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World Christmas

13 Days From £3,950pp

Train at Kleine Scheidegg station © Victor Maschek - shutterstock Switzerland - no expensive excursions
HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ First Class Swiss Pass for unlimited travel whilst in
■ Reserved seats in First Class on Glacier and Bernina
Express trains (subject to availability)
■ Leisure time in Interlaken and Chur
■ Evening meals included
■ Daily escorted optional excursions

Aachen
Ibis am Marschiertor
Christmas & New Year SELECTED HOTELS
Interlaken Metropole Hotel
Chur
Hotel Freieck
Cologne
City Class Hotel am Dom
in Switzerland Please note - hotels can be subject to change
PRICE INCLUDES
■ Standard Class travel to and from Switzerland
■ First Class Swiss Travel Pass for unlimited travel on
Sunday 22 December 2024 to Friday 3 January 2025 trains, postbuses, lake steamers and many city buses
and trams.
■ Supplements and reserved seats in First Class on
This popular, annual visit to Switzerland over the festive season is a firm favourite and guarantees Glacier and Bernina Express trains (subject to
availability)
a sociable Christmas with fellow travellers. A rail tour through awe inspiring snow-capped
■ Optional escorted excursions
mountains and Alpine scenery. Includes journeys on the routes of the world famous Bernina and ■ Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
Glacier Express trains. half board basis
■ Services of a tour leader from London and
throughout the tour
Day 1 - Train to Aachen arrive at the hotel late afternoon where we have a
We take the Eurostar from London St.Pancras direct 5-night stay at the Freieck Hotel. Evening meals will
to Brussels where we connect to a high speed train be included at a local restaurant. Price per person:
to Aachen. Our hotel for this evening is located a Escorted holiday £3,950
short walk away and dinner here is included. Day 8 - Time to Explore Single room supplement £500
A free day based in Chur. Your tour leader will Deposit for this holiday £200
Day 2 - To Interlaken arrange an optional escorted excursion today or you
By train from Aachen to Interlaken along the classic can explore independently with your Swiss Travel
Rhine route. From Basle all our travel in Switzerland Pass. Your experienced tour leader will help with
is in First Class using the Swiss Travel Pass and we ideas and planning.
have time here to move to First Class seats within
the same train. We stay at the Hotel Metropole Day 9 - Bernina Express Chur Panoramic © Marco Bianchi
for 5 nights on a half board basis including a special Today we offer a full day escorted excursion from
meal on Christmas Eve which is when Switzerland Chur to Tirano and return on the fabulous Bernina
celebrates. Express route with its spirals and tunnels and reaching
an altitude of more than 2000m.
Days 3 to 6 - Time to Explore
Free days based in Interlaken with your First Class Days 10 & 11 - New Year in Chur
Swiss Travel Pass. This ticket covers trains, lake Free days based in Chur with your Swiss Travel Pass
steamers, trams and postbuses so there is something allowing you the chance to explore the surrounding
for everyone. Your experienced tour leader will area using the UNESCO World Heritage Rhaetian
offer an optional escorted excursion each day. We Railways network and there will be an optional
will supply, prior to the holiday, a comprehensive escorted excursion offered each day.
excursion list to give you some suggestions to Day 12 - To Cologne
consider. After breakfast we depart Chur and make our way
to Basle and onwards to Cologne for an overnight
Day 7 - Glacier Express stay and dinner at a local Brauhaus.
We take the train from Interlaken to Brig, then on
to Chur via a journey along the route of the famous Day 13 - Homeward Bound
Glacier Express. On arrival in Chur our luggage will Morning departure on an ICE service to Brussels,
be taken to the hotel while you enjoy an optional connecting with the Eurostar to London.
escorted excursion to Arosa in the afternoon. We

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