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- Gold Operator
- Collette
- In-depth Cultural
- Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Partially Guided
- Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
- Low Intensity
- Travelers can expect some light physical activities
- Guided in English
- Group Size 2 - 44
- All Ages Welcome
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Zurich
- Glacier Express Train
- Zermatt
- Lake Maggiore
- Borromeo Palace
- Choice on Tour: Villa Taranto or Pallanza Art Museum
- Island Dinner
- Bernina Express Train
- St. Moritz
- Lucerne
- Mount Pilatus
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 Overnight Flight
- Day 2 Zurich, Switzerland
- Day 3 Zurich - Andermatt - Zermatt
- Day 4 Zermatt
- Day 5 Zermatt - Lake Maggiore, Italy
- Day 6 Lake Maggiore
- Day 7 Lake Maggiore
- Day 8 Lake Maggiore - St. Moritz, Switzerland
- Day 9 St. Moritz - Lucerne
- Day 10 Lucerne
- Day 11 Lucerne - Tour Ends
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
Where You'll Stay
Hotel Krone Unterstrass
Hotelday 1Resort Hotel Alex
HotelDays 2, 3Zacchera Hotels
HotelDays 4, 5, 6Hotel Steffani
Hotelday 7Radisson Blu Hotel
HotelDays 8, 9
Operated by
Collette
Number of tours
383
Age Range
5 to 99 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
100%
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Customer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- FoodGood
- AKaren Huffman· November 7th, 2025The train rides were breathtaking. Would highly recommend.Show moreTrip date: June 2025Review collected by Collette
- ATracy Listello· November 7th, 2025Enjoyed the farmShow moreTrip date: June 2025Review collected by Collette
- ALinda Ihm· November 7th, 2025Zermatt was awesome!!! The town was very easy to navigate and had great food!Show moreTrip date: June 2025Review collected by Collette
- AKari French· November 7th, 2025This was our first experience with a group tour and it was great! I loved the variety of experiences, the accommodations were 4-5 star and our tour manager, Armando, was amazing! We will definitely consider a Collette tour again.Show moreTrip date: July 2025Review collected by Collette
- AChristopher Campbell· November 7th, 2025This tour offered a wide variety of experiences. It was well planed, and the tour manager was well versed in the areas visited.Show moreTrip date: July 2025Review collected by Collette
- AChristine Lebenns· November 7th, 2025There were so many great experiences. The train rides. The lakes, the tours. It all was so memorable. Being able to see the Matterhorn was definitely a highlight. The only thing I would say is maybe stay more than one night in St. Moritz. You get there later in the afternoon and cannot really enjoy all it has to offer.Show moreTrip date: July 2025Review collected by Collette
- AJohn Dalton· November 7th, 2025I had a great trip and our Tour Manager made the trip even more enjoyable! Every day we had an activity and free time to explore. My favorite thing about the trip was hiking under the Matterhorn and seeing Mount Pilatus. The Hotel's were all unique and had a boutique feel, with rooms decorated like the towns we were visiting. Some of my favorite things this trip were Lago Maggiore (Stesa), FAI Cheese Tour, the Cog Wheel Train, Lucerne Old Town, exploring the Village of Zermatt and St. Moritz. The pace of the tour was quick, but also in depth in each location. The Tour Manager was always available to give her suggestions as to what to do during our "Free Time". She even helped us find a Tobbogan to ride... (not an included event, but maybe should be?)Show moreTrip date: July 2025Review collected by Collette
- AMaureen Munson· November 7th, 2025Our guide went out of his way when rain was coming in…he found something else for us to do. That was above our expectations. The train ride…Fabulous. So glad we got to see the lion of the Swiss Guards.Show moreTrip date: August 2025Review collected by Collette
- ADeborah· June 5th, 2025Tour was a good picture of Switzerland with a combination of cities, villages, and mountains. The dip into Italy was nice for a chance of pace and scenery. Our group was phenomenal. Our guide, Vili, did a wonderful job of creating a cohesive group that was supportive, friendly, and fun. The Matterhorn had to be the best experience. Our time there was clear weather and just a very light snow, perfect.Show moreTrip date: April 2025Review collected by Collette
- AMadeline· June 5th, 2025All of this trip was as close to perfect as it could be!Show moreTrip date: April 2025Review collected by Collette
Dates & Availability
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- Instant ConfirmationFrom Sunday19 Apr, 2026To Wednesday29 Apr, 2026EnglishThis departure date is available and will 100% departGuaranteed departureFrom:NZ $8,349 per personMultiple Room Types
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What our customers ask about this tour
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Catherine
Asked on September 14th, 2025what about the Airport Transfers to and from hotel
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Catherine
Traveler•Written September 2025Also this has 1 optional tour .. are there other tours that we can book to add more excursions to trip
ColletteOperator•Written September 2025We offer round trip in destination transfers from airport to hotel on arrival and hotel to airport on return. These transfers are priced at $75.00 per person, per direction. We only offer one optional excursion for this tour called Treasures of Lake Orta on day 5 of the tour. This is $85.00 per person.
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Debra
Asked on August 21st, 2025please send me the itinerary from sept 5 onwards and class of hotel I will be staying single person only how many b/fast,lunch, dinner etc.
- ColletteOperator•Written August 2025
To address your immediate inquiry, I have provided answers in line with your questions below. Tour dates for the standard tour: Departure Date: 05 Sep 2025, Tour Start: 06 Sep 2025, Tour End: 15 Sep 2025. The properties are all 4 Stars or above. Hotels include: Zurich - Hotel Krone Unterstrass, Zermatt - Resort Hotel Alex, Lake Maggiore - Zacchera Hotels, St. Moritz - Hotel Steffani, Lucerne - Radisson Blu Hotel.
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Natalie
Asked on April 4th, 2025can you please advise if we are able to upgrade the Rail pass to 1st class and what the additional cost would be for this
- ColletteOperator•Written April 2025
All trains are second class. Trains without a ticket class next to them are a shorter train that does not have classes of tickets. Collette purchases group tickets for each train journey, so there is no possibility for upgraded train tickets on Alpine Lakes and Scenic Trains. Swiss Rail Passes are not used on tour.
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Joan
Asked on March 28th, 2025Would we be responsible for transferring our luggage between hotels?
- ColletteOperator•Written March 2025
All the guests will leave their bags outside their hotel room door in the morning that it's time to depart to the next Hotel and the tour manager should advise this to everyone the night before. The hotel staff handles taking larger checked size luggage from the rooms to the bus and from the bus to the hotel. All you will take is your personal items you wish to carry or any carryon bags.
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Joan
Traveler•Written April 2025what class of travel would we be in on the Glacier express train?
- ColletteOperator•Written April 2025
All trains are second class. Trains without a ticket class next to them are a shorter train that does not have classes of tickets. Collette purchases group tickets for each train journey. Swiss Rail Passes are not used on tour.
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Jen
Asked on August 29th, 2024What is the single supplement?
- ColletteOperator•Written August 2024
The Solo traveler rate for this itinerary and Land Only program is $5,999 per person.
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