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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
- Guided in English
- Group Size 2 - 44
- Age range 5 to 99
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
324
Age Range
5 to 99 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
96%
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Customer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- 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
- AJohn· October 30th, 2024Beautiful tour, scenery was great! Tour guide was very helpful.Show moreTrip date: April 2022Review collected by Collette
- AJoanne· October 30th, 2024Well organized and efficiently run.Show moreTrip date: April 2022Review collected by Collette
- AJamie· October 30th, 2024The entire tour was amazingShow moreTrip date: April 2023Review collected by Collette
- AMae· October 30th, 2024Loved the town of Zermatt. The Matterhorn was awesomeShow moreTrip date: April 2023Review collected by Collette
- APaula· October 30th, 2024Informative, good pace, great tour managerShow moreTrip date: May 2023Review collected by Collette
- AJimmy· October 30th, 2024Nice amount of free time. Great restaurants. Guide was greatShow moreTrip date: May 2023Review collected by Collette
- AElaine· October 30th, 2024This was supposed to be my dream trip of traveling by train - especially the Glacier Express - across Switzerland. Prior to my departure, I began trying to contact Collette about the possibility of upgrading my Glacier Express ticket to Excellence Class. My travel agent also contacted Collette. I was told our tickets were for 2nd class - with no option to change. I was so disappointed. Sitting 2 X 2 with a couple who talked incessantly about their careers, trips, money, etc. for eight hours was a bit overwhelming. We didn’t have much room for our feet. The meal was good. I did, however, have my earphones playing beautiful Swiss music in my ear. Thank goodness for that perk. Prior to my Collette trip, I had dreamed of sitting on the train for eight hours, just enjoying looking at the beautiful scenery, in my own dream world. As I said - the Glacier Express was supposed to be the highlight of the trip. Then - to top it off - when I boarded the Bernina Pass, the same couple sat with me on that two-hour journey. I must confess, I think I might have been a little rude because I only wanted to view the scenery - not listen to the ‘braggarts!’ The other train ride from Gstaad to Montreux was also less than enjoyable. As I understand, a group of school children were sitting in our tour group’s car, so as the train made it’s very short stop, we had to hurriedly cram into whatever seats we could find in another car. I understand - Collette has very little control over the actual train rides. BUT this was advertised as ‘Scenic Trains,’ and I wanted to enjoy the scenery in quiet wonder. I am disappointed. I have traveled with Collette many, many times - and actually have more Collette trips already scheduled. This is one of the first times that I am really complaining about the packaging of the tour. Please take this under advisement, because I would imagine that other Collette travelers would welcome traveling in Excellence Class rather than Class 2.Show moreTrip date: May 2023Review collected by Collette
- AThomas· October 30th, 2024From booking through the tour itself, the entire process was very well organized. The Collette customer service team is the best and all aspects of the tour met or exceeded my expectations.Show moreTrip date: June 2023Review collected by Collette
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What our customers ask about this tour
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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 2025All 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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