How do you combine Bern and Luzern?
Yes. Bern and Luzern combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Bern and a full day in Luzern, around 2 days in total.
How the two connect
Bern and Luzern are only about 66 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Bern is Bern Airport (BRN), about 6 km away; for Luzern it is Zürich Airport (ZRH), about 49 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Bern
- a full day
- Luzern
- a full day
- Together
- 2 days · about 66 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Bern
- Jungfraujoch & Lauterbrunnen Alpine Tour | From Bern
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- Lauterbrunnen, Jungfrau & Grindelwald Tour | From Bern
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.