Switzerland Complete Guide 2026: Zermatt, Matterhorn, Jungfrau, Lucerne, Interlaken & Geneva
Browse more guides: Switzerland travel | Europe destinations Switzerland Complete Guide 2026: Zermatt, Matterhorn, Jungfrau, Lucerne, Interlaken and Geneva TL;DR Switzerland is the trip I tell people to plan once, then repeat. On a single rail ticket I move from the car-free village of Zermatt at 1,620 m under the Matterhorn (4,478 m) to Jungfraujoch at 3,454 m, the highest railway station in Europe. I roll into Lucerne for the Chapel Bridge dated 1333, climb Mount Pilatus on the world's steepest cogwheel at a 48% gradient, then thread south on the Glacier Express across 291 bridges and 91 tunnels. Geneva closes the loop with the UN, CERN, and the Lavaux vineyards inscribed by UNESCO in 2007. The country is expensive, punctual, multilingual (German, French, Italian, Romansh), and 2026 is a strong year to go: the Eiger Express gondola (Dec 2020) drops you at Eiger Glacier in 15 minutes, the Glacier Express Excellence Class (2019) books months ahead, and the Stoosbahn (Dec 2017)...