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- Day 1 Arrive in Geneva With glaciers, flower-filled meadows and deep green valleys still ahead, you meet your Travel Director and fellow travelers for the short walk to a dinner of Swiss specialties. Inside, you take your seat amid cozy décor as the rich scent of warm cheese fondue drifts across the table. Tear off a piece of bread, dip it into the silky cheese and share your first meal together as your time in Switzerland begins. Locations Visited: Geneva CH.
- Day 2 Explore Geneva, Montreux and Chillon Castle Beside Geneva’s gardens, you hear the rush of the Jet d’Eau and pause at the flower-petalled face of the Floral Clock. The road continues along Lake Geneva to Montreux, where free time invites you to explore the lakeside promenade and watch boats cut across the water. At Chillon Castle, your host leads you through thick-walled chambers once occupied by the Dukes of Savoy, their voice echoing between the stone walls. Look for the mark Lord Byron is rumored to have left after immortalizing the castle in ‘The Prisoner of Chillon’. Vineyards and fruit trees cover the Rhône Valley before you climb by cogwheel train to traffic-free Zermatt. During an orientation with your Travel Director, pause beneath the Matterhorn’s unmistakable triangular peak before sharing dinner in a local restaurant. Locations Visited: Geneva CH, Montreux CH, Chillon Castle CH, Zermatt CH.
- Day 3 Zermatt at Leisure in the Alps With Zermatt yours for the day, you can slip into cool water or follow a hiking trail between deep-green slopes and pale rock. Or rise into a world of snow and ice on the Optional Experience to Klein Matterhorn. A cable car carries you above dark ridges and blue-white glaciers to Europe’s highest mountain station at 3,883 meters. At the summit, snowfields stretch towards Switzerland, Italy and France. Your gaze traces the glaciers far below as they wind between dark ridges, their crevasses cutting long, jagged lines through the ice. Locations Visited: Zermatt CH.
- Day 4 Alpine Crossings: Simplon Pass to Lugano Leaving Zermatt, you’ll descend to Täsch and rejoin your coach for the ascent over the Simplon Pass. Stone closes around the road in galleries cut through the rock, then falls away at bridges along Napoleon’s 63-kilometer route between Switzerland and Italy. At the 2,000-meter summit, you pause above the pass before continuing towards Lake Maggiore for lunch. Choose the Optional Experience by boat to Isola Bella and listen to water brush the hull as the wake fans out behind you. Ahead, terraces of formal gardens climb towards the island’s Baroque palace, layer upon layer above the lake. Then continue to Lugano in Ticino, Switzerland’s only canton where Italian is the sole official language. Locations Visited: Zermatt CH, Lake Maggiore CH, Lugano CH.
- Day 5 Journey Through Grison Alps to St Moritz Across the San Bernardino and Julier Passes, you gaze out at high pastures spreading between stretches of bare rock as the road curls through the Grison Alps. In St. Moritz, your Travel Director leads you through the spa quarter to the glacial lake, where you pause at the shore and watch white sails drift across deep green water, with pine-clad slopes beyond and pointed hotel turrets along the shoreline. Afterwards, you can explore the resort at your own pace or travel by train over the Bernina Pass. Aboard the train, you feel the carriage lean into broad curves while Swiss stone pines stream past and Lago Bianco runs milky-white beside the rails. Locations Visited: Lugano CH, Saint Moritz CH.
- Day 6 Travel Along the Glacier Express Route On the Glacier Express route, you'll cross high stone viaducts above green meadows and stone-built villages, with ice-capped peaks beyond. At Chur, you rejoin your coach and follow the Upper Rhine Valley to Vaduz, where you explore the streets below its princely castle, high on a wooded slope. You continue beside Walensee and Lake Zürich to Lucerne, pausing before the wounded lion carved directly into a rocky grotto, its immense body seeming almost alive in the stone. With your Travel Director, you gaze up at the Jesuit Church’s twin green domes piercing the horizon before stopping at Chapel Bridge, where painted panels sit beneath the dark timber roof. Locations Visited: Saint Moritz CH, Vaduz LI, Lucerne CH.
- Day 7 Lucerne and Stanserhorn: Lakeside to Summit Along Lucerne’s promenade, you may pass the landing stages and music pavilion before browsing the city’s fine watch boutiques. On your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, you ride the solar-powered CabriO towards Stanserhorn, stepping onto the open upper deck as the wind tugs at your sleeves and the valley lies far below. Along the summit path, you pause beside alpine flowers, listening for a marmot’s sharp whistle, with a chance to meet a Stanserhorn ranger pointing out an eagle circling overhead. At the foot of Stanserhorn, you sit down to dinner and raise a glass to the miles shared across Switzerland. Locations Visited: Lucerne CH, Stanserhorn CH, Lucerne CH.
- Day 8 Say Farewell to Switzerland in Zurich You leave Lucerne with one last look towards the lake and Alpine peaks, then travel to Zurich to say goodbye to your Travel Director and fellow travelers. Locations Visited: Lucerne CH, Zürich CH.
Name: Glorious Switzerland
Brand: Trafalgar
Quality: Superior First Class
Tour Type: Escorted
Start City: Geneva
End City: Zurich
Location Summary: Geneva, CH
Montreux, CH
Chillon Castle, CH
Zermatt, CH
Lake Maggiore, CH
Lugano, CH
Saint Moritz, CH
Vaduz, LI
Lucerne, CH
Stanserhorn, CH
Zürich, CH
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Highlights
- Dining Summary - 4 Dinner (D). 7 Breakfast (B).
- How You'll Travel - Business class coach with extended leg room. Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants. 4 & 5-star stays.
- Authentic Dining - Geneva: What better way to start your journey than with a typical Swiss meal including cheese fondue?. Zermatt: Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant in Zermatt with your fellow travelers and Travel Director.. Lucerne: Toast to new friends and Swiss adventures during your dinner in a restaurant at the foot of Mount Stanserhorn..
- Top Rated Highlights - Geneva: Join your Travel Director to see Geneva’s iconic Jet d’Eau and the colorful Floral Clock, set within the city’s lakeside gardens.. Montreux: Set on the shores of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps, Montreux offers one of Switzerland’s most scenic lakeside promenades. Join your Travel Director for an orientation before enjoying free time to explore this elegant resort town.. Zermatt: Ride the shuttle trains of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway up to the traffic-free Alpine resort. Should weather permit, you may even see the majestic peak of the Matterhorn.. Zermatt: Join your Travel Director for an orientation of this car-free alpine village, where wooden chalets and snow-dusted peaks frame every view.. Lugano: Explore this Italian-speaking Swiss city by the sparkling lake with your Travel Director.. St. Moritz: Take in the elegant spa quarter and the sparkling glacial lake of this chic alpine resort, famed for its high-altitude glamour.. Glacier Express: Travel along the route of the world-famous Glacier Express, across dizzying viaducts in the scenic heart of the Swiss Alps, on a regional train fully powered by hydroelectricity.. Vaduz: Admire the Royal family's residence, Vaduz Castle, which overlooks the capital and is surrounded by year-round snow-peaked mountains.. Lucerne: See the emotive Lion Monument, Jesuit Church and Chapel Bridge.. Stanserhorn: Journey to the top of Mount Stanserhorn on a panoramic, open-top cable car powered by solar energy, and enjoy spectacular views from the summit..
- Premium Experience - Lake Geneva: Visit Chillon Castle with the Head of Collections to discover the artifacts, treasures and history of the chateau..
- General Day Highlight - Stanserhorn: Journey to the top of Mount Stanserhorn on a panoramic, open-top cable car powered by solar energy, and enjoy spectacular views from the summit. Walk along beautiful scenic pathways, keeping an eye out for marmots and other native animals..
