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Lake holiday recs for Aug 23 (Switz/Austria etc))

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Laquila · 26/07/2022 23:20

We'd like to travel by train from the UK next summer for a couple of weeks at one of the "middle European" lakes. Obviously we'll have to account for train tickets being higher in some countries but assuming all were equal, where would you head for? Annecy? Konstanz? Maggiore? Lucerne? We went to Garda and Idro years ago and loved it, but I'm hoping the further north we stay, the less intense the heat will be 😁😱

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Ohthatsexciting · 28/07/2022 10:49

Thereisnolight · 28/07/2022 08:45

Yes, our DC, similar age, adored the lake. They had diving boards, boats, diving rafts, kayaks etc and the water was lovely!

Sounds bliss
where did you stay?

Ohthatsexciting · 28/07/2022 10:53

StamppotAndGravy · 28/07/2022 08:47

I think you'd be unlucky to get two weeks of baking weather! It could just as well rain.

@Ohthatsexciting I can give you our holiday itinerary if it helps for ideas! We've got a cabin on the sleeper train which is definitely part of the holiday. We've camping near Locarno where we will swim, paddleboard and kayak on the lake, and eat in the city. We've booked an introduction to canyoning trip for a half day. We're going to the castle at Bellinzona. We'll take the cable car up the mountain and do some walking. If it rains there is a big waterpark and spa complex. We'll maybe hire bikes too

thank you! What camp site? Have you been before? What sort of budget for this kind of holiday? How long will the journey take?

StamppotAndGravy · 28/07/2022 12:48

We live in the Netherlands which makes travel a bit easier. The train leaves our city around 2100 and arrives in Zurich around 0830. It's around €150 per person each way for a private cabin with breakfast and welcome glass of wine. As much luggage as you can drag! A couchette or seat is cheaper of course. We then get a train through the Gotthard tunnel (DH considers this a tourist attraction!) down to Ticcino, the Italian part of Switzerland. It's like Italy, but with Swiss efficiency, safety and cleanliness.

The campsite is about €350 for a week with a tent. We only stay at sites where I can get unlimited hot showers and a cappuccino with a lake view though :D Eating out is expensive because it's Switzerland, but prices are now so high in NL we don't really notice. Supermarkets aren't hideously expensive unless you want a lot of meat. We don't like to drive so we pay Swiss prices to guarantee good public transport. France, Italy and Germany are all cheaper but public transport is less reliable and especially in France trains are expensive last minute.

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