The luxury Glacier Express trains with panoramic windows connects Zermatt and St Moritz via some of the most spectacular Alpine scenery in Switzerland.The Glacier Express trains from Zermatt in the Valais Alps travel up the Rhone Valley, cross the Alps at Oberalppass, travel down the Rhine Gorge to Chur (and Davos) before riding the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed … [Read more...]
Advance reservations and special savings deals allow for cheaper travel tickets on the Glacier Express train, one of Switzerland's most-famous panorama railway journeys.Discounted tickets, savings fares and package deals are often available for cheaper traveling on the luxury Glacier Express panoramic train in Switzerland. All regular Swiss Railways discounted fares, savings … [Read more...] Switzerland remains in 2018 with 118 star restaurants the country with the highest Michelin star gourmet restaurant density.Michelin awarded 16 restaurants with new stars for the Switzerland 2018 hotels and restaurants red guide to bring the total to a new high of 118 restaurants. Switzerland now has 3 three-star restaurants, 19 two-star restaurants and 96 one-star … [Read more...] Pleasure cruises and ferries on Lake Geneva in Switzerland are often not cheap but savings deals are available to make boat trips and tickets cheaper.Day-trip pleasure cruises on Lake Geneva in Switzerland are very popular with many boats departing daily from major sights such as Genève, Lausanne, Montreux, Nyon, Evian, and Yvoire. These day-trip excursion cruises on … [Read more...] Ferries go from Lausanne in Switzerland to Thonon and Evian in France while pleasure boats cruise on Lac Léman to Genève, Nyon, Vevey, Montreux, and other Swiss towns on Lake Geneva.Lausanne is an important departure port for boats cruising on Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) between Switzerland and France. Passenger ferry boat services connect Lausanne with the French cities … [Read more...] The Bernina Express trains cross the Swiss Alps twice in Graubünden on the UNESCO-listed Albula and Bernina railways with 55 tunnels and 196 bridges. The luxury Bernina Express trains with panoramic window wagons connect Chur and Davos with St Moritz via the Albula valley and tunnel before making the highest regular railway crossing of the Swiss Alps without using tunnels on … [Read more...] Many savings options and discounted tickets are available for traveling in the panoramic cars of the Bernina Express trains through the Alps in Switzerland. All Swiss Railways discount cards and deals can be applied including the Swiss Pass, half-fare and junior cards. The Graubünden Pass can also give spectacular value for holidaymakers in this lovely Alpine canton of … [Read more...] The Rhein / Rhine / Rijn in Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland
The Rhine River, Europe's premier waterway, flows from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.Traveling along and on the Rhine River has long been popular. Europe's premier waterway has been very important for commerce in the … [Read more...] Michelin added a third three-star restaurant to its 2016 Switzerland (Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera) Red Guide of top Swiss hotels and restaurants. The new addition is the Restaurant Cheval Blanc with head chef Peter Knogl in the Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel on the Swiss-French-German border. Switzerland claims the highest number of Michelin stars per capita with 116 … [Read more...] Michelin awarded 117 Swiss gourmet restaurants with stars (18 new) in the 2015 Suisse/ Schweiz / Svizzera Hotels and Restaurants red guide. Switzerland has the highest per capita number of Michelin stars in the world: two with three stars, 19 with two stars, and 96 with one star. Michelin awarded 111 restaurants with the Bib Gourmand while only 35 hotels achieved Bib Hotel … [Read more...] From 8 February to 28 June 2015, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel will stage the biggest Paul Gauguin special exhibition in Switzerland for half a century. Fifty works from various museums and private owners in 13 countries will feature in this important and colorful Paul Gauguin retrospective – the most elaborate exhibition project ever arranged by the Fondation Beyeler. The … [Read more...] The Romanesque painted wooden ceilings in the St Martin’s Church in Zillis, canton Graubünden in Switzerland, is one of very few to have been preserved in Europe. The early 12th-century ceiling consists of 153 painted wooden squares with mythical images, Biblical scenes and episodes from the life of St Martin of Tours. Zillis is at the Via Mala in the Rhine Valley en route to … [Read more...]Saving Tips for Traveling on the Glacier Express Trains
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