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Switzerland by Rail Tue. Sept 22 - Sat. Oct 3, 2020 2nd Trip added by Popular Demand! Highlights... Golden Pass Railway ride • Lavaux Vineyards wine tasting • Chillon Castle Gornergrat open-air cog railway • the Matterhorn • Glacier Express train ride Bernlina Express train ride Tour includes: 12 days, 10 nights accommodations, 10 breakfasts, 5 diners with beer or wine, 1 wine tasting, guided sightseeing tours, 5 train rides, travel by deluxe motor coach, roundtrip airfare from Detroit Metro, all taxes, fee and surcharges, all transfers, luggage handling, baggage fees, comprehensive travel insurance (copy available at cahiers), OPC Group Leader and gratuities. Not included: meals not listed and optional excursions. Bring a copy of your passport at sign-up (must not expire before March 26, 2021) All rates are per person, airline prices subject to change. Single rooms are limited. Tour involves walking on uneven surfaces in high altitude. Reservation begins at 8:30am on July 22. Single: $6,668 Schedule of Payments: Deposit - $1000 due at registration Double: $6,178 2nd payment - $1000 due February 7, 2020 Cancellation Policy: Insurance cost of $429 3rd payment - $1000 due April 10, 2020 + $150 processing fee + airline cancellation Balance due June 19, 2020 penalties if applicable are non-refundable. *$100 off per person if you sign up by Sept 30, 2019* Day 1: Travel day - 1 night Interlaken. Sit down for an included dinner this evening. Board your overnight flight to Zurich today. Day 5: Free day in Interlaken Day 2: Lucerne Region - 2 nights Included meals: breakfast Arrival in Zurich & transfer to Lucerne Region Spend a free day in Interlaken or add an excursion. Included meals: welcome dinner +Jungfraujoch: The Top of Europe Day 3: Sightseeing tour of Lucerne Day 6: Montreux Region via Bern & Lavaux Vineyards Included meals: breakfast - 1 night A local guide introduces you to the charming lakeside Included meals: breakfast, wine tasting city. Explore Lucerne’s Old Town. View the sandstone Visit the Swiss capital of Bern for a sightseeing tour led lion statue commemorating the Swiss Guards. Stroll over by your Tour Director. Cross the Aare River and head Chapel Bridge, a 17th-centul’y covered footbridge, for to the iconic Bern Bear Park, home to a community of views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps. brown bears. Stroll through the UNESCO-recognized Enjoy a free afternoon in Lucerne or add an excursion. Old Town, making your way past the Cathedral of Bern. • Mount Pilatus Head to the Lavaux wine region, located on the terraced shores of Lake Geneva. Walk through the UNESCO- Day 4: Train to Interlaken - 2 nights protected Lavaux Vineyards. Step inside the wil1e cellar Included meals: breakfast, dinner to enjoy a wine tasting paired with cheese and sausage Sit down in your first-class seat aboard the Golden Pass After, continue on to the Montreux region. Railway and pass spectacular Alpine scenery en route to Day 7: Zetmatt via Chillon Castle - 2 night Walk through Altstadt, the Old Town, and soak in views Included meals: breakfast, dinner of Lindenhof park. Pass by St. Peter Church and the Pass through the scenic foothills of the Alps today, town hall. Walk over the Münsterbrücke. stopping to take a self-guided tour of Chillon Castle. Celebrate your trip at a farewell dinner this evening. Continue on to Visp where you’ll board a train to the Day 12: Departure car-free mountain town of Zermatt. Upon arrival, follow Included meals: breakfast (excluding early morning your Tour Director on a short orientation tour and take departures) in views of the iconic Matterhorn. Later, sit down to an Transfer to the airport for your flight home. included dinner with your group. Day 8: The Matterhorn Region Optional Excursions Included meals: breakfast Set out to explore the mountainous landscapes Day 3: Mount Pilatus surrounding the Matterhorn today. Stop along the way $119/’$129’ (4.5 hours, departs in the afternoon) This to visit Gornergrat, a ridge overlooking the Garner scenic excursion begins with a cruise on Lake Lucerne. After docking, ascend 7,000-foot Mount Pilatus on the Glacier. Board Europe’s highest open-air cog railway world’s steepest cogwheel railway. for a ride to the summit. Take in spectacular panoramic Legend holds that the mountain was named for Pontius views of the Matterhorn. Pilate, blown here by the devil after the Crucifixion. From the peak, the views of the Alps are stunning; on a Day 9: Train to St. Moritz - 2 nights clear day, you can see for 200 miles, Toward the end of Included meals: breakfast, dinner your trip, you’ll return to the base of the mountain via Board the Glacier Express, a famed train with cars gondola, specially designed for scenic viewing, and sit down in your first-class seat as you make your way through the Day 5: Jungfraujoch: The Top of Europe Alps to St. Moritz. Sit down for an included dinner this $189/$199* (7 hours. departs in the morning) evening. Take in views of the Eiger’s soaring peak as you trans- fer through Alpine valleys to the picturesque village of Day 10: Bernina Express Grindelwald, nestled deep in the Swiss Bernese Alps. Included meals: breakfast Here, board a train for a ride up to Jungfraujoch, a Board the Bernina Express and enjoy a scenic train ride UNESCO-listed mountain pass that’s popularly known through the stunning, UNESCO-recognized landscapes as “the top of Europe,” and which overlooks the largest of the Alps to Tirano, Italy. You’ll enjoy free time in glaciated region in the Alps. You’ll have plenty of Tirano before traveling back to St. Moritz. opportunities to snap photos of the surrounding mountain scenery as you make your way to the summit, Day 11:Transfer to Zurich & sightseeing tour - 1 night more than ll,000 feet above sea level. Once at the top, Included meals: breakfast, farewell dinner enjoy free time to have lunch and explore, visiting the Travel to Zurich and set off on a sightseeing tour to get observatory, research station, or Ice Palace-a collection to know Switzerland’s la city with your Tour Director. of intricately designed ice sculptures. Linda Froeber Julie Lundgren Leisure Travel Leisure Travel [email protected] [email protected] 248.659.1030 248.608.0258 .