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12 hDay Trip to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
★ 4.8 · 2 519 reviews
- Twelve hours, Cogwheel train to the Top of Europe
- Round trip from Zurich in a day
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$358Zurich
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Jungfraujoch day trip
A Jungfraujoch Day Trip reaches Europe's highest railway station for a day in the Swiss Alps. We compared 13 tours, prices from $322, free cancellation, top tour rated 4.8 from 2,519 reviews. The top tour includes the Eiger Express cable car ascent.
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Thirteen ways up the same mountain
Thirteen listings, one summit: the cogwheel railway through the Eiger to Europe’s highest station at 3,454 metres. What changes is the city you leave from, anywhere from Lauterbrunnen in the valley to Geneva, and whether you travel on a ticket at your own pace or with a guide, a coach and a reserved seat. Tickets start at $322.
Bestseller1,802 reviews
7 hGuided Tour to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
★ 4.7 · 1 802 reviews
- Seven hours, Guided day to the Top of Europe
- Train from Interlaken and back
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$340Interlaken
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Bestseller619 reviews
10 hDay Trip to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe
★ 4.8 · 619 reviews
- Ten hours, Day to the Top of Europe
- Round trip from Lucerne
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$347Lucerne
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Zurich to the summit and back464 reviews
11 hJungfraujoch & Interlaken by Glass Roof Bus
★ 4.4 · 464 reviews
- 11 hours, Glass roof bus through the Oberland
- Zurich to the summit and back
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$358Zurich
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Interlaken to the summit396 reviews
6.5 hRoundtrip to the Top of Europe by Train
★ 4.6 · 396 reviews
- 6.5 hours, Roundtrip ticket by train
- Interlaken to the summit
- Entry ticket
- Free cancellation
$335Interlaken
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Guided day from Zurich11.5 h
11.5 hJungfraujoch Guided Day Tour with Cogway Train
★ 4.5 · 64 reviews
- 11.5 hours, Cogwheel train up the mountain
- Guided day from Zurich
- Day trip
- Free cancellation
$357Zurich
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Lowest price here6.5 h
6.5 hTicket to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
★ 4.4 · 61 reviews
- 6.5 hours, Ticket from the valley floor
- Lauterbrunnen to the summit
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
$322Lauterbrunnen
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Geneva to the summit and back13 h
13 hJungfraujoch – Top of Europe & Interlaken Tour
★ 4.7 · 27 reviews
- 13 hours, Long day across the country
- Geneva to the summit and back
- Longest trip here
- Free cancellation
$418Geneva
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Rated 4.97 h
7 hJungfraujoch (Top of Europe) afternoon tour from Interlaken
★ 4.9 · 14 reviews
- Seven hours, Afternoon on the summit
- Later start from Interlaken
- Day trip
- Free cancellation
$615Interlaken
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Rated 5.06 h
6 hJungfraujoch self-guided day trip
★ 5.0 · 3 reviews
- Six hours, Self-guided summit ticket
- Travel at your own pace
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$455Interlaken
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Grindelwald and the summit12 h
12 hJungfraujoch & Interlaken | VIP Sprinter Small Group
- Twelve hours, Small group in a VIP Sprinter
- Grindelwald and the summit
- Day trip
- Free cancellation
$677Grindelwald
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Rated 4.910 h
10 hJungfraujoch Top of Europe Private Day Trip from Bern
★ 4.9 · 5 reviews
- Ten hours, Private day from Bern
- Your own guide and vehicle
- Day trip
- Free cancellation
$1,008Bern
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Your own guide and vehicle10 h
10 hPrivate Tour from Zurich to Jungfraujoch - The Top of Europe
★ 4.7 · 9 reviews
- Ten hours, Private day from Zurich
- Your own guide and vehicle
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$1,553Zurich
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Where do you wake up, and who drives?
Seen the thirteen above and still torn? They all end in the same place, the station at 3,454 metres, so the choice is not where you go but what you are buying: a round-trip ticket you use at your own pace, a guided day with the seats and transfers booked for you, or a private day with a vehicle and guide of your own.
See it before you pay for it
Summer in the valley, winter on the terrace
This is the part people are least ready for: you board in green meadows at 800 metres and step out into snow at 3,454. The listings say it plainly: ice and snow at the top all year round. The ride climbs through a tunnel bored inside the Eiger, with a change at Kleine Scheidegg.
Side by side
The valley ticket, the guided day, the private car
People book these interchangeably and then find out they bought different days. A ticket from Lauterbrunnen is 6.5 hours at $322: the train, the seat reservation above Kleine Scheidegg and admission. The guided day from Interlaken is 7 hours at $340 and adds a guide, the coach and priority boarding. From Zurich the same summit takes 12 hours.
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| Ticket to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe | TOP PICKDay Trip to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe | Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Private Day Trip from Bern | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per person | $322 | $358 | $1,008 |
| What you are buying | A round-trip ticket | A guided day with transport | A private day for your party |
| Where it starts | Lauterbrunnen, on the valley floor | Zurich | Bern |
| How long it takes | 6.5 hours | 12 hours | 10 hours |
| What is included | Round-trip train, admission and the seat reservation | Guide, coach, Eiger Express cable car, reserved seats | Private guide and vehicle, seat reservation, entrance fees |
| Who is with you | Nobody — you go at your own pace | A guide and the rest of the group | Your own guide, and nobody else |
| At the top | The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier | The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier | The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier |
| Rating | 4.4 across 61 reviews | 4.8 across 2,519 reviews | 4.9 across 5 reviews |
| Book by | On the date you choose | At least 30 minutes before | On the date you choose |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation | Free cancellation | Free cancellation |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
TOP PICK
Day Trip to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
$358- What you are buying
- A guided day with transport
- Where it starts
- Zurich
- How long it takes
- 12 hours
- What is included
- Guide, coach, Eiger Express cable car, reserved seats
- Who is with you
- A guide and the rest of the group
- At the top
- The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier
- Rating
- 4.8 across 2,519 reviews
- Book by
- At least 30 minutes before
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 h · Reserve now, pay later
Ticket to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
$322- What you are buying
- A round-trip ticket
- Where it starts
- Lauterbrunnen, on the valley floor
- How long it takes
- 6.5 hours
- What is included
- Round-trip train, admission and the seat reservation
- Who is with you
- Nobody — you go at your own pace
- At the top
- The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier
- Rating
- 4.4 across 61 reviews
- Book by
- On the date you choose
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation
Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Private Day Trip from Bern
$1,008- What you are buying
- A private day for your party
- Where it starts
- Bern
- How long it takes
- 10 hours
- What is included
- Private guide and vehicle, seat reservation, entrance fees
- Who is with you
- Your own guide, and nobody else
- At the top
- The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier
- Rating
- 4.9 across 5 reviews
- Book by
- On the date you choose
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation
Verdict
Take the guided day from Zurich
It is the one that takes the whole journey off your hands: the coach through the Bernese Oberland, the Eiger Express from Grindelwald, the train on to the summit and the way back down through Lauterbrunnen, with a multilingual guide and reserved seats. Twelve hours door to door, rated 4.8 across 2,519 reviews; the next listing has 1,802. If you are already in the valley, buy the ticket instead.
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The summit is a station, not a climb
Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe, at 3,454 metres, and the way up is the cogwheel line that changes at Kleine Scheidegg and spends its last stretch in a tunnel through the Eiger. Nothing about the day asks you to walk uphill. What it asks is a block of time: the same summit is sold from seven cities, and the city sets the length of the day, six and a half hours from Lauterbrunnen, thirteen from Geneva.
Two-minute check
Which departure fits your trip?
Three things decide it: the city you sleep in, how many hours of the day you want to spend travelling, and whether you would rather read the timetable yourself or follow a guide. Answer three questions and pick the departure before you pay.
Where does your day start?Seven cities sell the same summit; the city sets the day’s length
How are you on your feet?The station is indoors and level, but the day is long on platforms
What do you want to buy?All thirteen end at the same station; this is the real difference
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the trip that fits the day you described, and the one thing on its listing that would catch you out.
Six ways up
5,983 reviews across thirteen ways to the Top of Europe
Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people’s into a score of our own.
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Day Trip to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
From $358 · 2,519 reviews
★★★★★
Our top pick: the full day from Zurich
A coach through the Bernese Oberland, the Eiger Express cable car up from Grindelwald, then the train on to Jungfraujoch, with a multilingual guide, reserved seats and priority boarding. Twelve hours door to door, with the Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier at the top. Rated 4.8 across 2,519 reviews.
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Guided Tour to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
From $340 · 1,802 reviews
★★★★★
The short guided day from Interlaken
Seven hours instead of twelve, because Interlaken is already at the foot of the mountain. The cable car from Grindelwald Terminal to Eiger Glacier, the train on to the summit, and the train back down through Lauterbrunnen, with the guide and the seat reservations included. Rated 4.7 across 1,802 reviews.
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Ticket to Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
From $322 · 61 reviews
★★★★☆
The lowest fare here, from the valley floor
A round-trip train ticket from Lauterbrunnen with admission to Jungfraujoch and the seat reservation from Kleine Scheidegg to the summit. No guide and no group: you take the trains you want on the day you booked. The listing is marked wheelchair accessible. Rated 4.4 across 61 reviews.
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Roundtrip to the Top of Europe by Train
From $335 · 396 reviews
★★★★★
Six and a half hours, start to finish
Six and a half hours from Interlaken on a round-trip ticket with admission included, up through Kleine Scheidegg and into the Eiger tunnel. The Ice Palace, the Alpine Sensation and the Aletsch views are in the ticket, and the listing is marked wheelchair accessible. Rated 4.6 across 396 reviews.
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Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe & Interlaken Tour
From $418 · 27 reviews
★★★★★
The longest day, with time in Interlaken
Thirteen hours from Geneva by coach with a driver-guide, across the country and back, with time of your own in Interlaken on top of the summit itself. Admission to Jungfraujoch, the Ice Palace, the Alpine Sensation and the Sphinx Observatory are in the price. Rated 4.7 across 27 reviews.
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Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Private Day Trip from Bern
From $1,008 · 5 reviews
★★★★★
Your own guide, your own vehicle
A private day from Bern for your party alone: the transport, a professional guide for you only, the seat reservation on the Jungfrau Railway and the entrance fees at the summit. Ten hours, and the pace is set by your group rather than a timetable. Rated 4.9 across 5 reviews.
What it really costs
What a day at 3,454 metres costs, line by line
Prices are per person and cover the ride up, the seat reservation where the listing includes one, and admission to Jungfraujoch. What moves the number is distance and company: a ticket from the valley floor is the plain version, a guided day buys a coach and a guide, a private day a car.
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| How you go up | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticket to Jungfraujoch from Lauterbrunnen | $322 | 6.5 hours, round-trip train, seat reservation and admission | Free cancellation |
| Roundtrip to the Top of Europe by train from Interlaken | $335 | 6.5 hours, round-trip train ticket and admission | Free cancellation |
| Guided tour to Jungfraujoch from Interlaken | $340 | 7 hours, guide, coach, Eiger Express cable car, priority boarding | Free cancellation |
| Day trip to Jungfraujoch from Zurich | $358 | 12 hours, guide, coach, Eiger Express and the cogwheel train | Free cancellation |
| Private day trip from Zurich with a driver-guide | $1,553 | 10 hours, hotel pickup, private vehicle and a guide | Check the listing |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- The length of the day. From Zurich it is twelve hours and from Geneva thirteen, and that is a whole day of your trip rather than a morning.
- Warm clothes you did not pack. The station is at 3,454 m with snow outside year round, while the valley you left may be in full summer.
- Food and drink at the top. The fares here cover the journey and the admission; what you eat at the summit station is yours.
- The weather. The Geneva listing states that if access to Jungfraujoch is not possible on the day, the refund applies to the ticket portion and not to the transport.
What is genuinely included
- The round trip to Jungfraujoch and admission to the summit station
- The seat reservation on the reserved stretch from Kleine Scheidegg to the top
- The Sphinx Observatory, the Ice Palace and the Alpine Sensation walkway
- On the guided days: a guide, the coach or the Eiger Express, and priority boarding
- Free cancellation on eight of the thirteen listings, with a full refund
The honest answer
Is a Jungfraujoch trip worth it?
From $322, this is a serious price for a train ride, so the question deserves a straight answer. What the fare buys is altitude nobody walks to in a morning: a rack railway bored through the Eiger to 3,454 metres, a terrace above the Aletsch Glacier, and tunnels cut into the ice inside the mountain.
What makes it worth it
- Europe’s highest railway station, and the train takes you to 3,454 m
- The Sphinx terrace, the Ice Palace and the Aletsch Glacier view are in the fare
- The same summit is sold from seven cities, so you can book it from wherever you already are
- The shortest version is six and a half hours, which leaves the rest of the day to you
- Free cancellation on eight of the thirteen listings, so a date is easy to hold
Keep in mind
- From Zurich it is a twelve-hour day and from Geneva thirteen, most of it spent travelling
- Summer at the bottom is winter at the top: snow and ice year round
- If the summit closes, the Geneva listing refunds only the ticket portion
- Several of the guided days ask to be booked 30 minutes to 10 hours ahead
- A guided day and a plain ticket end in the same place at very different prices
The trip, hour by hour
From the valley floor to the Top of Europe and back
Pick the city, then the trip
The city you start from decides the length of the day: six and a half hours from Lauterbrunnen or Interlaken, ten from Lucerne or Bern, twelve from Zurich, thirteen from Geneva.
The departure is early on the long days
The Zurich and Geneva coaches leave in the morning and are back in the evening; the trips from Interlaken and the valley start later because the mountain is already above them.
Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald
The routes pass through one of the two valleys under the Jungfrau. The guided days from Zurich and Lucerne go up by the Eiger Express cable car from Grindelwald Terminal.
Kleine Scheidegg, and the train that goes into the mountain
This is where the cogwheel railway to Jungfraujoch begins, and where a seat reservation is worth having. Above it the line runs inside a tunnel cut through the Eiger.
3,454 metres, and the door opens onto snow
The Sphinx observation terrace over the Aletsch Glacier, the Ice Palace cut into the ice under the station, the Alpine Sensation walkway and the plateau outside.
Usually a different valley from the one you came up
Most of the guided days come up through Grindelwald and go back down through Lauterbrunnen, so the return is not a repeat of the morning.
Back where you started
Every trip on this page is a day trip: you sleep in the same bed you woke up in, whether that is Interlaken at the foot of the mountain or Zurich three hours away.
Best time of day
Go up early, keep the afternoon for the way back
The summit is the same at any hour, because the Ice Palace and the Alpine Sensation are inside the mountain and the terrace is open all day. What changes is the air below it: the valleys tend to build cloud through the afternoon, so the earlier departures give you the clearer half of the day for the stretch between Interlaken and Kleine Scheidegg, which is the part you see from a window. The long coach days from Zurich and Geneva are built that way already. If you can choose your own trains, take an early one up and keep the slow return for later.
On the mountain
What the fare actually gets you at the top
The Sphinx terrace
The observation deck above the station, and the view down the longest glacier in the Alps.
The cogwheel railway
Kleine Scheidegg is where the train for the summit starts and the tunnel begins.
The Ice Palace
Tunnels and chambers cut into the glacier under the station, included in the fare.
The Aletsch Glacier
The largest glacier in the Alps, and the reason the terrace faces the way it does.
What it's like
One station at 3,454 metres, sold from seven cities
Jungfraujoch is a railway station. That sounds like a small thing to build a day around until you see where it is: 3,454 metres up between the Mönch and the Jungfrau, the highest railway station in Europe, reached by a cogwheel line that spends its last stretch inside a tunnel bored through the Eiger. You do not walk to it. You buy a seat and it takes you there.
That is why the thirteen trips on this page all end in the same place. What separates them is where they begin and what comes with the fare. The same summit is sold from Zurich, Interlaken, Lucerne, Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald, Geneva and Bern, and the city you leave from decides how much of your day the mountain takes.
From the valley it is short. A round-trip ticket out of Lauterbrunnen is $322 and the day runs six and a half hours, because the train starts almost under the mountain. From Interlaken a ticket is much the same length. From Zurich the guided day is twelve hours, from Geneva thirteen, and most of that is the journey rather than the summit.
The second thing that separates them is whether anyone is travelling with you. A ticket gets you the round trip, the admission and the seat reservation from Kleine Scheidegg to the top, and then leaves you to it. A guided day adds the coach, a multilingual guide, priority boarding and, on the routes from Zurich and Lucerne, the Eiger Express cable car up from Grindelwald Terminal before the train.
Our pick is the twelve-hour day from Zurich at $358. It carries 2,519 reviews at 4.8, where the next listing here has 1,802, and it takes the whole problem off your hands: the coach through the Bernese Oberland, the cable car, the train, the reserved seats, and the way back down through Lauterbrunnen rather than the valley you came up.
At the top, the fare buys the same things wherever you started. The Sphinx observation terrace looks down the Aletsch Glacier, the longest in the Alps. The Ice Palace is a set of tunnels and chambers cut into the ice under the station, with walls and floors of ice. The Alpine Sensation is a walkway through the mountain, and the plateau outside is under snow year round.
That last part is the thing people are least ready for. You can leave Interlaken in a shirt in July and step out at the station into wind and snow, because the bottom and the top of this route are two different seasons on the same afternoon. What you pack matters more here than on any other day trip in the region.
The plan that works is the plain one. Decide first whether you want a ticket or a guided day, then pick the city that is actually convenient for you, then book early enough to get the seat reservation you want. Fares on this page run from $322 to $1,553 for a private day, and eight of them carry free cancellation.
If you are not staying in the mountains
The three long days by coach
You do not have to move to the Bernese Oberland to stand on the Jungfraujoch plateau. These three collect you in Zurich or Geneva and hand you back the same evening: eleven to thirteen hours, a driver-guide, the summit ticket, the Ice Palace, the Alpine Sensation and the Sphinx Observatory.
Glass roof the whole way
Jungfraujoch & Interlaken by Glass Roof Bus
11 hours · ★ 4.4 (464)
$358See dates Up through Lauterbrunnen
Jungfraujoch Guided Day Tour with Cogway Train
11.5 hours · ★ 4.5 (64)
$357See dates The longest day here
Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe & Interlaken Tour
13 hours · ★ 4.7 (27)
$418See datesPractical
Plan the day
Five things decide how it goes: the city you start from and the hours it costs you, whether you want a ticket or a guided day, how early you hold the date, and what you carry for a summit that stays frozen while the valley is warm.
The day from Zurich
Our top pick: twelve hours with a guide, the Eiger Express cable car and the train, rated 4.8 across 2,519 reviews.
The guided day from Interlaken
Seven hours from the foot of the mountain, with the guide, the cable car and the seat reservations included.
The ticket from the valley
A round trip from Lauterbrunnen with admission and the Kleine Scheidegg seat reservation, at $322 the lowest fare here.
The roundtrip by train
Six and a half hours from Interlaken on a plain ticket, marked wheelchair accessible.
The long days
Eleven to thirteen hours from Zurich or Geneva by coach, several of them with time of your own in Interlaken on the way.
The private days
Your own guide and vehicle from Bern or Zurich, ten hours, with the entrance fees and the rail seat reservation included.
Two seasons in one day
It can be summer in the valley and below freezing on the plateau at the top, on the same afternoon.
A proper jacket, even in July
The station is at 3,454 m and there is snow outside the door year round.
Shoes with grip
The plateau and the Ice Palace are ice underfoot, and the Ice Palace has walls and floors made of it.
Sunglasses
Snow at altitude under an open sky is bright in a way the valley never is.
Layers you can take off
Most of the day is spent on trains and coaches that are heated, with a short cold stretch at the top.
Something warm for the terrace
The Sphinx observation deck is outdoors and exposed, and that is where the view is.
A ticket and a guided day are different purchases
Both end at the same station. One hands you the round trip and leaves you to it; the other adds the coach, the guide and priority boarding.
Some listings want notice
Thirty minutes ahead on the guided days from Zurich, Interlaken and Lucerne, and ten hours on the coach days from Zurich and Geneva.
Seat reservations matter on this line
The stretch from Kleine Scheidegg to the summit is reserved, and the fares here include that reservation.
Free cancellation on eight of the thirteen
Holding a date early is worth doing on a route where the view depends on the weather.
Read what happens if the summit closes
The Geneva listing states that if access is not possible, only the Jungfraujoch ticket portion is refunded.
One price everywhere
Operator desk, platform or hotel, the fare is the same. Booking ahead buys the slot, not a discount.
Kleine Scheidegg is the junction
The routes converge there, and the cogwheel train to the summit starts from it.
The last stretch is inside the Eiger
The line runs in a tunnel bored through the mountain, which is why the weather outside changes nothing about the ride.
The Eiger Express is the newer way up
The guided days from Zurich and Lucerne take the cable car from Grindelwald Terminal to Eiger Glacier, then the train.
Two valleys, one mountain
Lauterbrunnen on one side, Grindelwald on the other, and most guided days go up one and down the other.
Interlaken is the natural base
Four of the thirteen start there, and it is the shortest run up that is not from the valley floor itself.
What a rail pass changes
What your pass covers on this line decides how much of the fare you have already paid; the listings say what each one includes.
Best time
When to come
The station runs all year and the top is ice and snow year round, so the calendar changes the valley more than the summit. What moves month to month is how long the light lasts and how early the good seats go.
Jun – Aug
Long light, green below, snow above
The widest window: long daylight, and the contrast at its sharpest, with meadows below and snow on the Plateau by lunchtime. Reserved seats go first, so hold a date a few weeks ahead.
Sep & Oct
Clear air, thinner platforms
Autumn gives the sharpest air over the Aletsch Glacier and fewer people on the same trains. Days are shorter, which matters most on the long runs from Zurich and Geneva, so the early departures are the safer pick.
Nov – Mar
Winter top to bottom
The valley turns white too, and the whole journey becomes one landscape instead of two. Light is short and mountain weather has more say, so leave a spare day and book a date you can move.
Apr & May
Spring, and the quiet half
Snow still deep at 3,454 metres, green already coming back to Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, and the lightest booking pressure of the year on both tickets and guided days. Bring the winter layer anyway — the top does not follow the valley.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
The city you leave from is the whole decision. Six and a half hours from Lauterbrunnen or Interlaken, ten from Lucerne or Bern, twelve from Zurich, thirteen from Geneva — and the summit itself takes the same couple of hours.
02
A ticket and a guided day end in the same station. The ticket covers the round trip, the admission and the seat reservation above Kleine Scheidegg. The guided day adds the coach, the guide, priority boarding and, on some routes, the Eiger Express cable car.
03
It is winter up there in July. The station stands at 3,454 metres and there is snow on the plateau all year, so the jacket you did not pack for a summer trip to Interlaken is the one you will want on the terrace.
04
The last part of the line is inside the mountain. Above Kleine Scheidegg the cogwheel railway runs in a tunnel through the Eiger, which is worth knowing if you were expecting the view to continue all the way to the top.
05
Book ahead for the seat, not for a lower price. The fare is the same wherever you buy it. What booking early gets you on this route is the reservation and the date, and eight of the thirteen listings carry free cancellation.
06
Read what happens if the summit is closed. The listing for the Geneva day states that if access is not possible on the day, the refund applies to the Jungfraujoch ticket portion and not to the transport.
Round out the trip
Booked alongside
A short day from Interlaken
Jungfraujoch: Roundtrip to the Top of Europe by Train
6.5 hours · ★ 4.6 (396)
$335View A later start
Jungfraujoch (Top of Europe) afternoon tour from Interlaken
7 hours · ★ 4.9 (14)
$615View At your own pace
Attraction Ticket: Jungfraujoch self-guided day trip
6 hours · ★ 5.0 (3)
$455ViewGo deeper
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Common questions
Jungfraujoch trips and tickets, answered
How much does a Jungfraujoch ticket cost?
The lowest fare on this page is $322 for a round-trip ticket from Lauterbrunnen, which includes admission to Jungfraujoch and the seat reservation from Kleine Scheidegg to the summit. A roundtrip by train from Interlaken is $335. Guided days run from $340 out of Interlaken to $418 from Geneva, and a private day for your own party is $1,008 from Bern.
How long does a day trip to Jungfraujoch take?
Between six and thirteen hours, and the difference is almost entirely the journey rather than the mountain. From Lauterbrunnen or on the roundtrip train ticket from Interlaken it is six and a half hours, and the self-guided ticket is six. The guided day from Interlaken is seven, from Lucerne and Bern ten, from Zurich eleven to twelve, and from Geneva thirteen.
Where can you start a Jungfraujoch day trip from?
Seven cities sell the same summit as a day out: Zurich, Interlaken, Lucerne, Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald, Geneva and Bern. Four of the thirteen trips on this page leave from Zurich and four from Interlaken; the rest are single departures. The buttons above the cards filter the page by departure city.
What is the difference between a Jungfraujoch ticket and a guided day?
A ticket covers the round-trip train, admission to Jungfraujoch and the seat reservation on the stretch above Kleine Scheidegg, and then leaves the day to you. A guided day adds a multilingual guide, the coach or the Eiger Express cable car up from Grindelwald Terminal, reserved seats and priority boarding. Both end at the same station at 3,454 metres.
What is there to do at the top of Jungfraujoch?
The Sphinx observation terrace looks out over the Aletsch Glacier, the longest glacier in the Alps. The Ice Palace is a set of tunnels and chambers cut into the ice beneath the station, with walls and floors of ice. The Alpine Sensation is a walkway through the mountain, and the plateau outside is open snow. All of it is included in the fares on this page.
Is Jungfraujoch worth it?
The thirteen trips here carry 5,983 reviews at an average of 4.7, and the day from Zurich holds 2,519 of those at 4.8. What you are buying is a railway to 3,454 metres that asks nothing of your legs, and a terrace over the biggest glacier in the Alps. What makes people hesitate is the length of the day from the far cities.
What should you wear on a Jungfraujoch day trip?
Warm layers and a proper jacket, in every month. The valley can be in full summer while the plateau at the top is below freezing on the same afternoon, and there is snow and ice at the station all year. Shoes with grip are worth it for the Ice Palace, where the floor is ice, and sunglasses for the terrace.
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The day to the Top of Europe — the plan we'd follow
Which city to leave from, whether to buy a ticket or a guided day, what the fare covers once you are up there, and what to put in the bag. Built from the operators’ own listings and the same live prices as this page.
- All thirteen trips, with times, what each fare covers and what it costs
- The seven departure cities, and how long the day runs from each
- What a ticket includes against what a guided day adds
- What to wear when the valley is in summer and the summit is not
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Why trust this page
How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Durations, inclusions and what each fare covers come from the live listings for each trip. Prices and ratings are read off the same listings and updated with the page.
How we pick
Thirteen trips to Jungfraujoch bookable as a day out, ordered so the one we would book first comes first. Nobody pays to be featured.
We say where a trip starts
The same summit is sold from seven cities, and the city decides whether your day is six and a half hours or thirteen. Every card says which one it leaves from, and the buttons above them filter by it.
Ticket or guided day, stated plainly
Both end at the same station at 3,454 metres. We lead with the difference, because it decides more about your day than the fare does.
The answer
Pick the city, then decide ticket or guided day.
Every trip on this page ends at the same station at 3,454 metres. Where you start decides whether the day takes six and a half hours or thirteen, and what you buy decides whether anyone is travelling with you. Fares start at $322, and eight of the thirteen carry free cancellation.
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