Originally Posted by
maltasr
Thanks to RussellJ and sc flier for some great pointers. I'm particularly happy to learn that the lake district is only a one hour's train ride from Milan AND that the area is easy to navigate without a rental car. I'm wondering, if after our lake district visit, it's easy to get to Zurich or Geneva by train. I was thinking of doing an open jaw and flying into Milan and out of either Zurich or Geneva or whether we'd be better off returning to Milan. Any thoughts?
I know that you can get up to St Moritz without too much difficulty. We saw a number of mentions of such excursions in guidebooks or ads. I don't recall if that was train or bus or a combination of both. I know for certain that you can go from St Moritz to Zurich on trains.
I see direct trains on raileurope.com from Como to Zurich in 3 hours 6 minutes. There are also trains from Lugano, Switzerland (on the north shore of Lake Lugano). You can also check the Swiss Rail website for route info (including the ability to view intermediate stops):
www.sbb.ch/en/
Como to Geneva in 6+ hours.
(
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Check out
this link about Lakes Como & Lugano on the Swiss Rail site. And a full list of their
Free Time Ideas.