Christmas Market

Christmas Markets	5 - 9 days
	guided tour
	chauffeur driven

From 5 to 9, book as many days as you like

9 days

8 days

7 days

6 days

5 days

From Sat Nov 28^th till Wed Dec 23rd, book any 5 to 9 - as many days as you like. Arrival and departure as you like!

Program

5-9 days: 1^st day arrival - 3-7 days in Switzerland - last day, departure

An extraordinary Christmas markets tour in Switzerland. You will be:
• visiting up to 7 different markets
• performing up to 2 Hands-On Experiences
• cresting up to 2 mountains top
This offer includes far more, than just visiting some markets!
You will (if you book the 9 days program) explore how
• Swiss Chocolate is produced
• Swiss cheese is hand made
On the top of this special experience, you will
• visit 2 UNESCO World Culture Heritage
• be invited to enjoy up to 5, private guided city sight seeings
This unique tour is conducted only with small groups, max. 15 guests per tour.

Daily schedule
X	Arrival day - Meet & assist at ZRH A/P - Transfer ZRH A/P -> Hotel Time to get over the jetleg or may start to explore Zurich. At the earliest: Sat Nov 28^th 2020
	Arrival day
1	Sunday	Chur	City sightseeing, Excursion Weisshorn
2	Monday	Winterthur	Rhine Falls, Stein am Rhein
3	Tuesday	Basel	City sightseeing
4	Wednesday	Lucerne	Self made Swiss chocolate
5	Thursday	St.Gall	City sightseeing, Excursion Hoher Kasten
6	Friday	Berne	City sightseeing, Self made Swiss cheese
7	Saturday	Zurich	City sightseeing
	Departure day
X	Departure day - Transfer to the A/P. DEP hotel 2:45 before flight departure! At the latest: Wed Dec 23^rd 2020

Highlights	Special places to be visited
• up to 2 Hands-On Experiences • up to 5 City Sightseeing	German part	Rhaeto Romance part
	• Hoher Kasten	• Arosa Weisshorn
	UNESCO World Heritage
	• Berne	• St.Gall

Program dates / booking codes
Year	Start	End	Trip	Code
2021	Wed Dec 01^st	Thr Dec 23^rd	-	CH 21

low
season

high
season

open for bookings

guaranteed departure

almost fully booked,
but still bookable

sold
out

Costs per person in CHF

Costs may still be adjusted due to changes in purchasing prices (after the CV19 pandemic)

Our rates are based on current costs. We reserve the right to change the price on published offers due to change of currencies exchange rates or other reasons without prior notice.

Costs incl. half board in chosen hotel class, all needed transfer and described excursions, entry fees to museums, documentation, meet and assist at ZRH A/P upon arrival, city tax and VAT.

First Class Hotel			Gold program

5 days	double room, double occupancy	22 m² +	HB	1'000.00
5 days	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	HB	1'000.00

6 days	double room, double occupancy	22 m² +	HB	1'000.00
6 days	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	HB	1'000.00

7 days	double room, double occupancy	22 m² +	HB	1'000.00
7 days	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	HB	1'000.00

8 days	double room, double occupancy	22 m² +	HB	1'000.00
8 days	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	HB	1'000.00

9 days	double room, double occupancy	22 m² +	HB	1'000.00
9 days	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	HB	1'000.00

Extra night Zurich incl. B&B, City tax and VAT
double room, double occupancy		22 m² +	from	198.00
single room (or double room, single use)		22 m² +	from	212.00
Day card (24 hrs) all public transport + entry fees for 40 museums				27.00

Meals:
Included is half board, every day in Switzerland - all the rest of the meals you cater yourself.

Transport incl.

Transfer by public transport from airport to hotel and v.v.

All needed transfers for the excursions as described in the program with a minibus.

City Sightseeing:
Berne - Chur - Lucerne - St.Gall - Zurich
We have always a local specialist, an expert in his town, awaiting the group for an extraordinary, private guided tour!

Hands-On Experience:

Self made Swiss chocolate

Self made Swiss cheese

Museums:
All entry fees for the museums described in the program are included

Not included (with the 9 day program):

• Lunch arrival day / departure day

• Lunch or dinner is always included (second meal you cater yourself on the markets)
• Trip from home to Zurich, Switzerland v.v.
• All personal expenses

• Travel insurance

• Cost of Visa (Schengen area)

Minimum- / Maximum size of group
Minimum size of group: 6		Maximum size of group: 15	passengers

Download
brochure

Place a booking

Download
brochure

Place a booking

A different way to explore Christmas Markets

Unlike most other offers, travelling to Christmas markets in Europe, you are going to stay during your whole stay in Switzerland at the same hotel in Zurich. From there, travelling by minibus, you reach all markets with in 1:00 hr max. 1:30 hrs.

• NO packing and unpacking every day

• NO luggage haul from one hotel to the other

This does make this trip much more convenient for you!

This offer includes every day half board - one meal you cater your self at the markets.

Day excursions

Arrival day

transfer to the hotel by public transport

Market	• Old Town	Lunch: Dinner:	At own Included
am
pm

Sunday Chur

excursion by public transport - selfguided

Market		• Old Town	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	City sightseeing in Chur, the oldest town of Switzerland and the first town on the Rhine on its way from the source to Rotterdam (Netherlands), where it feeds the North-Sea. Lunch on the mountain-top of the Weisshorn (2'653 meter of altitude / 8'704 feet)
pm	Back in Chur, time to visit the market in the old town of this lovely small city.

Monday Winterthur

excursion by public transport - selfguided

Market		• Old Town - Winterthur	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	Excursion to the Rhine Falls, the largest waterfalls in Europe
pm	Sightseeing of the picturesque old town of Schaffhausen. Afterwards, continuing to Winterthur to visit the market.

Tuesday Basel

excursion by public transport - selfguided

Markets		• Barfusserplatz • Munsterplatz	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	Leisure, time to do some shopping in the "Glatt Mall", nearby
pm	Take the train to Basel. Feel free to visit some museums and continuing to visit the markets.

Wednesday Lucerne

excursion by minibus - guided

Market		• Franziskanerplatz	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	Visit the Lindt chocolate museum and have fun to create your own chocolate bar.
pm	Lucerne is always worthwhile for a Sighseeing on foot. After the nice walk you will have time to visit the Market.

Thursday St.Gall

excursion by minibus - guided

Market		• Old Town, Marktplatz	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	Excursion to the Mount "Hoher Kasten".
pm	City sightseeing in St.Gall where you will visit the UNESCO world heritage, the Abbey and the old library.

Friday Berne

excursion by minibus - guided

Market		• Waisenhausplatz • Münsterplatz!	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	Hands-On Experience - produce some Swiss Cheese yourself
pm	City sightseeing old town of Berne, a UNESCO World heritage

Saturday Zurich

excursion by public transport - selfguided

Markets		• Hauptbahnhof • Sechselautenplatz	Lunch: Dinner:	Included At own
am	Leisure, time to do some shopping in the "Glatt Mall", nearby
pm	City sightseeing in Zurich and visit the markets.

Departure day

transfer to the airport by public transport

Fly home	Lunch: Dinner:	At own At own
am
pm

Download
brochure

Place a booking

Additional day excursions / Zurich

Extra I - available daily:
EXTRA costs - CHF 164.00 per pax / CHF 82.00 kids, 6-15
You may need an extra day / night in Zurich

Mount Titlis - Glacier Paradise German speaking part

10:00 AM from Zurich-Sihlquai (bus terminal)
An excursion to the highest vantage point in Central Switzerland. In Engelberg we board the aerial cable way for a 40 minute trip to the high alpine glacier region. Enjoy a ride in the revolving „ROTAIR” gondola that takes you up to the summit at 3020 m (10’000 ft.) overlooking the Swiss Alps. Snow and ice are guaranteed. During 2 hour stay on the mountain visit the Ice Grotto and if the weather allows ride the „Ice Flyer” the modern chairlift offering spectacular views into glacier crevasses and ice falls, walk over Europe’s highest suspension bridge „Titlis Cliff Walk” and sledge on snow, even in summer, on the „Fun Lift”. Return by coach via Lucerne (1 hour at leisure).

Extra II - available daily:
EXTRA costs - CHF 259.00 per pax / CHF 129.50 kids, 6-15
You may need an extra day / night in Zurich

Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe German speaking part

8.30 AM from Zurich-Sihlquai (bus terminal)
The majestic world of the Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe at 3'454 m /11'333 ft. You reach Lauterbrunnen by coach, where you board the cogwheel train for the most interesting trip to Jungfraujoch - Europe's highest railway station. Enjoy the incredible world of eternal snow and ice. Visit the „Alpine Sensation“ a round-tour subway officially opened to mark the centenary of Jungfrau Railway, the Ice Palace, experience the breathtaking panorama view from the Sphinx Observation Terrace, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier (Europe’s longest glacier). The down hill trip takes you to Grindelwald where your coach awaits you. Arrival in Zurich at approx. 8 pm.

Name change:
Name change of pax is possible till 48 hrs before start of trip (at extra costs: CHF 100.00)

Deposit:
non-refundable	gold program:	CHF 500.00 / per pax

Rest payment:

If paid with credit card - due 45 days before start of trip!

If paid with wire transfer - due 30 days before start of trip!

All our tours are conducted
Travelwell, est. 1974

Christmas Markets

Premium tours in Switzerland.