Contents. Arrive relaxed in Switzerland 4–5 Addresses Swiss Travel System AG PO Box 1975 CH-8021 Zurich SwissTravelSystem.com The Grand Train Tour of Switzerland Switzerland Tourism PO Box 6–11 CH-8027 Zurich MySwitzerland.com Panoramic Imprint Discountwith Publisher Swiss Travel Pass Swiss Travel System AG, Zurich Switzerland Tourism, Zurich 25% The panoramic journeys Design and production journeys. Swiss Travel System AG, Zurich 12–33 Top of Europe Switzerland Tourism, Zurich Jungfraujoch The most beautiful way to experience Switzerland. Cover photo Bernina Express, Lago Bianco, SwissTravelSystem.com Bernina pass, Graubünden The best place to discover ice and snow · open 365 days jungfrau.ch Stephan Schacher Images Swiss Travel System AG, The themed routes Partner, swiss-image.ch, 34–35 UNESCO Destination Switzerland Maps © SBB Höhendaten DHM25/MONA: © swisstopo, Satellite Image: © ESA/Eurimage/ swisstopo, NPOC (JA100134) UNESCO World Heritage Jungfrau Railway Ice Palace Alpine Sensation Plateau www.trafimage.ch, www.evoq.ch in Switzerland Printed by 38–39 Merkur Druck Gruppe More Top highlights in the Jungfrau Region: (Print Hertig), Lyss Print run 171,000 copies Edition November 2015 The Swiss Travel Pass 40–45 Grindelwald-First – Top of Adventure Harder Kulm – Top of Interlaken Schynige Platte – Top of Swissness 50% with Swiss Travel Pass 50% with Swiss Travel Pass Free with Swiss Travel Pass Beautiful views. The most comfortable way to experience Switzerland Switzerland’s panoramic journeys. With 26,000 km of railways, waterways, bus For a taste of all the country has to offer, the routes and mountain transport, Switzerland Grand Train Tour of Switzerland beckons. This is a giant playground ripe for exploring. spectacular tour brings together Switzerland’s most beautiful routes in a unique worldwide Up for a discovery tour? We’ve selected Switzer- experience. In this brochure, you’ll not only find land’s most beautiful panoramic journeys, which tips about this and how to explore Switzerland are inspired by our hugely diverse landscapes, by train, bus, boat and mountain railway, but extensive rail network and wide range of activities also an overview of the country’s many UNESCO and excursions. World Heritage properties. SwissTravelSystem.com, Webcode: 1290 Beautiful views. Panoramic journeys. 3 Arrival by train from Germany Arrive relaxed in Switzerland. German railway (DB) ICE trains connect to Basel, Bern, Thun, Interlaken, Zurich and Chur. Swiss Federal Railways Relaxation begins when the journey does – no matter where you’re coming from. (SBB) EuroCity trains operate a direct service from Munich Comfortable train journeys, flights and speedy connections get your holiday in and Stuttgart to Zurich, as well as from Hamburg to Zurich, Switzerland off to a relaxed swing. Most trains have a dining car or bistro, power Bern and Interlaken. More than 35 DB and SBB trains run daily directly to Switzerland. For more details, visit connections and a newspaper service. www.bahn.de Arrival by train from the Netherlands ICE train near Spiez, Bernese Oberland ICE trains make the journey between Switzerland and the Netherlands a comfortable one. You’ll arrive relaxed thanks Amsterdam 6h42min to direct connections from Amsterdam to Basel. Berlin 7h30min For more details, visit www.nsinternational.nl Hamburg 6h30min Köln 4h00min Frankfurt 3h00min Freiburg i.B. 0h45min Paris Stuttgart 3 h 00 min 3h03min Basel DEUTSCHLAND EuroAirport Basel Zürich München 4h30min Flughafen 4h03min Zürich ÖSTERREICH Innsbruck 3 h 32 min FRANCE Wien 7h50min 3h35min Bern Bern Flughafen Lausanne 3h05min Genève- Aéroport Genève 4h03min Lugano Railjet near Murg, Lake Walen, Eastern Switzerland ITALIA 3h56min TGV Lyria, Zurich Main Station 4h06min 1h07min Arrival by train from Austria Arrive relaxed on Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) trains, which link the All travel times are Arrival by train from France minimum times and Milano imperial city of Vienna as well as Graz and Villach with Zurich. There are subject to change. Marseille 3h29min Venezia 6h59min The TGV Lyria runs several times a day between Paris, also frequent daily services with railjet, the ÖBB’s high-speed, premium- Marseille and the Swiss cities of Geneva, Lausanne, class train, from Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck to Swiss cities. For more details, visit www.oebb.at Basel and Zurich. Speed, precision, a warm welcome Arrival by train from Italy and excellent service make the journey an experience EuroCity trains connect Milan with in itself. For more details, visit www.tgv-lyria.com the cities of Zurich, Bern, Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne and Lugano. Tilting on curves in the track, the modern Pendolino ETR 610 trains make for a smooth, Arrival by plane speedy ride, shortening your Numerous airlines serve the airports of Zurich, Geneva, Basel and journey time and affording even Bern-Belp, where trains and buses run several times an hour into the city greater comfort. For more details, centre and to destinations all over Switzerland. Geneva and Zurich airports www.svizzera.it/intreno visit both have train stations at basement level, while an extensive bus network links the airport to the city centre in Basel and Bern. EuroCity train near Villeneuve, Lake Geneva Region SwissTravelSystem.com, Webcode: 1200 4 Panoramic journeys. Arrive relaxed in Switzerland. Arrive relaxed in Switzerland. Panoramic journeys. 5 Voralpen-Express near Lucerne, Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region The Grand Train Tour of Switzerland. Glacier Express on the Richleren Bridge near Andermatt, Uri The great train escape. Bringing together 1,280 km of panoramic railways, the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland is an epic journey of discovery – as only the Swiss know how! All aboard! The wonderfully diverse journey whisks you the emphasis on selected must-see attractions and excursions. through towns and villages, over mountains and The Swiss Travel Pass is your ticket to the entire tour. Simply past glaciers, lakes and rivers, as well as through start wherever you wish and hop off to explore whenever you all four language regions. Doable year round, the feel like it – attractions and excursions abound on and around Grand Train Tour of Switzerland brings together the tour route. the highlights of Swiss public transport, placing SwissTravelSystem.com, Webcode: 1330 Discover the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland online: Bernina Express near Morteratsch, Graubünden grandtraintour.swisstravelsystem.com 6 Panoramic journeys. The Grand Train Tour of Switzerland. The Grand Train Tour of Switzerland. Panoramic journeys. 7 The eight-stage tour. This unforgettable rail journey can be broken down into several stages, which showcase highlights and therefore allow you to experience Switzerland in all its incredible diversity. Schaffhausen Basel EuroAirport 1 Zürich GoldenPass Panoramic, Gstaad, Bernese Oberland Basel Flughafen Zürich St.Gallen 3 GoldenPass Line Appenzell Säntis Route Luzern–Interlaken–Zweisimmen–Montreux 2 Luzern Rigi Distance 191 km Neuchâtel Duration 5 h 8 min Bern Pilatus Stanserhorn Chur Thurbo regional train on the shore of Lake Constance near Bern Flughafen Brienzer Engelberg Flüelen From Lake Lucerne, the train climbs over the Brünig Pass, hugs Ermatingen, Thurgau, Eastern Switzerland Rothorn 3 Davos Fribourg/ the shore of Lake Brienz and makes a welcome stop in Interlaken, Freiburg Interlaken Titlis Schynige Platte before heading on to dazzling Lake Thun and through the Simmen 1 From Zurich to St. Gallen Valley to Zweisimmen. From here, the GoldenPass continues its Zweisimmen Schilthorn Jungfraujoch Andermatt Lausanne St.Moritz panoramic journey to Montreux on Lake Geneva. Gstaad Route Zürich–Schaffhausen–St. Gallen Excursion tips: Pilatus, Stanserhorn, Titlis, Brienzer Rothorn, Distance 133 km Montreux Rochers-de-Naye Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe, Schynige Platte, Schilthorn, Glacier 3000 Duration 2 h 50 min Genève-Aéroport Glacier 3000, Rochers-de-Naye Visp Brig Bellinzona Genève 4 Tirano From the multicultural metropolis of Zurich, your Locarno journey whisks you to Eastern Switzerland – passing Martigny Zermatt Gornergrat the Rhine Falls, Europe’s biggest waterfall, and Lugano skirting Lake Constance, which links Switzerland Matterhorn Glacier with Germany and Austria, en route to St. Gallen. Paradise Excursion tip: Säntis 4 From Montreux to Zermatt 2 Voralpen-Express Route Montreux–Visp–Zermatt Distance 148 km Route St. Gallen–Luzern Duration 2 h 31 min Distance 125 km Duration 2 h 15 min The journey from the Swiss Riviera to Valais be- gins with a memorable view of Chillon Castle and Beyond St. Gallen, you’ll pass the 99-m-high Sitter Viaduct, vine-clad hills. In Martigny, it’s well worth taking Switzerland’s highest railway bridge and the gateway to the the Mont-Blanc Express up to French-speaking Appenzellerland. The peaks of Säntis and the Churfirsten Chamonix. From here the ride continues through crown the horizon. Your journey continues through Rappers- the Matter Valley to the most famous peak in wil, the city of roses, and the high moor of Rothenthurm to Switzerland: the mighty Matterhorn in Zermatt. Voralpen-Express, Sitter Viaduct, Lucerne on the shores of its namesake lake. Excursion tips: Rochers-de-Naye, Gornergrat, St.Gallen, Eastern Switzerland Matterhorn Gotthard Railway near Zermatt, Valais Excursion tips: Säntis, Rigi, Pilatus, Stanserhorn, Titlis Matterhorn glacier paradise 8 Panoramic journeys. The eight-stage tour. The eight-stage tour. Panoramic journeys. 9 Schaffhausen Basel EuroAirport Zürich