Lucerne Residency
Hotel
Days 1, 2
Thrill season• Himalayan passes, snow treks and open water Find your next one
Seven days on the rails, three peaks above 3,000 m. Seven days on a first-class Swiss Travel Pass with all three mountain railways and central hotels in each base.
The rail pass starts today and covers everything on rails, water and most cable cars.
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| Chapel Bridge |
| Lake Lucerne |
The last cable car rotates through 360° on the way up. Take a windproof — it is below freezing at the top most of the year.
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| Titlis Cliff Walk |
| Glacier cave |
| Trübsee |
Lauterbrunnen is a flat-bottomed glacial trench with 72 waterfalls coming off the walls.
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| Staubbach Falls |
| Lauterbrunnen valley |
| Lake Brienz |
The railway runs seven kilometres inside the Eiger. Highest station in Europe at the top.
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| Jungfraujoch |
| Aletsch Glacier |
| Sphinx Observatory |
| Ice Palace |
Zermatt bans combustion cars. Everything in the village is electric or a horse.
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| Matterhorn |
| Zermatt village |
Go early. The Matterhorn makes its own cloud by about eleven most days.
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| Gornergrat |
| Gorner Glacier |
| Matterhorn |
The train runs into the airport itself. Allow three and a half hours.
All accommodations are subject to change
Hotel
Days 1, 2
Hotel
Days 3, 4
Hotel
Days 5, 6
6 breakfasts and 1 dinner across 7 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
7 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered everywhere; Jain and gluten-free on notice at booking
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Would send friends their way.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Would book with them again.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Would send friends their way.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. The cooking was a genuine surprise — better than most places we'd have picked ourselves.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. No hesitation recommending them.
Switzerland done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. No hesitation recommending them.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded.
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