The Bernina Express: The best way to travel through the Alps
31/07/2015 · By Sukie Chapman
Journey through the stunning Swiss Alps aboard the amazing Bernina Express and discover the stunning Alps like never before with Rail Discoveries.
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2024 Tour code: 24TFS
About the tour
Experience Switzerland's most spectacular train journeys from a family-run hotel in the heart of the beautiful, forested Albula Valley, where you enjoy dinner with drinks each evening.
Travel across the Swiss Alps and past enchanting glaciers to Italy on the UNESCO-listed Bernina Express.
See the 'Swiss Grand Canyon' and incredible alpine scenery from the panoramic carriages of the world-famous Glacier Express.. Journey high into the mountains to a delightful lakeside town on the Arosa Line, and visit chic St Moritz and historic Chur while exploring the picturesque Albula Line.
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Itinerary
Your holiday starts at London St Pancras International as you join your Tour Manager and fellow travellers to board the Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord. Transferring to the high-speed TGV at the neighbouring Gare de l'Est, you pass through the Champagne region and the historic area of Lorraine before arriving in the Alsace city of Strasbourg under two hours after leaving the French capital.
After checking in to your hotel near the station, there is time for you to explore Strasbourg and its eclectic mix of French and German architecture. Its old town, the Grande Île, is dominated by its main square, Place Kléber, and the 13th-century Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg.
The group gathers this evening to enjoy a three-course dinner at a local restaurant.
Please Note - For departures 20/04, 11/05, 18/05 and 05/10 you will overnight in Mulhouse.
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4.2 / 5 · 382 reviews
Tracy
Submitted 12/May
Good trip, but far too large a group. Looks like this is a recurring complaint that the company ignores!
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Marjorie
Submitted 12/May
Superb trip. Good hotels, plenty of good food, wonderful scenery and an efficient tour manager who gave us appropriate information at appropriate times. Thoroughly recommend.
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customeR. HL
Submitted 12/May
Amazing, well organised trip from start to finish . Great value for money.
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Mr BILL B
Submitted 11/May
What an experience. Good food, great hotels, well organised. The tour manager was exceptional, keeping our party informed and entertained. With so many planned places to see, it was a full programme, quite demanding. Everyone got along fine, becoming friends adding to the satisfaction of a worthwhile holiday.
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mark prestt
Submitted 11/May
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M Woodcraft
Submitted 11/May
Third time on this tour and just as good as ever. Excellent Hotel, food and our Tour Manager Mark was brilliant. The day on the Bernina Express was the star of the show.
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