Glacier Express
Eight hours of window views.
11 / SWITZERLAND
ScrollSwiss Alps
Take the road a little higher.
Best timeDec – Mar, Jun – Sep
Ideal duration6 – 8 days
ClimateSnowy winters, fresh summers
CurrencySwiss franc
VisaSchengen rules apply
01 / WHY GO
Trains that wind through glaciers, villages without cars, and mountain huts where fondue tastes better than anywhere else on earth.
Ride the Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt, wake up facing the Matterhorn, and walk between huts in summer or ski the Haute Route in winter. Lake Lucerne makes a gentle finish.
02 / HIGHLIGHTS
Moments worth the journey.
Zermatt sunrise
The Matterhorn turns gold.
Hut-to-hut hiking
Light packs, big views.
Lake Lucerne steamer
Belle époque on the water.
Mürren
A village without roads.
Ways to see it.
A LOCAL TIP“Ride the first lift of the day and have breakfast at the top. By ten the mountain belongs to everyone else.”
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