Discover beautiful holiday spots ringed by mountain peaks in a peerless location between lakes Thun and Brienz. With the breathtaking backdrop of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau forming part of a stunning natural landscape, picture-perfect holiday times are assured. Enjoy an unforgettable stay in a spruce mountain village with fabulous views, a rural setting amid lush green meadows or lively Interlaken. The towns and villages around Interlaken make ideal bases for all manner of excursions in the holiday region and the Jungfrau area, and the rest of the Bernese Oberland. Scores of sights, day-trip destinations, tourist highlights and unique hideaways are there to be discovered. Find your favourite place in and around Interlaken.
Interlaken has exceptional national and international transport links. Every half an hour you have train connections from and to Bern, Zürich, Geneva and Basel. It also has first-class public transport links to Switzerland’s airports and a number of European cities, including Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Milan.
It’s also easy to get here by car. Interlaken is well signposted from the Swiss autobahn network, which has excellent connections to Europe’s key centres. Almost every town in Switzerland is accessible with public transport, whether it is by train, by Postbus, by ship or by ferry and by funicular.
With the timetable change on 11 December 2022, the SBB introduces a direct train connection from Zurich Airport to Interlaken Ost as the terminal station and back (with continuation of the journey to Romanshorn). This allows you, after landing at Zurich Airport, to have a relaxing, 2-hour train trip to Interlaken without any transfer struggle. Of course, the train also stops at Interlaken West train station.
From 11 December 2022, there is also going to exist a new direct train connection from Montreux to Interlaken Ost. This allows you to visit Montreux as one of the most beautiful Swiss cities on a day trip and to travel back to Interlaken comfortably after day full of new impressions.
The Swiss public transport network is extremely well-connected and is famous for its punctuality, safety and frequency. Trains to Interlaken depart from all of Switzerland’s major towns at least every hour. It also offers excellent connections to the international train network.
Interlaken is on the Swiss national road network and has excellent links to all major European centres. From further away, Interlaken is well signposted on the autobahns and easy to find.
Next in line are the Swiss airports of Bern, Zürich, Geneva and Basel-Mulhouse. After landing, you can take public transport or a hire car to Interlaken. A train link is also available from Frankfurt airport. Excellent train links are also available from Charles de Gaules airport in Paris and Milan-Malpensa.