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The best train tours in Switzerland
363 hotel-based trips in Switzerland had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
Eight days from London to Lake Maggiore via Gotthard Pass, first class rail
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 90
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 75
8 days · from $1,620 ($203/day)
23-day rail journey from Paris to Venice through Alps and Italian Riviera
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 36
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
23 days · from $9,317 ($405/day)
London to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express with Alpine rail and three nights in
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 7
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
- 481.4
London to Venice and back aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 7
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
- 580.9
London to Venice and back on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in first class
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 5
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $7,288 ($1,215/day)
Self-guided Swiss rail trip from Lucerne to Montreux via the GoldenPass Express
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 76
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
4 days · from $1,003 ($251/day)
Swiss and Italian rail loop via two panoramic mountain trains
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 99
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $419 ($140/day)
Historic Alpine rail line from Bern to Italy via mountain passes
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 100
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
2 days · from $271 ($136/day)
Alpine rail loop on the Bernina Express from St. Moritz through Tirano to Chur
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 99
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $439 ($146/day)
Alpine train journey on the Bernina Express from Poschiavo to Chur
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 98
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
2 days · from $299 ($150/day)