Budget Tours & Trips to Swiss Alps

This budget-friendly trip includes daily breakfast, second-class train travel between cities, and group tours by air-conditioned coach. Hotels like Montana Hotel in Zurich and Exe Park City Hotel in Prague sit centrally within walking distance to main stations. Activities include a hop-on-hop-off bus tour through Prague's Old Town Square and Charles Bridge, plus a complimentary Vltava River cruise.

At around $300 per day, you'll stay 3 nights at Montana Hotel Zurich with breakfast and private transfers, then head to Grindelwald and Interlaken for 6 hours of free time to hike past the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau peaks. A guided walk through Zurich's Old Town is included.

This budget-conscious trip offers stays at centrally located Maritim Hotel München and Hotel Montana Zurich with daily breakfast, plus coach transportation over Brünig Pass to the Swiss Alps. Free walking tours cover Munich's Marienplatz and Viktualien Market, with ferry rides on Lake Zurich and cable car access to Felsenegg viewpoint included.

The Swiss Alps' majesty unfolds at approx. $240 per day, including guided mountain excursions and train travel. The state-of-the-art Eiger Express gondola carries you to Grindelwald's spectacular viewpoints with included transportation.

At around $250 per day, you'll stay at 3-star hotels like Fred Hotel Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Hotel Rothaus Luzern with breakfast each morning. Travel between cities uses 2nd-class train tickets, and private airport transfers handle your trips to and from Zurich airport at no extra cost.

At around $200 per day, this budget-friendly rail trip includes 6 nights at Montana Hotel Zurich and Promenade City Hotel Budapest with daily breakfasts. You'll ferry across Lake Zurich and ride the cable car to Felsenegg viewpoint, plus have a 3-course Hungarian lunch in Esztergom. Train travel in 2nd class connects Zurich to Budapest via the Brünig pass, with all transfers and guided tours included.

Your 5-day trek through the Swiss Alps includes daily luggage transfers and a one-year SwitzerlandMobility Plus subscription providing GPS data and navigation app access. The trip covers 4 breakfasts and 1 dinner, plus a train travel subsidy to reduce transportation costs. Accommodations from Saas-Fee to Zermatt are carefully selected and pre-arranged, excluding only the remote Europahütte mountain hut.