Railways Adventure

From steam to high speed	7 days
	guided tour

A unique railway adventure, with up to 6 extra days for cab view rides

Program

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

During 7 days you will be able to explore up to 14 different transport - systems: an old steam train, rapid transit, the newest train on the federal railways system - travelling the longest railway tunnel of the world, cable cars (aerial and surface), cog railroad and navigation.
~~Beside the actual adventure trip, you have the possibility to book up to 6 extra days cab view rides on 7 different, very scenic train trips throughout Switzerland.~~ Canceled, due to coronavirus situation! May be later in the year again, who knows?

Daily schedule					Overnight
~~Cab View rides or individual programs~~ Canceled, due to coronavirus situation!
Start of main program: 11:00 am at Zurich AirPort (ZRH)
1	a	Meet & assist A/P	Transfer -> Hotel			Zurich
	p	Steam Train	Boat trip	Welcome Dinner		3sHH
2	a	TRF->French CH	Hands On Experience - Swiss Chocolate			Vevey
	p	Cog Railroad	UNESCO World Culture Heritage			4MT
3	a	Surface cable car	Mountain Train	Power Plant		Thun
	p	Car shuttle train				3sDe
4	a	Base Tunnel - Lötschberg				Stansstad
	p		Cabrio cable car			4Wi
5	a	Lucerne	Verkehrshaus (Railways Museum)			Wiesen
	p	Stoos, new, world unique, surface cable car				3sBe
6	a	Albula-Line	Tunnel Construction Site			Andermatt
	p	RhB-Museum	UNESCO World Culture Heritage			4WH
7	a	Gotthard summit tunnel
	p	Gotthard base tunnel - longest railway tunnel of the world				ZRH /AP
END of main program: 15:30 pm at Zurich AirPort (ZRH)

Highlights		Regions to be visited
Special infrastructure		• German part	• French part
• Emosson power plant	• Tunnel con- struction site	• Italian part	• Rhaeto-Romance part
Hands On Experience		UNESCO World Heritage
• Self decorated Swiss chocolate		• Lavaux	• Albula Bernina Line

CV19 Info - CV19 - Info - CV19 Info - CV19 Info
As per today, despite the Corona Virus situation, we will conduct this 3 tours. All participants must be vaccinated and furnished a negative CV-test, not older than 4 days, at the beginning of the tour. Still, depending on government regulations we reserve the right to cancel the tour also on short-terms. Monies paid will be refunded in full (exception currency fluctuations).

Program dates / booking codes 2021
	Start	End	Trip	Code
Main	Sun Sep 19th	Sat Sep 25th 2021	1/21	R - 21 - 11	L
Main	Sun Oct 03th	Sat Oct 09th 2021	2/21	R - 21 - 2	H

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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. 6 x full board in standard hotel class, all needed transfers and described excursions, entry fees to museums, documentation, meet and assist at ZRH A/P upon arrival, fluent english speaking tour manager throughout the whole main program, city tax and VAT.

Three standard and three superior Hotels

Low season	double room, double occupancy	23 m² +	full board	3'945.00
Low season	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	full board	3'970.00

Extra night Zurich incl. B&B, City tax and VAT (with out cab view ride)
double room, double occupancy		17 m² +	from	120.00
single room (or double room, single use)		15 m² +	from	188.00
Day card (24 hrs) all public transport + entry fees for 40 museums				27.00
High season	double room, double occupancy	23 m² +	full board	4'295.00
High season	single room (or double room, single use)	20 m² +	full board	4'470.00

Extra night Zurich incl. B&B, City tax and VAT (with out cab view ride)
double room, double occupancy		17 m² +	from	170.00
single room (or double room, single use)		15 m² +	from	248.00
Day card (24 hrs) all public transport + entry fees for 40 museums				27.00

~~Extras / Specials~~
~~for 3 days before and 3 days after the main program, we have options for you to enjoy cab view rides with different railways systems!~~		~~At extra charges~~

Transport incl.

Transfer on arrival and departure from airport to hotel and v v with public transport.

All needed transfers for the excurisons described in the program

Long distance transfers are done by minibus.

Minimum / Maximum size of group

Minimum size of group: 6

Maximum size of group: 12 (due to Corona-Virus situation)

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Meals
Included is 6 x full board!

Hands-on
Produce some Swiss Chocolate yourself - at Maison Cailler in Broc

Entry fees for Museums
Entry fees for the museums mentioned in the programs are included!

Not included

• trip from home to Zurich, Switzerland - v.v.
• all personal expenses

• travel insurance

• cost of visa (Schengen area)

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

Deposit - due 90 days before start of trip
non refundable:	CHF 500.00 per pax	only in case flights are cancelled due to pandemic situation, full deposit will be refunded

Rest payment

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

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

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All our tours are conducted
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A one of a kind experience
If you know a guided tour, where you can explore more different train adventure with in one week, please tell us, we like to explore this other offer ourself!
•	Street car	•	Steam train	•	Car shuttle train
•	Aerial cable car	•	Cog railroad	•	Narrow gauge train
•	Cable railway	•	Mini funicular	•	Commuter train
•	Cabrio cable car	•	Swiss Federal Railways system
•	Navigation lake Zurich	•	New Albula tunnel, construction site
•	Gotthard base tunnel	•	Helical tunnel UNESCO World Heritage, Albula Bernina Line
•	Gotthard summit tunnel, scenic, old mountain route

Itinerary

Day 1)
Steam train / Welcome dinner

AM: Arrival in Switzerland / Zurich - Transfer to the hotel.

Please ensure, that your scheduled arrival time at Zurich AirPort is before 11:00 am - our program starts 12:00pm (you may arrive a day earlier and book an extra night at the same hotel).

PM: Very close to Zurich, in Bauma, the first highlight is awaiting the group. The Dampfbahn Zurcher Oberland (Steam train) will shuttle us from Hinwil to Bauma and back. Welcom Dinner is served on the Vessel of the ZSG, Zurichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (Fleet of the Lake Zurich). If we are lucky, it will be on one of the old 2 steamboats: Town of Zurich or Town of Rapperswil.

Day 2)
Swiss chocolate / Rochers-de-Naye

AM: On the way to the french speaking part of Switzerland, we will be introduced to the secrets of the Swiss chocolate and Swiss cheese.

PM: The cog railroad up to the Rochers-de-Naye is cresting through a most beautiful landscape. On the top, we will enjoy the breathtaking lookout over the Lake Geneva area into the French and Swiss Alps.

Day 3)
Vertic Alp Emosson

AM: Transfer by minibus to Martigny to reach the Mont-Blanc Express train. Passing through the magical Trient Valley with its rocky outcroppings, forests, wild gorges and classic alpine villages. In order to visit the Emosson hydroelectric power system, we will be using the 3 different mountain railways of the Vertic Alp Emosson.

PM: Continuing to Thun, we will travel with the car shuttle train Lotschberg.

Day 4)
Lotschberg base tunnel

AM: Visit the base tunnel system of the Lotschberg and be introduced to the safety and security system of one of the world's longest railway tunnel systems. Later, we will visit the tunnel system itself - on foot.

PM: As a contrast, we will also use the world unique "Cabrio" aerial cable car up to the Stanserhorn.

Day 5)
Stoos surface cable car

AM: On the way to Wiesen, we will visit the "Verkehrshaus" in Lucerne, with the Railway Museum of Switzerland.

PM: The new Stoos surface cable car is a cunstruction, you can not see any where else in the world (so far)!

Day 6)
Helical tunnels Albula line

On the way to Andermatt, we will visit the construction site of the new Albula Tunnel, travel on the RhB Albula Bernina Line with its helical tunnels and visit the RhB train museum in Bergun.

The RhB Railways system from Chur to Tirano (Italy) crossing through the Albula tunnel and over the Bernina pass, is listed as an UNESCO World Culture

Heritage.

After wards transferring by minibus to Andermatt, crossing the Oberalp pass.

Day 7)

Gotthard base- & summit tunnel / End

AM: Gotthard summit and base tunnel.
From Andermatt to Bellinzona in the southern part of Switzerland, where the italian language is natively spoken.

PM: End of main program at Zurich Airport: 15:00 pm

Earliest flight departures for

	•	Europe - scheduled time of departure - 17:00 pm
	•	Intercontinental - scheduled time of departure - 18:00 pm

~~7 Cab View Rides / Drivers Eye View to choose from~~

Cab View Rides are: Self Guided

Don't dream any longer, but make your dream come true:
A lot of high-tech and the spectacular views of a train driver await you on up to 7 different Cab Viey Rides in Switzerland!
Included 1x B&B for an extra day / night at same hotel as the main program, in Zurich.

Canceled, due to coronavirus situation!

May be later in the year again, who knows?

Extra A)

~~CHF 950.00~~ incl. B&B,
double room, double occupancy

Gotthard Base - and Summit Tunnel