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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s been a few years now, but when my family visited the Berner Oberland—we stayed in Lauterbrunnen, not Wengen—we parked our rental car and didn’t use it again until we moved on to France.

That area is well served by public transportation like trains and cog-wheeled trains and you can get around easily without a car.

You might look into a Rick Steves guidebook; he generally has excellent and detailed info on getting around via public transport.[/quote]

I was in Murren last summer, just further up the valley from Lauterbrunnen. Switzerland has one of the most comprehensive if not the most comprehensive network of trains and buses in the world. They also have trains that feel like a hybrid of train-buses. Very easy to get around everywhere by train and once in a mountain town the trails are well marked. Make sure you get a Swiss travel pass as it also applies to the chairlifts and cable cars. To OP: make sure you research the travel pass versus the half fare travel card).

Planning another trup to the Berner Oberland this summer in conjunction with going down to Lake Como afterwards so am reading this thread with interest. Not planning a car at all. [/quote]

If no car in Lake Como, but want to move around a bit, would recommend staying in probably Varenna as your best option, since it's accessible to the train which runs often to Milan, and also mid -lake so lot of the ferries go there   Of course if just going to hang out at a hotel near the lake for a few days, there are lots of options that will be fine.[/quote]

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