Driving in Switzerland
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Auto clubs
Touring-Club Suisse
The Touring Club of Switzerland's Web site is devoted mostly to sales and customer service
for Swiss motorists, but it does have useful travel information for visitors.
ACS
Like the Touring-Club Suisse, the Automobile Club of Switzerland is
geared to residents, but its Google-translated site may be worth a look.
Car train
BLS Lötschberg Car Transport
From the Bernese Oberland, BLS car trains offer a shortcut to the southern
side of the Alps. (Just drive onto a train, and you'll be through the tunnel
in 15 minutes.)
Route planners
Finaroute
Enter your Swiss departure and arrival towns, choose the kind of routing you
want, and Finaroute will generate a detailed itinerary.
Law enforcement
Swiss Traffic Tickets
switzerlandforvisitors.com
What to do when you commit a traffic sin and get caught.
Motoring Trivia
Where's That Vehicle
Come From: Switzerland
Did the BMW that blew by you come from Schwyz or Solothurn? Here's how to tell.
Rental firms
Auto Europe
our partner
This long-established firm has a wide range of cars from Peugeot, VW, Audi,
Mercedes-Benz, and other manufacturers--including high-performance sports cars
from a partner based in Zürich. Auto Europe also
offers Peugeot "Buy Back"
short-term leases
for travelers from overseas.
Renault EuroDrive
our partner
If you're driving in Europe for 17 days or more and your permanent residence
is outside the European Union, a Renault EuroDrive
short-term lease
can be significantly cheaper than renting.
Motorhomes (caravans) and motorcycles
Auto Europe
our partner
In addition to cars, vans, and SUVs, this long-estblished rental firm
offers motorhomes for pickup in France, Great Britain, Germany, and Spain.
Moby Campers
This Swiss firm has a "handover place" in Bieberist, a
village near Solothurn that can be reached by hourly trains from Zürich and
Geneva Airports.
Related article
Sustenpass Road
switzerlandforvisitors.com
Take a scenic excursion or a three-pass tour by car, bicycle, or Postal
Bus. (The Sustenpass lies between Andermatt and Meiringen at the junction of
cantons Bern and Uri.)
Other transportation
Just in case you have second thoughts about driving, here are links to
indexes of my articles on other forms of transportation in Switzerland and
Austria:
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Need a car in Europe?
Auto Europe
guarantees the lowest rental
rates for standard cars, sports cars, SUVs, luxury cars,
chauffered sedans, and RVs. Its Web site also has driving information
for 38 countries.
If
you live outside the EU, a
tax-free
Renault or
Peugeot tourist lease can be cheaper than renting.
Minimum driver age is 18, there' s no upper age limit, and rates include
insurance. See:
Short-term car leasing.
Traveling by train?
Rail Europe
has schedules, maps, and guides for 50+ European railroads. (Residents
of North and Central America can buy tickets and rail passes
online.)
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