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Via Alpina Walking Holiday

Via Alpina Walking Holiday, a rail journey with Tailor Made Rail

This fabulous hiking holiday based in Lenk offers hikers the opportunity to walk two stages of the renowned Via Alpina hiking route without needing to carry luggage. Routes can be adapted to suit you and the hotel concierge in Lenk is always ready to offer advice.

Day by day

  1. Day 1railovernight: Strasbourg

    London to Strasbourg

    Catch a morning Eurostar from London to Paris and cross to the Gare de l'Est for the onward journey to Strasbourg. Check in for an overnight stay at the Hotel des Vosges (or similar), near the German and Swiss borders.

  2. Day 2railovernight: Lenk

    Strasbourg to Lenk

    A regional train across the border to Basel, then a Swiss train to Lenk in the Bernese Oberland via Spiez and Zweisimmen. Your home for the next 3 nights is the Hotel Lenkerhof, with extensive leisure and wellness facilities.

  3. Day 3railovernight: Lenk

    Via Alpina - Adelboden to Lenk

    Collect a packed lunch and take the train via Spiez to Frutigen, then the PostAuto to Adelboden. Follow the Via Alpina hiking signs past the Engstligen Falls and Wildstrubel Mountain, along the Allebach River and up to Hahnenmoos Pass, overlooking the Simmental Valley, before descending to Lenk train station. Dinner served at the hotel.

  4. Day 4overnight: Lenk

    Via Alpina - Lenk to Gstaad

    A longer hike joining stage 16 of the Via Alpina to Gstaad, ascending to the Wallegg-Stube restaurant, over the tree line between the Wildstrubel and Wildhorn peaks, via the Trüttlisberg Pass (the stage's highest point) with views into the Turbach valley, before reaching Gstaad and returning to Lenk for dinner.

  5. Day 5railovernight: Lyon

    Lenk to Lyon

    Board the Golden Pass train from nearby Zweisimmen to Montreux on Lake Geneva, then connect onto a Swiss Intercity to Geneva and a French regional train to Lyon, for a night at the Pullman Lyon (or similar).

  6. Day 6rail

    Lyon to London

    A civilised late-morning train to Lille, bypassing Paris, then an afternoon Eurostar back to London.

Included

  • Standard Class rail travel with seat reservations
  • 2 nights hotel accommodation with breakfast
  • 3 nights hotel accommodation in Lenk with breakfast and dinner
  • 2 packed lunches for walking days
  • Bernese Oberland travel pass
  • Clearly-presented wallets for your rail tickets and hotel vouchers in all destinations
  • All credit card surcharges and delivery of your travel documents to your home

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