Scenic Switzerland

Day 1             Check-in at hotel at Zurich-Airport. We meet at 4 pm for cocktails and a briefing. Travel through the woods – of course by rail – to ‘Top of Zurich’ where we have our ‘Welcome Dinner’

Day 2             Travel to St. Gall where we visit the pitoresque old town on foot. We continue through the hills of ‘Appenzellerland’ and central Switzerland to Lucerne. Towards the evening we will return to our hotel in Zurich.

Day 3             We leave Zurich for Landquart where we will take the narrow gauge ‘Rhaetian Railway’ which will take us through the longest narrow gauge rail tunnel in the world (app. 13 miles) to the lower Engadin. From there we will follow the river Inn over bridges and tunnels all the way to St. Moritz.

Day 4             Day excursion over the Bernina pass (altitiude 2200m) down the Italian speaking Val Poschiavo to Tirano (altitude 200m). Weather permitting, return in open coaches to St. Moritz in the afternoon.

Day 5             We follow the route of  the ‘Glacier Express’ to Andermatt from where we descend through the steep ‘Schölenen gorge’ and over the devils bridge to Göschenen. From there with the Gotthard railway to the sunny southern part of Switzerland. Overnight in Locarno.

Day 6             Day at leisure in Locarno.

Day 7             We start our last day on another narrow gauge railway and travel through the romantic Centovalli to Domodosola. Through the Simplon tunnel we reach Montreux and where the Golden Pass railway is waiting to take us to  Spiez. Return to Zurich with ‘Farewell Dinner’ in the restaurant-car.

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