2023 Tour code: GZJ23
About the tour
Dramatic mountain scenery and beautiful lakes provide the setting for this magnificent holiday as we travel First Class on the world renowned Glacier Express and Bernina Express through the Swiss Alps, enjoy a mountaintop dinner at sunset and breathtaking views of the Matterhorn.
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Our holiday begins at London St Pancras, where we meet to travel on the Eurostar to Brussels. From here, we continue by rail to the city of Cologne for an overnight stay.
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4.3 / 5 · 44 reviews
Mr Andrew Barber
Submitted 28/Sep
We've been with Great Rail three times before. Blessed with good weather and a particularly good Tour Manager we had an excellent time on this trip. The hotels we're good and travel arrangements as good you'd expect from Great Rail. We enjoyed our time in St Moritz, but Zermatt was the real highlight so we're glad our tour went to Zermatt last. Colmar on the way home was a delightful surprise and we may well return for a weekend. Very pleased with this holiday.
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Lorraine
Submitted 23/Sep
I have travelled with GRJ in the past and it was such a good experience that I booked to go with them again; sadly, this was nowhere as good an experience. I am not sure if they are understaffed or are trying to cut costs, but although we were staying in 4* hotels, the food tariff we were on was definitely not 4*. There was no choice of menu (other than a vegetarian option) and we were separated from the other residents in the hotels at mealtimes. The itinerary stated we would be having a traditional Swiss lunch; it was agreed that we did not get this and only when questioning the rep afterwards, was we told it was because the venue had, had to be changed. The facilities were not as stated on the itinerary, but I was told this was it was up to the hotels to alert GRJ and not for GRJ to check the hotels & facilities before sending this information out to the customer. There were numerous problems with the luggage company and I had to chase GRJ many times to get things sorted. This was not a cheap holiday and I expected a better service
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Garfield and Sarah Lewis
Submitted 22/Sep
An excellent holiday, well worth the money. St Moritz was a little dull and quiet, and really quite small, just a collection of VERY upmarket shops, but was a good base for trips. Zermatt was fantastic, full of life, plenty of small bars and cafes, and plenty of local things to do, and places to visit. Our courier, Gilly, was fantastic, with loads of ideas and help (eg. when the train decided not to stop at our station on the way home). The Hotel Sonna in Zermatt was fantastic, with the most sophisticated bathroom I've ever been in, as were all the trips on the Bernina and Glacier Express. Can't recommend the holiday enough, and we may well repeat it again.
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Marcia
Submitted 20/Sep
A great Swiss holiday experience. The hotels were good, albeit in Zermatt, the hotel was up an incline cans away from the town. Most of the meals were 4 star standard and the Glacier and Bernina Express journeys were excellent.
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B Butler
Submitted 15/Sep
This was one of the very best Great Rail holidays that I have done
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Tony
Submitted 14/Sep
A holiday was mostly excellent and the guide superb. The only reason a 5 rating wasn't awarded was the state of the Hotel Bristol in Colmar. The parts we were allocated never formed part of a 4star hotel in a month of Sundays. See photograph of our bedroom. I would have expected Rigsby to be in charge.
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