third coast.. said:
did you do all that with a car? My internet out at sea is incredibly terrible. I looked up zurich to Geneva via car and it was about 3.5 hours I thought. Zurich to Zermatt said 5.5 hours. are those times incredibly off? I am all about maximizing my time of relaxation but also enjoying as much as possible. can any ole boy rent a car there? sorry to be asking so many questions but the Switzerland tourism sites are bogging my computer down like crazy.
All of that was done on their train system. I have traveled by car before but it's not really any faster. Bern would be slightly more convenient than Zurich, but staying in Interlaken might be the best compromise. I think they get the IC (inter city) trains like Bern and Zurich. Try looking at the travel times from there.
Zermatt takes a long time because you are not going in a straight line. You have to take the tunnels through the mountains and then take a special cog wheel train to Zermatt.
Also, travel times can vary quite a bit depending on the category of train you are on. Some are like express trains that go directly from large City to large City and some stop at every single little small town. And some are in between, stopping at the mid size towns on the way to the large cities.