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GRAND TOURS Bernina Express crosses the famous Brusio Circular Viaduct © Swiss-image.ch-Gorgio Murbach

Rhine Sea to Source

Friday 2 May to Thursday 15 May 2025

The mighty Rhine is still an important waterway for the transport of goods and includes some impressive scenery along its length. We follow its
course from the North Sea to its source in the Swiss Alps. Along our journey we travel on and alongside the river and visit sites that wouldn’t exist
without this waterway.

Day 1 - From London to the Netherlands Day 4 - On the River Day 6 - River Cruise to Stein am Rhein
Departing mid-morning, we take a direct Eurostar We take a trip on the former paddle wheel steamer, Enjoy a river cruise to Stein am Rhein where there
from London St. Pancras to Rotterdam for a 2-night now diesel powered, “Goethe” up-stream to is time for lunch before returning to Schaffhausen by
stay. Rüdesheim, passing numerous castles, vineyards and train and a visit to the beautiful Rhine Falls.
the Loreley Rock. Arriving mid-afternoon, there is
Day 2 - Dutch Windmills of Kinderdijk time to look around Rüdesheim before returning to Day 7 - Insel Mainau - The Flower Island
Morning transfer to Kinderdijk, the site of 19 Boppard by train along the east bank of the river The Rhine flows through Lake Constance and we
preserved windmills. We have a guided tour of this and Koblenz. take the train to Romanshorn to connect with a lake
UNESCO Heritage Site to learn about the history of sailing to Insel Mainau (Flower Island), an island close
these windmills and how they were instrumental in Day 5 - Onwards to Switzerland to the city of Konstanz and renowned for its sub-
keeping the Dutch dry! Continuing south to Basle, we change trains at the tropical gardens. After a visit to the gardens and a
city’s Badische Bahnhof and follow the northern short ferry transfer to Kreuzlingen, we return by train
Day 3 - Boppard (German) bank of the Rhine via Waldshut to to Schaffhausen.
Continuing to the riverside town of Boppard for a Schaffhausen, just over the border in Switzerland, for
2-night stay. Boppard is situated in one of the most a 3-night stay. Day 8 - Chur
scenic parts of the Rhine Gorge and is an ideal place Morning train to Zürich with a connection to Chur
to base ourselves. in eastern Switzerland, where we stay for 3 nights.
Our hotel is in the pedestrianised old town, just a
short distance from the station. Chur is the home of
the UNESCO World Heritage Rhaetian Railways and
this afternoon there is time to take the train to Arosa,
climbing up the spectacular valley of the Plessur, a
tributary of the Rhine.
Day 9 - Bernina Express
We cross two major European watersheds as we
take the famous Bernina Express train across the Alps
to northern Italy. Starting in the valley of the Rhine,
we climb via a series of amazing spirals and hairpins
to the Albula Pass where a tunnel takes us into the
valley of the River Inn, a tributary of the Danube.
Lake Thun - Swiss-Image the Bernina Pass where water from a lake flows two
From here we climb once more to the summit of
ways – north to the Inn and, eventually, the Black Sea
and south to the River Po and the Mediterranean.

11 Over 50 Years of Unforgettable Rail Journeys