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Luxury Glacier Express and Scenic Switzerland by First Class rail
8 daysfrom $4,801
Tailor Made Rail · Tailor-made independent rail holiday
Lake Como via the Bernina Express
An 8 day rail holiday through the Swiss Alps on the famous Bernina Express to Italy's Lake Como with stops in Chur & Freiburg. Read more
Day by day
- Day 1railovernight: ABC Swiss Quality Hotel Chur (or similar)
London to Chur
Mid-morning Eurostar from London to Paris, transfer to the Gare de Lyon for a TGV Lyria service to Basel, then a Swiss domestic InterCity across northern Switzerland to Chur.
- Day 2railovernight: Barchetta Excelsior Hotel (or similar), Como
Bernina Express and Lake Como
Board the Bernina Express south via St Moritz into Italy, past the Landwasser Viaduct, terminating in Tirano. Join a local Italian train southwest towards Lake Como and connect at Colico with a boat down the length of the lake.
- Day 3overnight: Barchetta Excelsior Hotel (or similar), Como
Lake Como
Explore Lake Como, with boats to Cernobbio's millionaires' villas, the resorts of Moltrasio or Faggeto Lario, and the towns of Menaggio and Bellagio.
- Day 4overnight: Barchetta Excelsior Hotel (or similar), Como
Lake Como
Further day exploring the towns and villages around Lake Como.
- Day 5overnight: Barchetta Excelsior Hotel (or similar), Como
Lake Como
Further day exploring the towns and villages around Lake Como.
- Day 6overnight: Barchetta Excelsior Hotel (or similar), Como
Lake Como
Final full day at leisure around Lake Como.
- Day 7railovernight: Novotel Konzerthaus (or similar), Freiburg im Breisgau
Como to Freiburg via the Gotthard Pass
Board a Swiss EuroCity train north through the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, alongside Lake Lugano and up over the Gotthard Pass, then a German ICE train across the Rhine at Basel into Freiburg im Breisgau.
- Day 8rail
Freiburg to London
Leave Freiburg for Mannheim, then a high-speed TGV to Paris and a connecting Eurostar back to London St Pancras.
Included
- All rail journeys, in standard class
- Seat reservations where required
- 7 nights' hand-picked hotel accommodation with breakfast
- Easy-to-follow travel documentation
- Despatch of tickets by email
- Proactive rerouting in case of strikes or disruptions
