{"id":1302768,"date":"2026-09-26T19:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T19:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302768"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:37:15","slug":"switzerland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Switzerland country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Switzerland","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"The Alps with a timetable. Expensive in every category, and the only country where the public transport reaches 3,000 metres and arrives when it says it will.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302770","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac40 | Dorm bed, from\r\n4 | National languages\r\n1,500 | Lakes\r\n208 | Mountains over 3,000m","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Small, steep and organised","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Switzerland is smaller than Denmark and packed with mountains, which is why the transport system is the national achievement: trains, postbuses, funiculars, cable cars and lake boats that connect as one network and run to the minute. If a timetable says a connection is four minutes, it is four minutes.\r\n\r\nFour languages share the country \u2014 German, French, Italian and Romansh \u2014 and the differences in food and temperament between Zurich and Lugano are larger than the map suggests.\r\n\r\nThe mountains are the reason to come. Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen sit under the Jungfrau massif with waterfalls coming off the cliffs, Zermatt has the Matterhorn and no cars, and Grindelwald is the classic base for the Eiger. Everything is expensive and almost everything is spectacular.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | German, French, Italian and Romansh. English widely spoken\r\nCurrency | Swiss franc (CHF), not the euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Excellent, including from most public fountains\r\nTipping | Service included. Round up if you like\r\nTransport | Runs to the minute. Being two minutes late means missing it\r\nHow long to stay | A week for one mountain region and a city or two\r\nBest months | June to September, or December to March for skiing","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains run to the minute and reach the mountains. A Swiss Travel Pass pays off on three or more legs.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Zurich | The biggest city: a lake you can swim in from the middle of town, and the best nightlife in the country. |  | 1302771 | There were so many cool places to dip and swim in lake Zurich to cool off and relax. Such a safe and relaxing vibe. The transport connections were seamless and comfortable. | \nBern | The capital, and a UNESCO old town in a loop of river, with arcades running six kilometres and bears in a park. |  | 1302772 | I really enjoyed walking around Bern and exploring old town. Picture perfect! | \nGeneva | French-speaking, international, and the gateway to Chamonix and the western Alps. |  | 1302773 | Geneva is a truly stunning city that balances professional opportunity with a romantic, timeless beauty. It is remarkably clean and organized, offering everything I could possibly wish for as I start this new chapter of my life. From the peaceful shores of Lake Geneva and the iconic Jet d'Eau to the charming streets of the Old Town, every corner feels like a postcard. It\u2019s a place where efficiency meets high quality of life a perfect sanctuary for those seeking a fresh start. I am in love! | \nLucerne | A covered wooden bridge, a lake, and mountains rising directly behind the old town. |  | 1302774 | Overall, I was very happy to stay in Lucerne. In Switzerland, I have visited Geneva, Bern, Interlaken, and Lucerne, and Lucerne is my favorite. | \nInterlaken | Between two lakes under the Jungfrau, and the adventure sports capital of the Alps. |  | 1302775 | Dream come true in the mountains! You can go to Coop or Lidl for cheap food and groceries so you won\u2019t be blowing through your budget! Amazing shops, sightseeing is 20\/10 and the restaurants are so yummy too! Best spot in Switzerland to stay\/vacation! | \nLauterbrunnen | A valley with 72 waterfalls falling from vertical cliffs. The best base in the Bernese Oberland. |  | 1302776 | Fabulous little town - great amenities, beautiful scenery everywhere you look. People in the shops and restaurants were very helpful! | \nZermatt | Car-free, under the Matterhorn, and the most photographed mountain view in Europe. |  | 1302777 | Atmospheric and cute old town with an interesting history, completely majestic scenery, unique features, fabulous skiing and ski lifts. Super easy to get to by train (Swiss trains expensive but efficient). Like to go back in summer to experience too. | \nBasel | On the Rhine where three countries meet, with forty museums and a carnival that starts at four in the morning. |  | 1302778 | Quiet town with excellent transport services. Had to travel to do any physical activities but the transport made that easy. Not a party town but is very picturesque to walk around and plenty of nice bars and restaurants. | \nLausanne | Steep, French-speaking, on Lake Geneva, with the Olympic museum and the Lavaux vineyards along the shore. |  | 1302779 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Switzerland is a mountain country with excellent cities attached, and the season decides which.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Adventure | green | backpack | Hiking, canyoning and every airborne sport in the Alps. | Walk the Lauterbrunnen valley floor; Paraglide over Interlaken; Hike the Five Lakes trail at Zermatt | Jungfrau region; Zermatt; Engadin | Interlaken; Lauterbrunnen; Zermatt | adventure\nRoad trip | blue | train | Except the road is a train, and the train is the attraction. | The Glacier Express; Bernina to Italy; A postbus over a pass | Glacier Express; Bernina line; Gotthard pass | Zurich; Lucerne | road-trip\nCity break | blue | city | Two or three days, and swimming in the river or lake. | Swim the Limmat in Zurich; Old town Lucerne; Geneva's lakefront | Zurich old town; Lucerne; Geneva | Zurich; Lucerne; Geneva | city-break\nBeach | teal | sunglasses | Lake swimming, which the Swiss treat as a summer institution. | Badis on the Limmat and the Aare; Swim in Lake Lucerne; Float down the Aare in Bern | Zurich lake baths; Lake Lucerne; Lake Geneva | Zurich; Lucerne; Geneva | beach\nBudget | teal | coin | Hard, but not impossible. | Supermarket picnics; Half Fare Card for transport; Free lake swimming | Interlaken; Zurich; Lucerne | Interlaken; Zurich | budget-travel\nCulture | purple | culture | Watchmaking, Dada, and four national cultures in one small country. | The Kunsthaus in Zurich; Chaplin's World above Montreux; A watch museum, unironically | Kunsthaus Zurich; Chillon Castle; Lucerne old town | Zurich; Geneva; Lucerne | culture","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_do_body":"The mountain railways are the main event and also the main expense. Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe, costs well over \u20ac150 return; Schilthorn, M\u00e4nnlichen and First are cheaper and give you the same scale of view. Half of what people pay to see from a train can be walked to for nothing.\r\n\r\nLauterbrunnen's valley floor is free and extraordinary \u2014 72 waterfalls, a flat path, cliffs on both sides \u2014 and the hike from M\u00e4nnlichen to Kleine Scheidegg is the classic easy ridge walk with the Eiger in front of you the whole way.\r\n\r\nCities do lake and river swimming in summer, which is free and very Swiss: the Aare in Bern carries swimmers through the middle of the city, and Zurich's badis along the Limmat are an institution.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Mountain railways | Jungfraujoch is \u20ac150+. Schilthorn and First cost far less\r\nFree hiking | Thousands of marked kilometres. The signposts give times, not distances\r\nLake swimming | Free, clean, and what locals do all summer\r\nHalf Fare Card | Halves most transport, including many cable cars. Pays back fast","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Eating out is expensive enough that most travellers do it once or twice rather than daily: a main in a normal restaurant is \u20ac25 to \u20ac40, and a beer \u20ac6 to \u20ac9.\r\n\r\nCoop and Migros are the supermarkets and both have cheap self-service canteens inside, which is the trick nobody tells you \u2014 a hot meal for \u20ac10 to \u20ac15 in the middle of a city. Bakeries do sandwiches for less.\r\n\r\nThe dishes worth the spend are fondue and raclette, both winter food and both shared, and r\u00f6sti as a side with everything. Swiss chocolate and cheese in a supermarket cost a fraction of what the same brands cost abroad.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Coop and Migros canteens | A hot meal for \u20ac10\u201315. The best value in the country\r\nRestaurant main | \u20ac25\u201340\r\nFondue | Winter food, shared, and about \u20ac25 a head\r\nTap water | Free and excellent, including from street fountains","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Switzerland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Zurich has by far the biggest scene \u2014 Langstrasse for bars and clubs, and Zurich West in the old industrial arches \u2014 and it is expensive: \u20ac6 to \u20ac9 for a beer, more in clubs.\r\n\r\nGeneva and Basel have their own smaller versions, and Basel's Carnival in February is one of the strangest and best in Europe.\r\n\r\nMountain resorts run apr\u00e8s-ski from four in the afternoon in season, which is its own economy and priced accordingly. Interlaken in summer has a young, international crowd because of the adventure sports, and hostel bars there are the cheapest social option in the Alps.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Zurich | Langstrasse and Zurich West. The only true club city\r\nA beer | \u20ac6\u20139 in a bar\r\nApr\u00e8s-ski | From 16:00 in the resorts, and not cheap\r\nInterlaken | Hostel bars and a young crowd all summer","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Switzerland","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Switzerland","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"The SBB network covers trains, buses, boats and many cable cars as one system, and it is the best public transport in the world. Connections are designed to meet, and they do.\r\n\r\nThe passes decide your budget. The Half Fare Card cuts most fares by 50% for a month and pays for itself in two or three days of travel. The Swiss Travel Pass covers everything unlimited, including museums, and makes sense if you are moving every day. Point-to-point supersaver tickets, booked in advance, are the cheapest of all if your plans are fixed.\r\n\r\nScenic routes \u2014 the Glacier Express, the Bernina line, the GoldenPass \u2014 are ordinary trains with panoramic carriages and a reservation fee. You can ride the same tracks on regular services for much less.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Half Fare Card | Halves fares for a month. Pays back in 2\u20133 travel days\r\nSupersaver tickets | Advance point-to-point fares, the cheapest option\r\nScenic trains | The same track is served by ordinary trains without the supplement\r\nPunctuality | Connections are to the minute, and they work","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Switzerland","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Switzerland costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Switzerland is the most expensive country in Europe alongside Norway and Iceland. Dorms start around \u20ac40, a restaurant main is \u20ac25 to \u20ac40, a beer \u20ac6 to \u20ac9, and a single mountain excursion can cost more than a day of everything else.\r\n\r\nThe savings are structural rather than clever: supermarket canteens for hot meals, a Half Fare Card for transport, free hiking instead of paid summits, and hostels with kitchens.\r\n\r\nA day costs about \u20ac90 to \u20ac110 doing it carefully, and double that with restaurant meals and a mountain railway. It is worth going with that clear rather than discovering it on day two.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac40, and higher in resorts in season\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac90\u2013110 careful, \u20ac200+ with restaurants and railways\r\nJungfraujoch | \u20ac150+ return. Cheaper summits give the same view\r\nHalf Fare Card | The single best purchase for anyone moving around","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Switzerland","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Switzerland has very low crime and is comfortable everywhere, including at night in the cities. Pickpocketing is limited to main stations and busy tourist sites at ordinary levels.\r\n\r\nThe risks are mountain risks. Weather changes fast at altitude, marked trails are graded \u2014 yellow for easy walking, white-red-white for mountain paths that need sure footing, blue for alpine routes needing equipment \u2014 and ignoring the grading is how people get hurt.\r\n\r\nIn winter, avalanche bulletins are published daily and off-piste skiing without a guide, transceiver and training is genuinely dangerous. Mountain rescue is efficient and expensive: check your insurance covers helicopter evacuation, or consider a REGA membership.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112, and 1414 for mountain rescue\r\nTrail grading | Yellow easy, white-red-white mountain, blue alpine. Respect it\r\nAvalanche | Daily bulletins. Off-piste needs a guide and equipment\r\nInsurance | Check helicopter rescue is covered. It is billed otherwise","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Switzerland is in the Schengen area but not the EU. EU and EEA citizens travel on an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been delayed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nBecause Switzerland is outside the EU customs union, there are limits on what you can bring in, particularly meat and alcohol, and spot checks happen at the borders even though there are no passport controls.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen, not EU | No passport checks, but customs rules differ\r\nNot the euro | Swiss francs. Euros are sometimes accepted at poor rates\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nCustoms | Limits on meat and alcohol, and they do check","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Two clear seasons: hiking from June to September once the high trails clear, and skiing from December to March. April, May and November are when much of the mountain infrastructure closes.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Zurich. Mountain valleys are colder and high passes hold snow into June; the Italian-speaking south around Lugano is several degrees milder year-round.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 3 | 4 | Peak ski season. Cities are cheap and quiet\r\nFebruary | 5 | 5 | Ski season and school holidays. Resorts at their fullest\r\nMarch | 10 | 4 | Spring skiing, longer days, good snow high up\r\nApril | 15 | 1 | Between seasons. Lifts closing, cheapest month\r\nMay | 19 | 2 | Cities excellent, high trails still under snow\r\nJune | 23 | 3 | High trails opening, waterfalls at full melt\r\nJuly | 25 | 5 | Peak hiking season. Book mountain huts ahead\r\nAugust | 24 | 5 | Still peak, and the 1 August national day fireworks\r\nSeptember | 20 | 4 | The best hiking month. Clear air, thinner crowds\r\nOctober | 14 | 2 | Autumn colour low down, huts closing up high\r\nNovember | 8 | 1 | The dead month. Cheapest beds, little open\r\nDecember | 4 | 4 | Christmas markets, then ski season proper","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person. Transport assumes a Half Fare Card.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Excludes ski passes at \u20ac60\u201380 a day and big mountain railways such as Jungfraujoch at \u20ac150+. Hiking, lake swimming and the views cost nothing.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 40 | 22 | 12 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 55 | 45 | 20 | 25\r\nComfortable | 85 | 70 | 30 | 50","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"A short list, but two of them are among the strangest events in Europe.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"switzerland","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/switzerland\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Basel Fasnacht | February or March | Basel | Carnival starting at 4am with all the lights turned off. UNESCO-listed and genuinely odd. |  | \nSechsel\u00e4uten | April | Zurich | A snowman effigy is exploded to predict the summer. Nobody finds this strange. |  | \nMontreux Jazz Festival | July | Montreux | Two weeks on Lake Geneva, and far broader than jazz. |  | \nSwiss National Day | 1 August | Nationwide | Bonfires on the mountains and fireworks over every lake. |  | \nAlpabzug | September | Alpine villages | Cows brought down from the summer pastures in flowers and bells. A genuine local event. |  | \nChristmas markets | December | Zurich \u00b7 Basel \u00b7 Montreux | Basel's is the largest in the country, and Montreux's sits on the lake. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen have the most for mountain trips; a kitchen is worth prioritising.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Switzerland","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/switzerland\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"203","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Switzerland travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How expensive is Switzerland? | Among the most expensive countries in the world. Dorms from \u20ac40, restaurant mains \u20ac25 to \u20ac40, beer \u20ac6 to \u20ac9. A careful day costs \u20ac90 to \u20ac110; add restaurant meals and a mountain railway and it doubles.\r\nIs the Swiss Travel Pass worth it? | It depends on pace. If you move every day and use mountain excursions, yes. If you are basing yourself in one valley, the Half Fare Card \u2014 half price for a month \u2014 is usually better value, and advance supersaver tickets are cheaper again.\r\nIs Jungfraujoch worth \u20ac150? | It is the highest railway station in Europe and the view is extraordinary, but Schilthorn, M\u00e4nnlichen and First cost far less for a comparable scale of view. If the budget is tight, spend it on a cable car and walk from the top.\r\nWhen is the best time to hike in Switzerland? | Late June to September, once the high trails clear. July and August are busiest, September has the clearest air and fewest people. Mountain huts need booking in advance in summer.\r\nDoes Switzerland use the euro? | No, the Swiss franc. Some tourist businesses accept euros at poor rates, and change is given in francs. Cards are accepted everywhere, which is usually the better option.\r\nHow do I hike safely? | Follow the trail grading: yellow for easy walking, white-red-white for mountain paths needing sure footing, blue for alpine routes needing equipment. Check the forecast, start early, and note that signposts give walking times rather than distances.\r\nCan Switzerland be done on a budget? | Partly. Supermarket canteens at Coop and Migros give hot meals for \u20ac10 to \u20ac15, hiking and lake swimming are free, and hostel kitchens are standard. What you cannot avoid is the cost of a bed and the cost of the mountain railways.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Switzerland \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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