Rick’s Resources: Switzerland
For your Best of Switzerland tour, we've curated this collection of Rick Steves' Europe videos, articles, and radio interviews to help you get your...
The Best of Switzerland with Marta Shakhazizian
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on September 22, 2025. Wedged neatly between Germany, Austria, France, and Ita...
Beyond the Best of Switzerland with the MNT Team
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on June 16, 2025. First-timers to Switzerland are lured by Luzern's flower-lin...
Hi from Rick: Back on the Road
As I write this, I'm zipping off to Florence to kick off 50 straight days of European travel. I'll be zigzagging across Italy, Greece, Germany, and...
Laundromat in Lucerne/Luzern
Self serve laundry mat in Luzern. This cute little place is very clean and efficient! Staf is friendly and welcoming! Laundry Luzern A ...
Lucerne
We will be in Lucerne for 2 nights and looking at booking a room and wondering if any thoughts on Hotel Monopol or Cascada Hotel. Looking for pret...
Build Bridges, Not Walls
I’ve been thinking about how — even if all you care about is your own success — it’s much better to build bridges than to build walls. As we live ...
Lucern Dining
Looking for suggestions of restaurants for lunch and dinner in Lucerne. Will be in Lucern for two days where we are responsible for our lunches and...
Countryside or Lucerne
We'll be taking a train from Salzburg to Zurich and from there will stay in Lucerne for five nights. I'm having a very difficult time deciding whet...
Lucerne - crowds
We will be in Switzerland in August for 12 days. We are probably skipping the B.O. this time for a variety of reasons. My question at the moment is...
Lucerne activities
We will be in Lucerne for two days in March prior to a Viking river trip (from Basel). Can someone let me know which activities in Lucerne need to...
Paris to Lucern
We are taking the Best of Switzerland in 12 days next year. Thinking of taking the train from Paris to Lucern rather than flying to Zurich and the...
Lucerne to Dolomites.
Hello fellow wanderers. My husband and I are traveling to Europe for 3 weeks beginning mid September of this year. Flights and accommodations are b...
Salzburg to Lucerne
We will be traveling from Salzburg to Lucerne and have the Swiss Travel pass. Do we need to reserve the train tickets prior to traveling? If so, ho...
Bern or Luzern
My Wife and I will be in Switzerland from July 1 to July 8 celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. We are both in our mid 50s and have no limitat...