Did you find Switzerland boring?
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Anonymous
| We would be in Geneva or Zurich for 7-10 days. Kids are 7, 11, 15. |
Anonymous
| No but we went to the Bernese Oberland. I would have found cities boring. |
Anonymous
| We also wondered about it and think it might be boring, especially for DC. |
Anonymous
| It's beautiful with a lot of wonderful hiking and some very picturesque areas. I would not want to spend a ton of time in Geneva itself, but there's lots to do as day trips out of the city, and it will be nice to have a city base because there's good food, beer gardens, playgrounds in Geneva. Though it's not a spectacular sightseeing city so after a couple days you'll want to venture outside the city. |
Anonymous
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I wouldn't spend a week in either city. Spend your time in the mountains or around Lac Lucerne.
Just spent a week in skiing in Zermatt this winter and definitely not bored. Poorer, but not bored. |
Anonymous
There are some cities I just wouldn't take our kids to - incl Florence, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Budapest or Geneva. They just aren't into art on that deep of a level or have anything interesting to do or see in the others. I LOVE them but my 14 and 12 year olds prefer Rome, Tokyo, Venice. It's simply a matter of sophistication I suppose and my kids are just not going to be into 5 days of scenery no matter how beautiful. Mine need stuff to do and more engagement over culture and museums. Know your audience  maybe your family will love!
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Anonymous
You couldn’t be more wrong about those cities. There’s so much for kids to do in each one of them, not just scenery and art museums. |
Anonymous
Not just your kids, my friend's kid, also 14, loved Switzerland and did not like the cultural history of Italy. She thought it was boring after the first church and all churches looked the same to her. |
Anonymous
Thus exactly. The scenery is spectacular (hiking in the alps), not the cities. I would not spend long in Zurich. |
Anonymous
| Zurich is 2 days, not 7-10. Then go stay in Wengen for 5 nights and do all the nature stuff but only if you like outdoorsey stuff. Then two nights in Luzern to end the trip. Done. |
Anonymous
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I recommend:
https://burgenstockresort.com/en/activities-and-experiences/ballenberg-open-air-museum https://www.stiftsbezirk.ch/en/stiftsbibliothek Though the first is better for kids. |
Anonymous
| Zurich was boring. I also found Lucerne boring unless you like lakes. Absolutely loved the mountain region around Wengen, Murren, etc. Could have stayed there more than the 5 days we did. |
Anonymous
sophistication? it sounds like your kids are addicted to being overstimulated. there is nothing sophisticated about Venice. its a massive tourist trap. |
Anonymous
Judgy? Nothing the kid preferring Venice over Geneva. Some adults were too. And you misinterpreted the PP regarding the sophisticated comment – they said the opposite to what you thought. |
Anonymous
* ugh auto type. Nothing wrong with kids preferring Venice over Geneva. Some adults would too |