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Grand Tour of Switzerland
9 days / 8 nights
Highlights
- 4 language regions
- 5 Alpine passes & 22 lakes
- 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Highest point: Furka Pass 2'429 m.a.s.l.
- Lowest point: Lago Maggiore, 193 m.a.s.l.
- Very good road infrastructure (road condition, petrol stations along the route)
«Of course a photo in front of the famous photo spot of the Grand Tour should not be missing.»
Your itinerary
Day 1
Overnight stay in Zurich.
Highlights: Museums (such as National Museum, Art Museum, Zurich’s Museum of Design, FIFA Museum), galleries, shopping paradise, Uetliberg, Grossmünster church
Day 2
Zürich - St. Gallen / approx. 150 km
Drive from Zurich via the Rhine Falls to St. Gallen. Overnight stay in St. Gallen.
Highlights: Europe’s largest waterfall, the charming old town of St.Gallen, Abbey library of St. Gallen library
Day 3
St. Gallen - Davos / approx. 160 km
Journey from St. Gallen through Appenzell and via Maienfeld to Davos. Overnight stay in Davos.
Highlights: rolling hills landscape in Appenzell, Heidi’s Village in Maienfeld
Day 4
Davos - Lugano / approx. 290 km
Journey from Davos via the Engadin to Lugano. Overnight stay in Lugano.
Highlights: Guarda – the village of Schellenursli, Swiss National Park in Zernez, the train experience on the Bernina Express, hike on Muottas Muragl, world famous St. Moritz
Day 5
Lugano - Zermatt / approx. 215 km
Journey from Lugano via Bellinzona and passes St. Gotthard and Furka to Täsch. From there take the train to Zermatt. Overnight stay in Zermatt.
Highlights: Monte Brè, Ascona, Bellinzona, alpine passes St.Gotthard and Furka, Aletsch Glacier
Day 6
Zermatt - Montreux / approx. 150 km
Journey from Zermatt and Täsch along the river Rhone through the Valais via Sion and Martigny to Montreux. Overnight stay in Montreux.
Highlights: Imposing mountains around Zermatt, Gornergrat, religious gold treasures in Saint-Maurice, Castle Chillon, Lake Geneva
Day 7
Montreux - Gstaad / approx. 330 km
From Montreux through the Lavaux vineyards, via Lausanne, Geneva, Fribourg and Gruyère regions to GstaadOvernight stay in Gstaad.
Highlights: Lavaux wine region, Olympic Museum, Freiburg, Greyerzer region with cheese factories, Cailler chocolate factory
Day 8
Gstaad - Luzern / approx. 315 km
The journey continues from Gstaad, via Interlaken, Bern and through the Emmental and Entlebuch to Lucerne. Overnight stay in Luzern.
Highlights: chalet village of Gstaad, Lake Brienz, Lake Thun, Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau, old town of Bern, Emmental cheese factory
Day 9
Luzern - Zürich / approx. 140 km
From Lucerne it goes along Lake Lucerne and Altdorf and Schwyz to Zurich.
Highlights: On Wilhelm Tell’s traces in Altdorf, Luzern, the Chapel Bridge and Water Tower, excursions mountains Rigi, Pilatus und Stanserhorn