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Glacier trains, lake steamers and villages that look unreasonable in person. Slow travel done at Swiss punctuality.
Overview
Switzerland is a train holiday. A Swiss Travel Pass covers rail, boats and most mountain lifts, and the scenic routes — Glacier Express, Bernina, GoldenPass — are the itinerary rather than the transfer between stops.
A first trip usually runs Zurich → Lucerne → Interlaken/Grindelwald → Zermatt → Geneva, with a lake day and one big summit. Add Jungfraujoch or Gornergrat, not both, unless you have ten nights.
Popular attractions
The 'Top of Europe' at 3,454m, reached by cog railway from Grindelwald.
The most photographed mountain in Europe, best from the Gornergrat railway.
Chapel Bridge, lake steamers and the world's steepest cogwheel railway.
Seventy-two waterfalls in one glacial trough.
Eight hours, 291 bridges, 91 tunnels, panoramic glass.
Vineyard terraces at Lavaux and a castle on the water.
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Packages
Three bases, one rail pass and the two summits worth the money. Built around the scenic trains, not around them.
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