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12 Days from £3,760pp
World Christmas

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
● Journey via the classic Rhine route from Cologne
to Interlaken
● First Class Swiss Pass for unlimited travel whilst
in Switzerland
● No expensive excursions to pay for
● Leisure time in Interlaken, Lausanne and Chur
● Half board basis in Interlaken
Bernina Express Crosses viaduct (subject to availability - may use scheduled services
● Journeys on the Glacier and Bernina Express trains
instead)
● Daily escorted optional excursions with
knowledgeable tour leader

SELECTED HOTELS
Cologne City Class Hotel am Dom
Interlaken Metropole Hotel
Lausanne Hotel Continental
Chur Hotel Freieck
Please note – hotels can be subject to change

PRICE INCLUDES
Chur Panoramic © Marco Bianchi ● First Class Swiss Pass for unlimited travel on trains,
● Standard Class travel to and from Switzerland
postbuses, lake steamers and many city buses and trams
● Optional escorted excursions
● Dinners in Interlaken
● Accommodation in good quality, centrally located
hotels on a bed and breakfast basis
walled hilltop town of Gruyères with its castle Days 11 & 12 - Rhaetian Railways ● Services of a tour leader from London and
and nearby cheese making centre. Other possible Free days to explore Chur and the surrounding area throughout the tour
excursions are the narrow gauge lines around Aigle using the Rhaetian Railways network which boasts
and Bex and Martigny with its lovely mountain line up some of the most spectacular railway routes in the PRICE PER PERSON:
to the French border at Le Chatelard. world, a marvel of railway engineering that winds its Escorted holiday £3,760
way through the Graubünden mountains thanks to Single room supplement £620
Day 9 - Glacier Express man-made structures, viaducts and helical tunnels.
Travel along the Rhone valley to Brig where we There will be an optional escorted excursion offered Deposit for this holiday £200
change for the Glacier Express to Chur for a 4 night each day. Excursions will endeavour to cover much of
stay on a bed and breakfast basis. Chur is Switzerland’s the RhB network including a journey from Samedan
oldest city with a charming pedestrianised ‘Old Town’ along the picturesque Engadine with its characteristic Day 14 - Return Home
and is ideally located for travelling on the UNESCO architecture, combined with a journey via Klosters Morning departure on an ICE service to Brussels to
World Heritage Rhaetian Railways network, including and Davos. Other excursions are likely to include the connect with the Eurostar to London.
the Bernina and Glacier Express routes.
mountain resort of Arosa and, by way of contrast, a
Day 10 - Bernina Express visit to the Appenzell region and St Gallen.
Today we offer a full day escorted excursion from
Chur to Tirano travelling on the stunning Bernina Day 13 - Return to Cologne
Leaving Chur after a leisurely breakfast we travel to
Express route with its spirals and tunnels and reaching Basle and make a connection with the ICE service on
an altitude of more than 2000m – an unforgettable the high speed line to Cologne for an overnight stay.
rail journey.

Lausanne at Christmas-iStock © Flavio Vallenari

Interlaken

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