From: justforpostings on 24 Jul 2007 13:32 On 23 juil, 13:34, shanky <shankard...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Thanks for all the help and suggestions. The trip was great. I had a > wonderful time in switzerland. I did not have enough time to visit > zermat but I was able to visit Jungfrau, Titlis and Pilatus mountains. > Also I drove from lucerne to interlaken taking the route: lucerne- > andermatt-airolo-ulritchen-interlaken. The drive through the st > gothard tunnel was amazing, i have never driven through such a long > tunnel ever before and really loved the drive. > I bought the choclates from teuscher and hanold chocalateirs ( very > good ones). Glad to hear you had time for visiting Teuscher and Honold and liked their chocolate ..... next time try to stop [also] at nearby Paradeplatz for Sprüngli > I just have a couple of questions: > 1) regarding visiting zermatt- Is it close from any city in italy? The nearest resort ist Beuil-Cervinia from where skiers can acces Zermatt skiing area and also reach Zermatt (and the way back). You might get an idea at http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/e/web-cam/zermatt4.html choosing the respective cams and map Otherwise no place in Italy within less than a half day driving I could imagine staying for a vacation. Domodossola sure is at 100km ... but viamichelin estimate is 2 hours (car to Täsch, train from there to Zermatt). From Aosta estimate is almost 3 hours .... Sure: nearby Brig is on some main railway link from NW-Italy to Germany and France (Milano-Geneva-Paris or Milano-Brig-Basle-Germany ...) so might be just a detour for such a train trip > 2) Regarding car rental: I rented one at hertz and had to shell out > almost 350 sf( around 250$) for the one day rental. Is this the normal > rates for rental in all of europe or is this the case only in > switzerland? Renting a car for a day definitely is expensive in Switzerland and many European countries. Depends what type of car you had, but probably you could have found a better price with some other company. > Thanks again for all the great suggestions and tips. Any comments on Airolo - Ulrichen - [Grimsel pass road I assume] to Interlaken by car ?
From: shanky on 25 Jul 2007 06:51 The car I rented was a category O Hertz ( mercedes A class) since it was the only car available with gps in their rental location . I had the gps navigator to help with directions so I am not exactly remembering whether I took grimsel pass road or not to drive from ulrichen to interlaken but after driving a few miles, we were on the main highway(not the mountain roads) for most time. Also regarding the choclates, I never liked dark choclates like godiva before but the swiss choclates( still don't like the alcohol filled truffles) I tried were very very good. Thanks again; Shanky
From: Jesper Lauridsen on 25 Jul 2007 17:11 On 2007-07-25, shanky <shankardasm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The car I rented was a category O Hertz ( mercedes A class) since it > was the only car available with gps in their rental location . I recently rented an E-class for a long weekend in Germany, for less than what you paid for your A-class. So that price isn't something you'll find everywhere in Europe.
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