Travel ideas from Zurich

lia_b
Sat, 04 Jul 2015 12:58:45 +0000

I have to be in Zurich for business this coming October. My D is studying in England and I wanted to arrange a short mother daughter weekend. We would travel Friday, have full days Saturday and Sunday and travel back home Monday. I thought she could either travel to Zurich and we could take a train somewhere for the weekend or we could both fly somewhere and meet there.

Currently, we set our hopes on Seville, Spain. However, the logistics are not favorable. Direct flights are few and some of the schedules arrive too late in the day. There seems to be a mandatory stop over in Madrid, which wastes at least 2 hours of the travel day.

We are looking at other options and hope that someone suggests something we have not thought about. It needs to be easy to get to by train or plane. I prefer not to take the budget airlines (Easy Jet, Veuling) because I will have check-in luggage due to the business trip and it adds up. I would like it to be safe, affordable and walkable. I am not looking to rent a car. We usually like to explore cities and try local foods. We love markets where we could find something local to take home.

Here is the list of places we have been so they are not on the list: Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Barcelona, Madrid, Brugges, Edinburgh. I have also traveled within Switzerland during prior business trips so I prefer to see something new.

Thank you in advance for any recommendations.