Who doesn’t want to save some money while visiting Switzerland?
And if it is your or your travel partner’s birthday, you can benefit big time!
A lovely reader of mine asked me this question a few weeks ago and it sparked my interest
What do you get for free on your birthday in Switzerland?
Mountain Excursions
One of the biggest expenses while traveling in Switzerland is mountain transport. But lucky for us, many of them give the Birthday Boy or Girl a free ride!
I have scoured the internet and found these great deals for you on your birthday:
Around Interlaken
Northern Switzerland
- Hoher Kasten & Marbachegg
- Pizol
- Atzmännig: Free entry to the chairlift and summer toboggan run or slide in summer
Discounts at the following places on your birthday
- Säntis: Half-price rides on your birthday.
- Sörenberg (between Lucerne and Brienz): Free ride on the Rossweid gondola, Brienzer Rothorn cable car, and Eisee chairlift, plus a sweet treat at the restaurant on your birthday.
- Solarbob, Langenbruck: Three free rides for youths up to their 15th birthday.
SWITZERLAND ON A BUDGET
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A BARGAIN AT ONLY $12
Free Ski Passes
Hoch Ybrig gives a free winter pass on your birthday, as does Atzmännig.
Boat Rides
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Boat rides are a wonderful way to explore places like Lake Thun or Brienz, Lake Lucerne or just about any other lake in Switzerland actually!
Another great benefit of having your birthday in Switzerland is the lake cruises you get for free:
- Lake Lucerne is free on your birthday
- Lake Thun or Brienz are free on first class
- Bodensee (Lake Constance) also offers free travel on your birthday
- Rhine & Untersee is free
- Lake Biel is discounted
Train Rides
Of course, there are very few discounts on train rides, but one very generous train line is offering free rides on your birthday.
The MOB train line, which runs the Golden Pass Express, offers free first-class rides between Montreux, Gstaad, Zweisimmen, and Lenk.
Wellness & Spas
For those of you who want to relax and unwind on your birthday, there are lots of options for free wellness and spa days. Most of them are in the country’s north, but there are also a few near Lucerne and St Moritz.
- Mineralheilbad – St. Margrethen
- Tamina Therme – Bad Ragaz
- Bad Schinznach – Aquarena fun
- Aquabasilea – Pratteln near Basel
- Säntispark – Abtwil, Sankt Gallen
Other options not in the north:
- Swiss Holiday Park – Morschach, near Stoos/Lucerne
- Bellavita Erlebnisbad – Pontresina near St Moritz
Other Attractions
A variety of fun parks and rope parks also offer a free day out on your birthday:
- Blausee near Oeschinen Lake/Kandersteg
- Seilpark Zürich (Discount)
- Zurich Zoo (Children up to 15 years are free)
- Kinderzoo Rapperswil (Children up to 15 years are free)
