Classic Switzerland: Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Zermatt & Geneva

Every part can be changed to suit your group.

1. Day 1 Zurich

   Arrive at Zurich Airport and collect your Swiss Travel Pass, valid on trains, buses, boats and in more than 500 museums. Ten minutes by train bring you to the city. In the afternoon walk through the old town lanes to the Grossmünster, see the Chagall windows of the Fraumünster and stroll along the lake promenade.

2. Day 2 Lucerne

   A one-hour train ride to Lucerne. Walk across the Chapel Bridge with its painted panels, see the Lion Monument carved into the rock and the old town squares with painted façades. In the afternoon take a paddle steamer on Lake Lucerne, surrounded by mountains, to Vitznau and back.

3. Day 3 GoldenPass to Interlaken

   The GoldenPass panorama train climbs over the Brünig Pass with views of lakes and waterfalls to Interlaken, between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. Afternoon in the Lauterbrunnen valley, where 72 waterfalls drop from sheer cliffs, including the Staubbach Falls right beside the village.

   
4. Day 4 Jungfraujoch

   The Jungfrau railway runs through the Eiger and Mönch to the Jungfraujoch at 3,454 metres, Europe's highest railway station. From the Sphinx terrace you look down on the Aletsch Glacier, the longest in the Alps. Visit the Ice Palace, walk on the snow plateau and return via Grindelwald.

5. Day 5 Train to Zermatt

   A scenic journey through the Lötschberg tunnel into the Valais and up the valley to Zermatt, the car-free village at the foot of the Matterhorn. Afternoon walk through the old quarter with its wooden barns on stone stilts, and dinner with raclette.

6. Day 6 Gornergrat and the Matterhorn

   The Gornergrat railway climbs to 3,089 metres for a view of the Matterhorn and 29 peaks over 4,000 metres. Walk down to the Riffelsee lake to see the mountain mirrored in the water. Free afternoon in Zermatt or on the Sunnegga funicular.

   
7. Day 7 Montreux and Geneva

   Travel along the Rhône valley to Lake Geneva. Visit Chillon Castle, a medieval castle built on a rock in the lake that inspired Lord Byron, then walk the flower promenade of Montreux. Continue by train through the Lavaux vineyards, a UNESCO site, to Geneva and its famous Jet d'Eau fountain.

   
8. Day 8 Departure

   Geneva Airport is just six minutes by train from the city centre. Take the train or our transfer for your flight home.