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 · 368 reviews
gordon sivyer
Submitted 01 Nov 2023
Totally amazing loved every minute
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Trevor Jones
Submitted 27 Oct 2023
Superb holiday experience. Excellent accommodation, well planned itinerary with helpful and efficient tour guide.
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Nigel Tarrant
Submitted 27 Oct 2023
A very nice tour, well organised and a good itinerary. Good hotels. However, whilst quoted as “all inclusive “ this is not quite correct. Would certainly recommend this tour
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Tim Devlin
Submitted 27 Oct 2023
Absolutlety brilliant from start to finish. Tour guide (Deborah) was superb and sorted any issues out quickly and professionally. Everything went according to plan and the whole holiday exceeded all our expectation's. The views are to behold and the weather was superb, stood in a T-shirt at 9000 feet in October. Enjoyed it so much we will be booking again for next year!
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Gail Critchell
Submitted 27 Oct 2023
Wonderful holiday with lovely people. Scenery was spectacular
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Richard Rickard
Submitted 23 Oct 2023
An excellent trip matching the brochure description. The travel was smooth and well coordinated by our first rate tour manager. Nice hotels, and we thoroughly enjoyed the family run Hotel Albula in Tefencastell. The comprehensive information packs from Rail Discoveries were appreciated.
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