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Zurich
HOTELS
-The Park Hyatt is fantastic and a 10 minute walk to shul.
Tram stop: Stockerstrasse

RESTAURANTS

Meat:

Florentin - Located inside he JCC https://florentin.rest/
Tram stop: Bahnhof Enge

Grill Cave

Food truck. Check website for opening hours. Burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs etc.
https://www.thegrillcave.co/


Milk/Parve:

Babi's Bagels (Bederstrasse corner Klopstockstrasse 8002 Zürich) Tram Stop "Waffenplatzstrasse"

Bakery:
Ma'Adan Bakery
Manessestrasse/Schimmelstrasse
Has delicious pastries and also sells sandwiches, salads, and some sushi.

Butcher:
Metzgerei Kol Tuv

Can preorder for pickup.
Can also deliver throughout Switzerland by post.
See website for details.

https://www.koltuv.ch/en

ATTRACTIONS
-Walk around the lake area
-Bahnhofstrasse window shopping
-Take a train to Lucerne and buy the golden ticket, included a boat ride on Lake Lucerne, cogwheel train and tram. Then take bus back to Lucerne
-When you arrive in Lucerne you can go to the tourist office to see a live view from Mount Pilatus (Or you can check online). If it's cloudy skip the cogwheel train and just take a nice boatride and explore the town, ancient bridges, and walk on top of the old city fortress walls.




Options in the Alps

Arosa: Metropol Hotel - quaint little old hotel. Not very fancy - it's like honeymooning in your grandmother's house (HT: Mrs. Moishebatchy). The food is very basic, but delicious. Mikva on premises. If skiing is your thing, the have an agreement with one of the ski places (Härtner) not to charge Metropol customers for ski rentals over Shabbos.


Need a meal on shabbes, please PM me (Chuchem). I live 15 minute walk from the hyatt, close to chabad. Zürich has no eiruv!

Major Attractions
“Please edit the wiki to add more attractions”

Central Switzerland
-Lucerne, Pilatus Offers: Cogwheel, Gondolas, Alpine Sliding, Mini Zip-line and fun area
-Titlis Offers: Gondolas, Snow Tubing, Trutti Bikes, Ice Museum, Row Boating
-Brunni Offers: Gondolas, Alpine Sliding, Stroll in Lake(!)

Jungfrau Region
-Jungfrau/jungfraujoch Click here for the Kosher hotel in Wengen / 360-degree panorama of Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe
-Grindelwald Offers: Gondolas, mega Zip-line, Trutti Bikes

Eastern Switzerland
-St. Moritz
Davos / Klosters
Arosa Click here for the Kosher Levins hotel

Southern Switzerland
-Zermatt - "Matterhorn"
-Saas-Fee Offers: Gondolas, Alpine Sliding, Mega Zip-line, Trotti Bikes, (Saas-Grund has Monster Trotteres) and on top of "Allalin" you can go Snow Tubing and Skiing even in the summer!
-Crans Montana You can email the Kosher hotel in Crans Montana Hotelmk@gmail.com  or call them at 0032485640498 or 003233011600


HalbTax Pass

A HalbTax pass (or Half Fare card) is a card designated for tourists and not for Swiss residents (officially...). The card gives you half price on all public transportation like buses, trains, trams, boats and also on "most" cable cars (attractions). There are basically 4 kinds.

1) An annual pass, the price is currently 175 francs. If i remember correctly it has a photo ID of the recipient, so double check before sharing it.
Click here for the annual pass

2) A 30 day pass, the price is currently 120 francs, it does not have a photo ID on it.
Click here or here for the 30 day pass

3) - Recommended for frequent traveling Swiss Travel Pass - you prepay a set amount per day and get unlimited for that day (plus "optional" for a fee, for 1 month including the days you chose, it is a HalbTax, even on the prepaid free days, it's only free for all transportation, on cable cars you only get half off). The price per day depends on how many days you prepay, for example if you prepay 8 days, the price per day will be about 53 francs, if you prepay 3 days the price per day will be about 73 francs. If you are 25 y/o or younger, you can get the Youth Pass which is cheaper - If you prepay 8 days  the price per day will be about 40 francs a day, if you prepay 3 days the price per day will be about 62 francs.
Click here (or here) for the prepaid pass

The card comes with a few days “you could chose your dates later”, officially when you want to use a certain day for the free day you should fill in on the pass that date, and when the first conductor comes he punches that day, but technically you can leave the date blank until the conductor comes, that way you have a chance if no conductor asks you for your card (happens quite often) you can save it for the next day :)

4) Swiss Transfer Ticket" This card costs 141 francs and is valid for 2 trips from and to the boarder or airport, for example you are traveling from the airport to Arosa and are not planning to go anywhere else or take any other transportation, with this card you will effectively pay 71 francs per way. This card is only valid for trips to and from the airport or boarder and no (long) stops allowed. Technically if you will travel one more day, the Swiss travel pass mentioned above will probably be cheaper.

Make sure to order your pass a few weeks before leaving, it takes about 1-3 weeks for the pass to arrive. But you can always buy it in the Airport, though you might have to wait in line and also if you want to buy the Youth pass (for 25 y/o or younger) they might ask you for proof...

There is also a family pass if you travel with a large family, I am not familiar with that.


Fast Baggage
There is a service via SBB, They deliver your luggage for you!! For example you are traveling from ZRH to Arosa, you don't want to be busy Shlepping around your luggage, You can check in your luggage in the airport and they (SBB) will deliver it to the train station in Arosa. This service is available "from and to" most train stations in Switzerland. You can ask about the Fast Baggage by any train station or read here or here

You can even buy a tag that you put on the luggage before checking in your luggage in any airport (i.e. JFK) and Rail Europe will take your luggage from the airplane in Switzerland and deliver it either to your hotel or to the train station in the city you're going to.  Read about Flight Luggage Here




PS. When doing research and getting to a website in German, just add /en (after .ch) to translate to English.
And Hey, Don't forget to write a TR ;)

Sample Itinerary for 9 hour stopover on Swiss flight from TLV to U.S. that lands at 810 and takes off around 5
Copied from @cholent:
Here it is: landed in zrh, crazy line for entering country but moved pretty quickly, about half an hour. Picked up sim in the airport. Rented car through Priceline from europecar. Drove to Titlis, stunning scenery along drive. Missed a turnoff because I couldn't get Waze to talk and I was trying to do some stuff online while we were driving, added half an hour to get there, but the stunning scenery made it worthwhile. Got there, parked, you pay at the entrance if you're going to park for more than an hour. Paid, took the cable car. Got off at there halfway station by mistake, gorgeous lake. Went back on and back up to the top. It was somewhat cloudy which was a pity. Suspension bridge was fun but no view because of the clouds. Took the ice flyer to the other peak, then went sledding down the hill, lots of fun. No tubing because there wasn't enough snow. We didn't have enough time for the ice cave because of the extra time driving there and we weren't sure where it was anyway. Made some new Israeli friends and took the cable car down with them. Got back to the airport, returning the car took less than five minutes, getting through the airport took a little longer so we didn't have time for showers at the lounge. It was amazing all around, I would definitely recommend

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1320 on: July 05, 2016, 04:24:54 AM »
Any kosher food in Luzern?
Also any suggestion what to see today if i have a few hours?

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1321 on: July 05, 2016, 04:37:00 AM »
Any kosher food in Luzern?
Also any suggestion what to see today if i have a few hours?

No kosher food there. Just the typical kosher list.

Pilatus is a must if you're in Lucerne.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1322 on: July 05, 2016, 11:17:54 AM »
Also any suggestion what to see today if i have a few hours?
Pilatus is a must if you're in Lucerne.
If you're left with an hour or two, check out the Kapellbrucke, the old city including Museggmauer, walk around the lakefront and river.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1323 on: July 05, 2016, 12:23:40 PM »
Any kosher food in Luzern?
Also any suggestion what to see today if i have a few hours?
you can get a pass that will allow you to take the boat on lake lucerne and go up mt rigi

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1324 on: July 06, 2016, 12:00:01 AM »
Hi, planning on staying at the Maloja St. Moritz later this month.
I'll be coming from Lviv Ukraine (LWO) with a stop in Vienna (VIE).
1st leg (LWO-VIE) is via Austrian Airlines - 2nd Leg (VIE-ZRH) is via Swiss Air.

in the topic wiki I see there's an option to have your luggage checked in somewhere at ZRH airport via SBB and they'll deliver them to your end location/hotel.

Question; is there any way I can check in my luggage at the LWO airport with SBB (or any similar service) and they'll deliver it straight to the Maloja hotel? Or does it only from ZRH to the hotel/end location?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1325 on: July 06, 2016, 05:25:50 PM »
Any kosher food in Luzern?
Also any suggestion what to see today if i have a few hours?
http://koshermealsworldwide.com/our-kosher-food/

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1326 on: July 08, 2016, 12:54:54 AM »
Hi, planning on staying at the Maloja St. Moritz later this month.
I'll be coming from Lviv Ukraine (LWO) with a stop in Vienna (VIE).
1st leg (LWO-VIE) is via Austrian Airlines - 2nd Leg (VIE-ZRH) is via Swiss Air.

in the topic wiki I see there's an option to have your luggage checked in somewhere at ZRH airport via SBB and they'll deliver them to your end location/hotel.

Question; is there any way I can check in my luggage at the LWO airport with SBB (or any similar service) and they'll deliver it straight to the Maloja hotel? Or does it only from ZRH to the hotel/end location?

Thanks in advance


You can buy a tag by any airport that has a swiss ticketing desk and the tag goes on to the suitcase. So in your case it would not be possible since your first flight is not with swiss, unless you get a hold of these tags before( can be bought at any SBB Train station for 20 chf per tag/luggage)

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1327 on: July 12, 2016, 06:41:15 PM »
Interlaken / Jungfrau area?
Where would you recommend staying in Interlaken?  And would you recommend renting a car, or taking a train? (couple with a baby and luggage)

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Zurich Hotels
« Reply #1328 on: July 21, 2016, 11:06:06 AM »
I'll be in Zurich for a day in August. I'm planning to stay at the Kameha Grand Zurich (Autograph Collection)
Any reviews?
Does anyone know if they, or any other Marriott, will provide a Kosher breakfast?

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1329 on: July 21, 2016, 01:15:16 PM »
Where would you recommend staying in Interlaken?  And would you recommend renting a car, or taking a train? (couple with a baby and luggage)
We stayed at the Kosher place in Wengen. It was incredibly convenient not to have to worry about food and the location is great and the facilities clean and fine. We took a train from ZRH and that was convenient as well, though you wil have to switch once or twice. No cars are allowed in Wengen.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1330 on: July 25, 2016, 08:32:50 AM »
Does anyone know if there are any minyanim in Zermatt over the summer?

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1331 on: July 25, 2016, 01:26:21 PM »
trying to plan a trip for me my wife and kid trying to see where to start. Is there much to do in Zurich? I was planning on doing 3 days in Zurich by the Park Hyatt and then 4 days in Arosa by the kosher hotel (prestige card for 4th night free). Any ideas? Is Switzerland a good idea with a 1yr old?? TIA!

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1332 on: July 25, 2016, 01:31:52 PM »
trying to plan a trip for me my wife and kid trying to see where to start. Is there much to do in Zurich? I was planning on doing 3 days in Zurich by the Park Hyatt and then 4 days in Arosa by the kosher hotel (prestige card for 4th night free). Any ideas? Is Switzerland a good idea with a 1yr old?? TIA!
Zurich itself is not worth your time.  Maybe spend one day there.  (Or just the nights.)

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1333 on: July 25, 2016, 01:32:49 PM »


  4 days in Arosa by the kosher hotel (prestige card for 4th night free). Any ideas? Is Switzerland a good idea with a 1yr old?? TIA!

I asked last year here and no one knew the answer, please report back if you're able to use the 4th night benefit for levins.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1334 on: July 25, 2016, 01:42:04 PM »
why would it not? Should  be looking to go to other cities?

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1335 on: July 25, 2016, 01:44:59 PM »
why would it not? Should  be looking to go to other cities?
Citi's travel agency has to be able to book it.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1336 on: July 25, 2016, 05:04:48 PM »
aha

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1337 on: July 25, 2016, 06:37:57 PM »
Should be able to book Levin Arosa with Prestige. I was able to book Kempinski St. Moritz kosher package by having Citi Concierge call hotel directly. Same should work with Levin.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1338 on: July 26, 2016, 08:50:43 AM »
I was able to book the hotel mentioned below, I made a reservation with the hotel and called Citi with the hotels number and I told them to confirm with them. They told me I am eligible for 4th night.
Didn't sound like Citi has a list of hotels they approve... She picked up the second line and dialed right away the number I gave.
 
Alpen-Karawanserai
Hasenbachweg 222
5754 Hinterglemm
Telefon Reception: +43 6541 6497
www.kosher-hotel.at

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #1339 on: July 27, 2016, 10:50:47 PM »
What's a nice spg hotel in Zurich?