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Annecy & the Mont Blanc Express
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Vacations By Rail · Escorted tour
GoldenPass, Mont Blanc & Jungfrau Express
Experience Switzerland's newest panoramic train travelling from the glitzy lakeside resort of Montreux to idyllic Interlaken in the Jungfrau region.
Day by day
- Day 1railovernight: Montreux
Arriving in beautiful Lake Geneva
Arrive at Geneva airport and board a train (about an hour) to Montreux. Check in to the lakefront hotel for three nights. Meet the Tour Manager and group for the first dinner. Note: on the 4th and 18th May departures, stay at the 5-Star Lausanne Palace hotel in Lausanne instead of Montreux.
- Day 2railovernight: Montreux
Chateau de Chillon and a Lake Geneva cruise
Free morning in Montreux, then a trolleybus to Veytaux for a guided tour of Chateau de Chillon, followed by a Belle Epoque paddle cruiser trip across Lake Geneva to St-Gingolph and back. Dinner independent. Note: on the 13th & 20th April and 12th & 19th October departures, the cruise is replaced with a cog railway journey to Rochers-de-Naye before the Chateau de Chillon tour.
- Day 3railovernight: Montreux
Mont Blanc Express across the Alps to the French resort of Chamonix
From Martigny, board the Mont Blanc Express into France, arriving in Chamonix with free time to explore, optionally taking the cogwheel railway up to the Mer de Glace glacier, before returning to Montreux for dinner.
- Day 4railovernight: Interlaken
The GoldenPass Express from Montreux to Interlaken
Board the panoramic GoldenPass Express through the Swiss Highlands and the resort of Gstaad, arriving in Interlaken with a free afternoon before dinner at the hotel.
- Day 5railovernight: Interlaken
To the 'Top of Europe' via the Eiger Express and Jungfrau Express
Train to Grindelwald, then the Eiger Express gondola to Eigergletscher station, then the Jungfrau Express to Jungfraujoch, the continent's highest train station, with views of the Aletsch Glacier from the Sphinx Observatory. Return via Kleine Scheidegg and Lauterbrunnen to Interlaken.
- Day 6railovernight: Interlaken
Exploring the Bernese Oberland at leisure
A free day, with optional excursions using the Swiss Half Fare Card such as the Harderbahn to Harder Kulm, the Schilthorn cableway to Piz Gloria, or the steam-hauled Brienz-Rothorn Railway.
- Day 7railovernight: Interlaken
Explore Thun and cruise the length of the lake
Train to Thun to explore its 12th-century castle and medieval center, then a vintage lake boat cruise the length of Lake Thun back to Interlaken, passing Spiez Castle.
- Day 8rail
Tour conclusion
Walk to Interlaken station after breakfast to board a train to Zurich, where the vacation concludes.
Included
- Expertise of a Tour Manager from start to finish
- 7 nights' 4 & 5-Star hotel accommodation
- First and Standard Class rail options available
- All rail and coach travel throughout your tour
- Breakfast each day, 5 dinners
- Group luggage transfers between all hotels
- Swiss Half Fare Card, permitting 50% discounted fares on free days for rail, boat and most mountain railway journeys
- All guided tours and excursions
Not included
- Cancellation & Travel Insurance is not included in the price of the tour but can be arranged
- Flights and Airport transfers not included
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