The Great Swiss Express Adventure From Voralpen-Express to Bernina-Express
4-DAY ROUND TRIP incl. upgrade to 1st class in the Voralpen-Express from CHF 658.–
Voralpen-Express
Wilhelm Tell Express
ST.GALLEN – LUCERNE – LUGANO – ST.MORITZ
Bernina-Express
Glacier Express
Enjoy our exclusive Great Swiss Express Adventure offer involving a combination of Switzerland's finest Express train connections. The journeys featured are on board the Voralpen-Express, the Wilhelm Tell Express and the Bernina Express, with the fourth trip following the Glacier Express route between St. Moritz and Chur. Day 1, St.Gallen – Lucerne
VORALPEN-EXPRESS The adventure begins as you make your way to St.Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. On arrival you should visit the Abbey Precincts – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and its centrepiece, the Abbey Library, one of the oldest and most beautiful institutions of its kind in the world. Once on board the 1st class Voralpen-Express panorama coach, you soon find yourself crossing the River Sitter no fewer than 99 metres up on Switzerland’s tallest viaduct. The train wends its way through the pristine hills of the Appenzell and Toggenburg regions before arriving in Rapperswil, a town famous for its roses. It’s well worth taking a break here for a stroll along the lakeside or the fine views from the castle. Your journey then continues over the mystical upland moor landscape of Rothenthurm and past Lakes Zug and Lucerne to the town of Lucerne itself.
Highlights Day 1
— St.Gallen Abbey Precincts with Abbey Library — St.Gallen Abbey — 99 m-tall Sitter Viaduct (Switzerland’s tallest railway bridge) — Rapperswil, famed for its roses and its castle — Chapel Bridge, Lucerne
Day 2, Lucerne – Lugano
WILHELM TELL EXPRESS On the next leg of your journey, you travel 1st class on a paddle steamer dating back to the Belle Epoque (or a motor vessel, depending on the timetable). The boat takes around 2.5 hours to make its stately way from Lucerne to Flüelen in the heart of Switzerland. You then transfer to the 1st class panorama coach of the Swiss Federal Railways to witness a number of renowned civil engineering feats. The train negotiates several spiral tunnels, loops and bridges over the foaming Reuss as it ascends to the Gotthard Tunnel and descends through the Ticino, where you are welcomed by Lugano’s sunny climate and Italian flair. You feel a long way from home as you sip a cappuccino on the Piazza Riforma.
Highlights Day 2
— Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne — Vintage paddle steamer trip in 1st class — Trip on the Gotthard Mountain Line — Castles of Bellinzona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site — Piazza Riforma, Lugano
Day 3, Lugano – Tirano – St. Moritz
BERNINA-EXPRESS Today sees a change in the climatic conditions as you travel by road along Lake Como and its Mediterranean ambience into the Valtellina region of Italy, renowned for its many vineyards, to Tirano, the southern terminus of the Bernina Express. Once aboard, the famous Brusio spiral viaduct is the first highlight you negotiate. As the train continues its steady ascent, the views on either side change by the minute. At an altitude of 2 253 m, the Ospizio Bernina is the highest point of your excursion, and the climate is quite different to what it was a few hours ago, too. Glance over at Piz Bernina (4 049 m) before you end this leg of the journey in cosmopolitan St. Moritz.
Highlights
— Valtellina with its many vineyards — Brusio spiral viaduct — Alp Grüm on the Bernina Express route — Morteratsch Glacier with Piz Bernina (4 049 m) — Leaning Tower of St. Moritz
Day 3
Day 4, St. Moritz – Chur
GLACIER EXPRESS (ROUTE) Having spent the night in the alpine air of the Engadine, why not enjoy a walk to Lake Staz (40 minutes from the station). Breathe in the fresh pine-scented air before taking the train through the «Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes» UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Landwasser Viaduct is truly awesome, with the line navigating the wild Schin Gorge to reach Chur, the capital of Canton Graubünden. Savour a coffee in one of the numerous cafés as you take stock of the past four days’ events. You’re sure to remember this trip long after you return home. We leave you to make your way back home from Chur.
Highlights
— Lake Staz, St.Moritz — Albula spiral tunnels — Landwasser Viaduct — Schin Gorge — Chur, Switzerland’s oldest town (5 000 years)
Day 4
YOUR ITINERARY Zurich
Lucerne
You’ll be staying in Lucerne, Lugano and St. Moritz in 3-star or 4-star hotels.
St. Gallen
Rapperswil Chur
St.Moritz
Bellinzona
Tirano
Valid from 1 April to 26 October 2015
Lugano
PRICES 3-star hotel 1) 4-star hotel 2) 1) 2)
SR CHF 658.– CHF 799.–
DR CHF 733.– CHF 905.–
Example: Lucerne Hotel Des Alpes, Lugano Hotel Delfino, St. Moritz Hotel Hauser Example: Lucerne Hotel Cascada, Lugano Dante Center, St. Moritz Hotel Steffani
Rail supplements/ reductions
With Half-Fare Travelcard
Without Half-Fare Travelcard
With GA Travelcard 2nd cl.
Children up to 16 with a Junior Card
With GA Travelcard 1st cl.
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Contact the Südostbahn reservations desk for details (071 353 36 30) or visit www.voralpen-express.ch Price includes the following: – Travel from home to St.Gallen – 1st class travel aboard the Voralpen-Express and Wilhelm Tell Express – 1st class travel aboard a Wilhelm Tell Express paddle steamer or motor vessel including a meal voucher to the value of CHF 19 for consumption aboard the boat – 1st class travel in a panorama coach from Flüelen to Bellinzona and on to Lugano – Travel by road from Lugano to Tirano (special Bernina coach) – Bernina Express with reserved seats in 2nd class – RhB train along Glacier Express route St. Moritz – Chur in 2nd class – Travel from Chur to home – Accommodation in chosen category incl. breakfast
Lucerne – Rapperswil – St.Gallen www.voralpen-express.ch