make it an overnight trip? I will be spending probably
2-3 days in Venice.

The train trip through Switzerland and northern Italy is very scenic. The
leg across to Milan and over to Venice is not spectacular.

Deep Foiled Malls wrote:

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If you want to see amazing scenery, stick to the train in Switzerland.
There are some amazing sites to be seen from the window if you pick
the right route.

Might have been interesting last night!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4121072.stm

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David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Hi Kram,

Is the trip scenic enough to merit a train journey during the day or
should I make it an overnight trip? I will be spending probably 2-3
days in Venice.

The trip is definitely scenic, whatever your starting point is. Coming
from Geneva, you'll first be riding between lake and terraced wineyards
(Lausanne-Vevey stretch), then you'll pass the Chillon castle
(Montreux), then the train will enter the Valais canton, which is a
broad U-shaped valley surrounded by very high peaks. Just after Brig,
where the Zurich and Geneva line meets, the train will cross the Alps
through the Simplon tunnel. Once in Italy, you'll see some pretty
lakeside towns like Stresa, with maybe the Dolomites in the distance.
After that it gets flatter and less interesting.

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Philippe Noth, Clarens/Montreux