Magical Switzerland

📅   Day 1   |   Arrival and transfer to the hotel

• Upon arriving at the airport, we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. You can enjoy free time until your tour starts. Please, check the informative posters placed at the hotel reception area which have all the information about your upcoming services such as meeting place, time, and the guide’s name.

• Overnight stay in Zurich

📅   Day 2   |   Morning Breakfast & Check-out Zurich-Bern-Freiburg- Nyon- Yvoire- Geneva (B)

• After Breakfast, We will across Lake Geneva by boat. We will set off for the capital of the country, Bern, one of the most beautiful historic cities in Switzerland. We will go to the Garden of Roses whose viewpoint offers unrivaled views of the city.

• Free time to explore and to have lunch.

• In the afternoon we will get back on the road and head to French-speaking Switzerland, stopping in Freiburg, a beautiful bilingual city. Next, we will travel towards Lake Geneva (most known in France as Lac Léman) and stop in NYON, a little Roman city. From there, we will travel to France by boat. We will arrive in Yvoire, a beautiful medieval village with fortified gates, a castle, flowery streets, and beautiful views over the lake.

• GENEVA – Arrival at the end of the day. Accommodation (usually our hotel is in the French area of town).

• Overnight in Geneva

📅   Day 3   |   Morning Breakfast & Check-out Geneva- Gruyere- Chillon Castle- Leysin. (B & D)

• Geneva, Vineyards landscapes. Visit to Cailler chocolate factory. Entrance to Chillon Castle,

• After breakfast, we include a panoramic tour with a local guide in Geneva, a city by Lake Leman that houses the European headquarters of the International Labour Organisation of the Red Cross and of numerous other international bodies.

• After this, we will go on to the picturesque walled village of Gruyere, known worldwide for its cheese. Free time to stroll and have lunch.

• Very nearby area few of the main chocolate factories in Switzerland (NESTLE amongst them), and we visit the Cailler chocolate factory, with tasting included!

• After this we go on to Chillon Castle, built in the waters of the lake. Entrance included to this fantastic mediaeval castle. Continuation along little roads amidst bucolic Mountain countryside and very picturesque wooden villages.

• Arrival in Leysin a pretty little holiday village with spectacular views of the Rhône plain and   Mont Blanc, known for its winter sports resort or its hiking possibilities.   Dinner included.

• Overnight   stay in Leysin.

📅   Day 4   |   Morning Breakfast & Check-out Leysin- Glacier 3000- Interlaken- Meiringen- Chiasso (B)

• Mountain scenery, cable car in Glacier 3000 and walk along a path in the Alps. Entrance to Aareschlucht gorge. Today´s stage has beautiful high mountain scenery. Don´t forget your winter clothes, we climb to one of the most spectacular spots in Switzerland where you can see ice and snow all year round.

• We include the cable car ride up to Glacier 3000 where you can walk on the suspension bridge in the void between two mountain peaks, enter the Ice Cathedral or "play" in the Fun Park.

• Stop in INTERLAKEN and time for lunch. Afterwards we travel to MEIRINGEN where we include the entrance to the Aardslucht Gorges.

• Afterwards we arrive in Italian-speaking Switzerland.

• Note: Occasionally, due to weather conditions such as rain or strong winds, the cable car to Glacier 3000 may not operate.

• Overnight stay in Chiasso.

📅   Day 5   |   Morning Breakfast & Checkout Chiasso - Lugano - Burglen - Altdorf - Lucerne - Zurich. (B)

• Visit beautiful landscapes with mountains and lakes knowing Lugano and Lucerne. Visit the village that was made famous through William Tell. We will know LUGANO the cosmopolitan capital of the Italian Switzerland with its beautiful lake. Time to stroll. We continue the highway; we cross St. Gotthard Pass. We stop in Burglen, the tiny village where William Tell was born, we shall see the chapel of the XVI century with paintings illustrating his life. If you want, you can also visit the museum of William Tell in the neighbouring city of Altdorf, we can also find traces of his history. Continue to Lucene, free time to explore this beautiful city by the lake that bears its name. Departure to Zurich. Arrival at the end of the day.

• Overnight Stay in Lucerne

📅   Day 6   |   Morning Breakfast & Check-out Lucerne – Einsiedeln- Vaduz- Feldkirch (B)

• After breakfast, visit to Baroque Abbey, Heidi’s Village. Journey through beautiful landscapes. We leave Lucerne driving along the Four Cantons Lake towards Einsiedeln, its immense baroque abbey is the most important pilgrimage centre in Switzerland. After that we continue towards the East of Switzerland, Maienfeld is the village which inspired Heidi’s story. A walk in its historic center after which we will be visiting Heidi’s House (ticket not included. Entry to the facility is free), a picturesque place with beautiful landscapes that we will reach through a pedestrian path. Then we enter into the independent country of Liechtenstein, and its capital city Vaduz with its impressive castle.

• Time to stroll and have lunch. Subsequently, we go to the neighbour city of Feldkirch, in Austria, located next to the borders of Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany: charming walled city with a genuine historic city center and a castle. Free time.

• Overnight Stay in Feldkrich

📅   Day 7   |   Morning Breakfast- Feldkirch – St Gallen- Constance- Stein - Rhine Falls-Zurich (B)

• After Breakfast, Constanza Lake. Botanic Gardens. Rhein Waterfalls. Fantastic scenery. We start our day heading to St.Gallen, whose center is part of the World Heritage List by UNESCO with a wonderful cathedral and its historic center.

• Afterwards we will continue by Constance Lake, between Germany and Switzerland.

• We will have time for a walk at Constance’s center before visiting Mainau Island (access by pedestrian bridge) with its stunning botanic garden (entry included). Then, again in Switzerland, we will take a stroll in Stein Am Rhein, a typical village on the Rhine River with precious houses with painted walls.

• We will also visit Rhine Waterfalls (entry included), the waterfalls with the most abundant flow in Europe. Back to Zurich at the end of the day.

• Overnight Stay in Zurich

📅   Day 8   |   Morning Breakfast & Free Leisure Day until Departure Flight

• After Breakfast, Free Leisure Day until Departure & Transfer to the Airport for Departure flight.