Top Attractions Tour A travel suggestion from 5 days / 4 nights
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Switzerland in a nutshell: top sights, turquoise lakes, peacefully grazing cattle.
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5 sections
Switzerland in a nutshell: top sights, turquoise lakes, peacefully grazing cattle – that’s the Top Attractions Tour. It takes a minimum of 5 days / 4 nights.
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Scenic rides
Luzern–Interlaken Express | GoldenPass Express | Visp–Zermatt | Glacier Express -
Destinations
Zurich | Lucerne | Interlaken | Montreux | Zermatt | Chur -
Top sights
Chapel Bridge | Jungfrau Region | Lavaux Vineyards | Chillon Castle
| Matterhorn | Rhine Gorge
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Mountain excursions
Along the Top Attractions Tour, you have a choice of 14 different mountain excursions – for example Harder Kulm, Rochers-de-Naye, Gornergrat etc.
Interlaken – Zweisimmen – Montreux
A panoramic ride between two worlds.
Luzern–Interlaken Express
Luzern – Interlaken. Along the shores of five crystal-clear lakes and past romantic waterfalls.
Montreux – Visp – Zermatt
Up the valley to the “mountain of mountains”.
Zermatt – Chur – Zürich
Zermatt – Chur on board the "slowest express train in the world", the Glacier Express, and from Chur on to Zürich.
Zürich – Luzern
From lake to lake, from city to city.
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Itinerary
The following 5-day itinerary starts and ends in Zurich. However, you can start and finish the tour at any other point along the tour.
Day 1 | Zürich – Luzern
Travel duration: ¾ h
Highlights:
- Top sight: Chapel Bridge
- Mountain excursions: Pilatus, Rigi, Stanserhorn, Titlis
- Zurich: The cosmopolitan city at the shores of Lake Zurich – creative urban life combined with nature in all its glory.
- Lucerne: The gateway to Central Switzerland with its delightful lake and impressive Alpine panorama.
Timetable: Zürich–Luzern
Day 2 | Luzern – Interlaken
Travel duration: 1¾ h
Highlights:
- Scenic ride: Luzern–Interlaken Express
- Top sights: Chapel Bridge, Jungfrau Region
- Mountain excursions: Pilatus, Rigi, Stanserhorn, Titlis, Brienzer Rothorn, Jungfraujoch, Schilthorn, Harder Kulm, Schynige Platte, Grindelwald First
- Lucerne: The gateway to Central Switzerland with its delightful lake and impressive Alpine panorama.
- Interlaken: Starting point for many activities and adventures – surrounded by a gorgeous mountain scenery.
Timetable: Luzern–Interlaken
Day 3 | Interlaken – Zweisimmen – Montreux
Travel duration: 3 hrs 12 min
Highlights:
- Scenic ride: GoldenPass Express
- Top sights: Jungfrau Region, UNESCO Lavaux Vineyards, Chillon Castle
- Mountain excursions: Brienzer Rothorn, Jungfraujoch, Schilthorn, Harder Kulm, Schynige Platte, Grindelwald First, Glacier 3000, Rochers-de-Naye
- Interlaken: Starting point for many activities and adventures – surrounded by a gorgeous mountain scenery.
- Montreux: Lake Geneva, majestic mountains, lovely vineyards – the picture-perfect scenery of Montreux.
Timetable: Interlaken–Zweisimmen–Montreux (for GoldenPass Express or Belle Epoque check details under section Zweisimmen–Montreux)
Day 4 | Montreux – Visp – Zermatt
Travel duration: 2½ h
Highlights:
- Scenic ride: Matterhorn Gotthard Railway through the Nicolai valley
- Top sights: Chillon Castle, UNESCO Lavaux Vineyards, Matterhorn
- Mountain excursions: Rochers-de-Naye, Gornergrat, Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Rothorn
- Montreux: Lake Geneva, majestic mountains, lovely vineyards – the picture-perfect scenery of Montreux.
- Zermatt: Car-free resort at the foot of the majestic Matterhorn: almost unlimited excursion possibilities – year-round.
Timetable: Montreux–Visp–Zermatt
Day 5 | Zermatt – Chur – Zürich
Travel duration: 7½ h
Highlights:
- Scenic ride: Glacier Express
- Top sights: Matterhorn, Rhine Gorge
- Mountain excursions: Gornergrat, Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Rothorn
- Zermatt: Car-free resort at the foot of the majestic Matterhorn: almost unlimited excursion possibilities – year-round.
- Chur: Switzerland’s oldest city of many charms: twisting alleys, historic buildings, a spectacular backdrop.
- Zürich: The cosmopolitan city at the shores of Lake Zurich – creative urban life combined with nature in all its glory.
Timetable:
- Zermatt–Chur (for Glacier Express, click „Advanced search“ and select „Direct connections“)
- Chur–Zürich
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Are you organising the trip yourself? Here is our ticket suggestion.
Swiss Travel Pass 8 days
For foreign guests, the all-in-one ticket Swiss Travel Pass (Flex) is the key to Switzerland’s public transport network. It covers all sections of the Grand Train Tour – all you need in addition are the below listed seat reservations.
More ticket options
The public transport ticket range (point-to-point tickets, supersaver tickets, 1-day travelpasses, GA travelcard, etc.) is valid for the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland.
Do I need any seat reservations?
In addition to a valid ticket, a seat reservation is required for:
- Glacier Express (make reservation)
