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The most beautiful connection between the cities of Zurich and Munich
This tour takes you through the heart of the Alps from Zurich to Munich.
Zurich, Switzerland's largest city is the starting point of this tour that crosses the Alps twice. But first the Rhine Falls will be visited and also one of the oldest and most coplete library in magnificant barock style will be explored. The latter is also an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then we follow the Rhine upwards and board the train of the Raetian Railway, via the Albula Line, also an UNESCO World Heritage Site towards the famous resort town of St. Moritz. Here we have time to do some excursions before we head on over the highest railway crossing the Alps, the Bernina Express.
Now we are in Italy and we continue to Bozen/Bolzano in South Tyrol. After World War I this province changed to Italy, but the original Language is still German.
Then we cross the Alps again and via Innsbruck in Tyrol, we reach the famous town of Garmisch Partenkirchen (actually 2 towns together). We will visit Germany's highest mountain before we end our tour in Munich, which needs no further introduction. The tour can also be done in the opposite direction and altered to your needs.
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Itinerary / Route map
10 days / 9 nights
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Day 1 |
Group arrival
Transfer from Zurich Airport by private luxory coach to Zurich. Zurich Airport is an option, other transfers eg Basle Rhine Port, other Airport or City is also possible.
Zurich is Switzerlands largest city but by international standards still rather small.
This "metropolis of experiences" situated by the lake with a magnificent view of the snowcapped Alps
on the horizon, offres an unique mixture of attraction.
Overnight in Zurich
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Day 2 |
Zurich Excursions
Options:
- Visit of the Rhine Falls, the largest waterfall in Europe
- Excursion to Mount Rigi called "Queen of the Alps". Via Lucerne and Lake Lucerne we reach Vitznau where the first cog railway built in Europe leads to the summit.
Overnight in Zurich
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Day 3 |
Zurich - St. Gallen
Transfer to St. Gallen
- Visit of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Stiftsbibliothek, one of the most complete and best preserved old libraries and the cathedral
- Visit of Appenzell, a quaint little town and capital of the canton Appenzell Innerrhoden
Overnight in St. Gallen
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Day 4 |
St. Gallen - St. Moritz
From St. Gallen we follow the Rhine upwards to Chur. Here we board the Rhaetian Railway for the beautiful trainride to St. Moritz This stretch is also an UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Visit of Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein
- Visit of the city of Chur, one of the earliest settlements of Europe
Overnight in St. Moritz
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Day 5 |
Excursions around St. Moritz
Enjoy this part of Switzerland in the high valley of the Engadin. The famous artist Giaccometti and the painter Segantini praises this region for its formidable light!
Options:
- Funicular to Muottas Muragl, probably the best viewpoint in the Engadin overlooking the upper part with the lakes
- Excursion to the castle of Tarasp and the quaint village of Guarda in the lower Engadin valley
- Excursion to Piz Corvatsch with an altitude of 3303m the highest cable car in the Engadin
Overnight in St. Moritz
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Day 6 |
St. Moritz - Bernina Express - Bozen/Bolzano
Probably the most beautiful trainride in the Alps. The Bernina Express leads over the Bernina Pass at 2253m the highest railway pass in the Alps, all the way down to Tirano in Italy at 449m. The coach brings you to Bozen/Bolzano the capital of South Tyrol. This town has Italian flavour with Tyrolian heritage.
- Visit of the famous Oetzi, the mummyfied body found at the nearby mountain glacier.
Overnight in Bozen / Bolzano
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Day 7 |
Bozen / Bolzano - Garmisch Partenkirchen
A cable car leads directly from downtown Bozen to the mountains. Here a small narrow gauge railway, the Rittener-Bahn, winds through the mountain meadows. At the end of the line, a short bus ride brings you to the famous natural pyramids. Via the Brenner Pass we enter Austria. Via Innsbruck (host of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games) we continue to Bavaria, Germany.
Overnight in Garmisch Partenkirchen
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Day 8 |
Zugspitze - Garmisch Partenkirchen
A short ride by cog railway to Eibsee. The Zugspitze is Germany's highest mountian. The newly renovated cableway is the cableway with the highest vertical rise in one stretch (almost 2000m) and brings you in just 10 minutes to the summit.Enjoy the breathtaking views over the Alps and see mountains in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Austria and of course Germany. The way down is by using the Zugspitze Glacier cableway and the cog railway back to Garmisch Parternkirchen. (or vice versa)
In the afternoon the famous Neuschwanstein castle will be visited.
Overnight in Garmisch Partenkirchen Photo (c) Zugspitzebahn
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Day 9 |
Garmisch Partenkirchen - Munich
The final lap leads to Munich, Bavarias capital. Upon arrival a guided city walk by our experienced guide leads through the city, visiting the HB Brauhaus and the famous Munich Cathedral "Frauenkirche".
The afternoon is reserved for personal free time to explore the city or do some shopping.
Photo (c) Garmisch Partenkirchen Tourismus
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Day 10 |
Group departure
After breakfast transfer to Munich Airport (or any other destination upon request)
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Inclusions:
- Coach transfer Zurich Airport to overnight hotel in Lucerne or Zurich (others on request)
- 9 overnights in chosen hotel category with breakfast buffet
- 9 dinners at hotel including water or coffee/tea, 3 courses
- 9 lunches including water or coffee/tea, 3 courses
- Entrance fees on all offered excursions
- Local guides on chosen excursions
- Coach and train transfers in 1st class in Switzerland
- Bernina Express surcharge
- Seat reservation in the panoramic trains
- Coach transfer Zurich Airport to overnight hotel in Lucerne or Zurich (others on request)
- Coach transfer from Tirano to Bozen/Bolzano
- Excursion Rittener Railway above Bozen/Bolzano
- Coach transfer from Bozen/Bolzano to Garmisch Partenkirchen
- Excursion Zugspitze
- City tour with local guide in Munich
- Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel during the train tour days
- Detailed itinerary – easy to follow by your tour guide
- Handover of all documents to tour guide or coach driver upon arrival
- Professional supervising of tour
- Emergency hotline from 8 to 20h during tour
- VAT, services and taxes
Added value: 50% reduction on further excursions throughout Switzerland (train, boat, cable car, bus) for guests travelling on their own during their free time or the whole group.
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Prices
| Price 10 days / 9 nights |
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| Hotel category |
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Nov - March |
April - Oct |
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Price per person in Swiss Francs |
Price per person in Swiss Francs |
| Comfort hotels |
on request |
on request |
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| First class hotels |
on request |
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| Deluxe hotels |
on request |
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| Children price and 2nd class rail on request |
| Valid until 31.12.2021 / over Christmas & New Year on request! |
The prices are per person. They include the following:
- Coach transfer Zurich Airport to overnight hotel in Lucerne or Zurich (others on request)
- 9 overnights in chosen hotel category with breakfast buffet
- 9 dinners at hotel including water or coffee/tea, 3 courses
- 9 lunches including water or coffee/tea, 3 courses
- Entrance fees on all offered excursions
- Local guides on chosen excursions
- Coach and train transfers in 1st class in Switzerland
- Bernina Express surcharge
- Seat reservation in the panoramic trains
- Coach transfer Zurich Airport to overnight hotel in Lucerne or Zurich (others on request)
- Coach transfer from Tirano to Bozen/Bolzano
- Excursion Rittener Railway above Bozen/Bolzano
- Coach transfer from Bozen/Bolzano to Garmisch Partenkirchen
- Excursion Zugspitze
- City tour with local guide in Munich
- Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel during the train tour days
- Detailed itinerary – easy to follow by your tour guide
- Handover of all documents to tour guide or coach driver upon arrival
- Professional supervising of tour
- Emergency hotline from 8 to 20h during tour
- VAT, services and taxes
Added value: 50% reduction on further excursions throughout Switzerland (train, boat, cable car, bus) for guests travelling on their own during their free time or the whole group.
All our tours can be extended or adapted according to your whishes or travel plans.
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What our customers say
Hi Anna,
We arrived home earlier today. However we do want to thank you very much for our wonderful time in Switzerland. Everything went smoothly thanks to your organisational efficiency. I guess you could say all went like clockwork! I realise the weather is not your department but we had two magical days at Interlaken (especially Jungfrau) and at Montreux.
With every good wish,
Trevor & Ruth,
(Australia)
Hi Anna,
Our holiday is over and we are back to our normal life in Australia.
I just want to thank you for your excellent service. The schedule went to plan beautifully and we really got the most of our short stay in Switzerland.
We need to return again and spend longer!
Thank you again, we will certainly recommend your service to our friends.
Hi Anna,
Thank you so much! I got back to Dallas safely around 3:00 AM your time and got home by about 4:30 AM your time.
The tour was great and the tickets, hotel reservations, and itinerary were perfect. It really made my first time traveling outside of the US about as easy as I could hope for. I will definitely want to visit again now that I know how everything works and will want to spend a little more time in some of the cities where my time was limited so I would imagine you’ll be hearing from me again at some point in the future.
Again I want to thank you for all of your help in making it a great vacation, Switzerland is a really amazing place and I’m glad I got to experience it.
Thanks!
Hello Anna!
Thank you for checking in. Our trip to Switzerland was amazing! We genuinely enjoyed everything, thank you!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Hi Anna,
We are heading back to Germany. Thank you for such a wonderful and memorable experience. Everything went according to plan after we received the documents. Have a good weekend and I will recommend your services to others.
Regards
Hi Anna,
Thanks for everything. We had a wonderful vacation and family time. Enjoyed …..
Yes, we have plans to be back in the summer of 2019 and certainly you shall be our planner.
Thanks and regards
Anna:
Thanks for checking back with me. Yes, our tour was simply awesome! We enjoyed every single bit of it. The way you set up the itinerary for us was great and made it so much easier. Will definitely use your services again and would definitely recommend your services to friends.
Simply Amazing
Well we survived our trip to Switzerland and just wanted to thank you for the job you did for us. We had a really great trip.
Everything you organised worked out fine, except for a couple of little things that I’ll tell you about. On the Titlis excursion when we changed our vouchers for tickets they said it was only for the trip up and down the mountain, we showed them your instructions and about including the “Ice Flyer” and she said no it was only the trip up. Anyway we got tickets and went on the flyer anyway and the glacier park was closed due to weather I think. One other little thing in Lucerne, we bought tickets on a ferry leaving from the jetty near the railway station, the tickets were CHF28 each but they gave them to us for CHF24.50 not half price because they said the tickets were already discounted down from CHF40. Couldn’t really understand that because we never saw CHF40 advertised anywhere.
They were the only two things that didn’t go according to plan but we loved it. Murren is beautiful we could have stayed there more nights The hotel was perfect “Edelweiss.” We heard about Trummelbach falls so when we were leaving Murren and we got to Lauterbrunnen we took a bus and went and saw them before continuing to Interlaken. Something different we didn’t expect to see .
Again thank you for all your help, I will have no trouble recommending you and your company to our friends.
Best regards
Brian and Lorraine,
(Australia)
Hi Beni,
Sorry for the late reply. The vacation was great and there were no issues with the train connections and hotels. We will definitely contact you for our next trip to Switzerland.
Regards,
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