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About the tour
Enjoy having your head in the clouds as we stay in a selection of Switzerland's best mountaintop hotels, all with sweeping views of mountains and lakes.
The Belle Époque Grandhotel Giessbach is located on Lake Brienz and is only accessible to the public via boat and its own funicular railway, while Pilatus Kulm lies at the top of a mountain accessed by the steepest cogwheel railway in Europe.
Experience the country's most magnificent rail journeys as we board the iconic Glacier Express to St Moritz, the awe-inspiring Bernina Express across the Alps to Italy, and the charming Brienz-Rothorn Mountain Railway for incredible views of Lake Brienz and the surrounding mountains.
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Itinerary
We meet our fellow travelling companions at London St Pancras and board the Eurostar in Standard Premier Class, enjoying a light meal at our seats on the way to Paris. In the French capital we take the direct train to Basel - the quickest route to Switzerland. This sleek journey transports us through Jura and Alsace before arriving in the Rhine-side city of Basel. Our hotel near the station is popular with our passengers and we have some time to explore this typically Swiss city with an old town of beautifully characterful buildings before gathering at the hotel for our first dinner together.
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4.5 / 5 · 52 reviews
Deirdre Conan
Submitted 24/Jun
Excellent tour itinerary, with excellent tour manager. Geissbach Hotel, Schwietzerhof Hotel and Pilatus Klum suberb. I would have liked more menu choice at Geissbach.
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customer Bev J
Submitted 23/Jun
An excellent experience which reflected the holiday description.The guide support was good but the scheduling was tight not allowing sufficient free time to explore these beautiful places.The group dinners were restricted time wise and there was limited food choices and some of the quality was poor. Overall a fantastic way to see switzerland,mountains and scenery.
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Keith
Submitted 22/Jun
An excellent holiday extremely well organised and in one of the most picturesque countries in the world.
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Henry Elliott
Submitted 18/Jun
The food in some of thre hotels did not reach five star quality. Otherwise, an excellent tour managed by an exceptional tour leader.
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D Armstrong
Submitted 18/Jun
From start to finish we had a wonderful experience with Great Rail Journeys. We saw some amazing scenery and the hotels, especially the Grandhotel Giessbach were excellent. Richard, our Tour Manager really made the tour special - he was a great mix of chilled-out and organised and the whole group were a pleasure to be with. We are already looking at our next trip with GRJ - probably Italy.
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Craig Archer
Submitted 17/Jun
Memorable experience, very well organised, food options limited and would have benefited from more free time, Great holiday
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