Glacier Express and Bernina Express: 'One ticket straight through the Swiss mountains'

On Luxury Panorama Trains The panoramic journeys on the Glacier and Bernina Express through the Swiss Alps are packed with highlights from start to finish. My Glacier Express Experience On board the Glacier Express, the “slowest express train in the world” and the classic among Switzerland’s panorama routes, travellers can enjoy breathtaking mountain worlds and impressive landscapes. In St. Moritz, the world of the beautiful and wealthy greets you, while in Zermatt you’ll see the world’s most photographed mountain, the Matterhorn. Over its roughly 289 km route, the “slowest express train in the world” crosses 291 bridges and passes through 91 tunnels. In other words, the journey is almost entirely over bridges—one bridge per kilometre, so to speak. From the elegant St. Moritz, the train winds through the Albula Valley, then on through the Rhine Gorge, the Grand Canyon of Switzerland. After that comes the “thrilling” descent: via Andermatt and Fiesch in the primeval Goms region. The train overcomes four major ascents and descents between alpine regions and the Rhine and Rhône valleys. Just after Brig, a pretty Swiss town in the Rhône Valley, the destination is near: soon the Matterhorn comes into view. The train’s chef can hold his own against any top restaurant. Via headphones you’ll learn interesting facts and anecdotes about the route. Find out more The Bernina Express The Bernina Express day trip takes you from the mountains to the palm trees, almost as far as Italy. It’s the most beautiful and spectacular link between the cool north and the warm south, a connection between millennia-old culture and the overwhelming natural beauty of the Engadin. As the valley opens up and merges into the unique landscape of the Valtellina, a sense of freedom arises.