When it
comes to Easter planning, The Frau is frustrated. It seems like the
perfect chance to get away for the long weekend, but the travel industry does
their best to make sure it isn’t. Overpriced airfares (CHF 600 for a 1-hour
flight anyone?), apart-hotels that usually have 3-night minimum stays make them 7 instead, and then there are the warnings from locals of
heavy traffic.
It’s enough
to make anyone consider staying home. Including The Frau.
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| Easter in Switzerland |
So The Frau
started researching how to have a fun-filled Easter weekend closer to home. And
if the travel industry is frustrating you, don’t let them win. Here is a
complete Easter weekend itinerary in Switzerland. Frohe Ostern, mitenand.
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
Costumes
from La Scala theater. Torch bearers. Brass instruments and drums. And 50
horses. Watch Christ’s journey to Calvary as you’ve never seen it before–recreated
by 200 actors through the streets of Mendrisio.
Easter Saturday
This
beautiful house/museum in Baden, filled with Monets and Reniors, also has a
beautiful garden. At 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, they will have an Easter Egg
hunt for children. Cost is CHF 10 per
child. Maximum age of participation is 8 years old.
Easter Sunday
Celebrate
Easter Sunday in style—in your swimsuit. At the spa in Leukerbad, a champagne
breakfast will be served poolside. The cost is only 42 CHF per person and the
price includes spa entry.
Easter Monday
Ok, besides
the Easter eggs and bunnies, there will be that odd stand selling Confederate
flags. But the Easter spirit is there. And if you’re looking for a large market
in a beautiful setting, then the Brengarten Easter Market won’t disappoint.
Anyone else
have Easter ideas? The Frau thanks you for sharing.
