Interlaken & the Jungfrau Express at New Year

We meet our group in London St Pancras at our dedicated Departure Office, before boarding the Eurostar to Brussels, continuing to Cologne, where we stay overnight. We journey into Switzerland on Day 2, travelling by rail to Interlaken.

• Day 1 - Dinner
• Day 2 - Breakfast, Dinner

We travel by rail to the picturesque mountain village of Mürren today. After arriving in the traffic-free village, we continue further into the mountains by cable car, to the peak of the Schilthorn. Once at the summit, you can take in the superb views of the surrounding mountains and enjoy a drink at the rotating Piz Gloria restaurant, made famous by James Bond when he was on Her Majesty's Secret Service. You have free time back in Mürren this afternoon. Day 4 is free in Interlaken.

• Day 3 - Breakfast
• Day 4 - Breakfast

On New Year's Eve we travel to the pretty Alpine village of Grindelwald, a delightful winter resort nestled at the foot of the imposing north face of the Eiger. You have time to explore Grindelwald at your own pace before we return to Interlaken together to enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride through the winter landscapes. Back at our hotel this evening, we sit down to a celebratory New Year's Eve buffet.

• Breakfast, Dinner

On New Year's Day we enjoy what is undoubtedly the highlight of our stay in the Bernese Oberland - an excursion to the summit of the Jungfrau. We begin on the Bernese Oberland Railway to Lauterbrunnen. Here, we change trains to reach Kleine Scheidegg, joining the Jungfrau Railway itself. Rising higher from Kleine Scheidegg, the distinctive string of red and yellow carriages disappear into the tunnel through the Eiger mountain, making stops at the observation windows hewn out of solid rock, before emerging at Jungfraujoch. Here, you have time to explore before the return journey. On Day 7 we travel to Basel before continuing to Paris, where we connect with the Eurostar to London.

• Day 6 - Breakfast, Dinner
• Day 7 - Breakfast