| Tesla Rally - Premium | 13 days |
| guided tour | |
| self-driving |
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| Premium - 13 days (deluxe hotels) | Swiss Plateau - 9 days (superior hotels) | Alpine - 9 days (superior hotels) |
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| Program | 13 days: 1st day arrival - 11 days in Switzerland - last day, 13th, departure |
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Would you like to explore Switzerland - drive / crest up with your Tesla, a Premium Electric Sedan as high as 2'490 meter / 8'136 feet of altitude? This requires good health! Five deluxe hotels are optimally situated along your route. The locations for the excursions, Hands-On Experiences, museums and meals are hand picked by Barbara and Marc, our owners. Together they add up over 60 years of experience in the tourist industry.
You will drive the outstanding luxury car for ten (10) days over some of the most challenging Alpine passes and on winding country
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Itinerary - de luxe hotels |
Meals included | ||||||
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Please contact our head office, if you like to arrive early (to get over the jetleg) |
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| Start of main program: 10:00 am at Zurich AirPort or 10:30 at the Hotel | |||||||
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Transfer from ZRH A/P to Hotel 10:30 start sightseeing greater Zurich area |
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| p | Great lookouts / scenery from the Albis-chain | Welcome Dinner Cruise | |||||
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08:00 - check in for Tesla rental cars |
Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Hands On Experience: Swiss Cheese | Dinner | |||||
| 3 | a | Swiss cookies, Kambly factory, Trubschachen | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | City Sightseeing Berne | UNESCO | Dinner | ||||
| 4 | a | Intern. Watch Museum | UNESCO | Breakfast + Lunch | |||
| p | Hands On Experience: Swiss Watch | Dinner | |||||
| 5 | a | Hands On Experience: Chocolate | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Gruyere, Lavaux Wine | UNESCO | Dinner | ||||
| 6 | a | Vertic Alp, 3 dif. mountain railways systems | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
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Visit a hydrolic water power plant
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Dinner | |||||
| 7 | a | Rochers de Naye, marvelous scenery | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Transfer to the south / italian part | Dinner | |||||
| 8 | a | 3 high alpine passes, breathtaking lookouts | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Lukmanier, Oberalp, Gotthard | Dinner | |||||
| 9 | a | Transfer back to the north of Switzerland | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Preda, construction site of the Albula tunnel | Dinner | |||||
| 10 | a | RhB Museum | UNESCO | Breakfast + Lunch | |||
| p | Zuger gorge, beautiful alpine scenery | Dinner | |||||
| 11 | a | Vereina car shuttle train | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Pradaschier, outdoor adventure park | Dinner | |||||
| 12 | a | City sightseeing old town of Zurich | Breakfast + Lunch | ||||
| p | Time to do shopping | Farewell Dinner | |||||
| 13 | Transfer to ZRH A/P in time for departure | Breakfast | |||||
| END of main program: 06:00 am at the Hotel or Zurich AirPort | |||||||
| Aft | Please contact our head office, if you like to add additional days in Switzerland | ||||||
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Costs per person in CHF |
Costs may still be adjusted due to changes in purchasing prices (after the CV19 pandemic) |
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Costs |
per person, in CHF |
from 16'300.00 |
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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. fluent english speaking tour management, 5 x deluxe hotels, 12 x full board, all needed transfers and described excursions, Tesla rental car and cost of energy, entry fees to museums, documentation, meet and assist at ZRH A/P up on arrival, city tax and VAT.
| High season | double room, double occupancy | 30 m² + | full board | 16'300.00 | a |
| single room (or double room, single use) | 25 m² + | full board | 19'800.00 | b | |
| a = 2 pax to 1 Tesla rental car / b = 1 pax to 1 Tesla rental car | |||||
| Upgrade from Tesla S to Tesla X | 950.00 | a | |||
| Additional insurance for young driver | maximum | 1 per car | 175.00 | a | |
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Program dates / booking codes |
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| Year | Start | End | Trip | Code | ||||
| 2021 | Mon Jul 26th | Sat Aug 07th | 1/21 | P - 21 - 1 | ||||
| Mon Sep 06th | Sat Sep 18th | 2/21 | P - 21 - 2 | |||||
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low season |
high season |
open for bookings | guaranteed departure |
almost fully booked, but still bookable |
sold out |
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| Insurance | ||
| • | Basic Protection | |
| It limits your financial liability in case of damage of the vehicle caused by collision, theft or attempted theft. | ||
| - | Third Party Liability insurance (TPL) | |
| - | Collision damage protection (CDW) | |
| • | Extra Protection by Travelwell | |
| - | Premium Travel insurance for holiday trips including CDW deductible 0.00 | |
| - | Health care for visitors (mandatory for the Schengen Visa) | |
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Minimum / Maximum size of group |
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Minimum size of group is 4 cars / 8 passengers Maximum size of group is 18 cars / 36 passenger (driving in groups of max. 8 cars) |
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| Highlights |
to be visited |
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| UNESCO Culture Heritage | Passes | |||
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• Berne
• La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle |
• Wasserfluh • Ricken • Glaubenbielen • Vue des Alpes
• Forcla • Albula |
• Julier • Parpaner Höhe |
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| Cities | Mountains | |||
| • Zurich | • Berne (UNESCO) |
• Hoher Kasten
• Emosson • Pradaschier |
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| Hands On Experience | ||||
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• Self made Swiss Cheese
• Self assembled Swiss Wrist Watch |
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| Extras / Specials | ||||
| Dinner cruise | 4 x Cable Car | 3 x mountain railways | Car Train Shuttle Service | Ferry |
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Transport |
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You will be driving yourself a TESLA car on 10 of the 13 days.
Transfer from A/P to Hotel vv. |
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Baggage transfer from hotel to hotel |
| Your bags will be transferd from room to room by the Travelwell hospitality services! |
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| Meals: | |
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Included 12 x full board incl:
• Welcom Dinner cruise on Lake Zurich
If you have to take allergens into consideration when choosing food or if you want to observe religious or other regulations, it is important that you inform us together with your booking! |
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| Hands-on: | |
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Produce some Swiss Cheese - at Stein Appenzell (AR)
Assemble your own Swiss Wrist Watch at le Locle (NE) |
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| Museums: | |
| All entry fees for museums as described in the program are included | |
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• Folk Museum Stein
• Kambly |
• Maison Gruyere • Gotthard Hospitz • RhB Museum Bergun (UNESCO) |
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| Not included: | ||
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• trip from home to Zurich, Switzerland - v.v.
• other insurance then described in this program • cost of visa (Schengen area) |
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| Deposit - non refundable: | ||
| non refundable: CHF 2'500.00 / per pax | ||
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| Rest payment: | ||
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If paid with credit card - due 45 days before start of trip! If paid with wire transfer - due 30 days before start of trip! |
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| Daily schedule |
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Day 1)
Arrival day / Zurich area
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After flight arrival at the Airport ZRH, you will transfer to the hotel. At 10:30 am, we will start a privat guided sightseeing tour in the greater Zurich area. For your Welcome to Switzerland Dinner we have made reservations on the dinner cruise on the Lake Zurich. |
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Day 2)
Eastern part of Switzerland
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Beginning at 08:00 am, our tour management team will start to introduce you to your Tesla rental car.
09:45 start the first touring day to the eastern part of Switzerland. Lunch is served at the revolving restaurant on the top of the mount Hoher Kasten. Your first Hands On Experience, how to make Swiss Cheese, will keep you busy in the afternoon. |
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Day 3)
Transfer to Neuchâtel
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On the 3rd day, we transfer to the French Part of Switzerland. To sweeten you this "long distance drive" we will stop at "Kambly", one of the TOP Swiss cookies factory.
After lunch, the first UNESCO World Culture Heritage, the old town of Berne is going to be introduced to you by a privat city sightseeing tour. Not every tourist is able to see the "inside" of the Zytgloggen-Tower with the watch movement from 1530a.c. You will be invited to do so! |
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Day 4)
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
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We will delve the subject "Watch" today. After visiting the International Watch Museum in the 2nd UNESCO World Culture Hertiage, the towns of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, you will be assembling your own Swiss Wrist Watch in the afternoon. Professional instructors are the best coachs to show you how this has to be done. |
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Day 5)
Transfer to Lausanne
| The Lavaux, the 3rd UNESCO World Culture Heritage is on our shedule today. Driving to the Lake Geneva area, we will stop in Broc, where you will be doing your 3rd Hands On Experience. Swiss Chocolate is the topic today. In the picturesque town of Gruyere with its Castle is a local guide, an expert in his field, waiting for us. To finalize this day, we will amplify your knowledge about Swiss Wine. |
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Day 6)
Emosson barrage
| The only natural resources to be found in Switzerland is the hydraulic water power. You will have the opportunity to learn about this, together with enjoying really phenomenal scenery, very few tourist get to see. |
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Day 7)
Transfer to Ascona
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Before transferring to the south / italian part of Switzerland, the best lookout over the Lake Geneva and into the Swiss and French alps is ready for you on the top of the Rochers de
Naye.
Later in the afternoon, we will reach the highest point of altitude on this driving trip, the Nufenen pass. |
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Day 8)
Lukmanierpass - Oberalppass - Gotthardpass
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We have two options ready for you, for this day.
If you like to enjoy extensiv driving with your premium, luxury electric car, the tesla, you can join the group driving 3 alpine passes - the Lukmanier, the Oberalp and the Gotthard. If you like to take it a bit less stressful, an easy excursion to the Mount Cardada, not to far away from the hotel is your choice. This also allows you, to make use of the wide offer of the Spa and Wellness in this house. |
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Day 9)
Transfer to Pontresina (St.Moritz)
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Transferring back to the north of the alps, we use the opportunity for a side trip to the romance Part. This is the 4th language native spoken in Switzerland.
On the way, we will make a stop in Preda, where we have the rare possibility to be get acquainted with a large tunnel construction place high up in the alps. The Albula tunnel is part of the Rhaetian Railways. Construction of this single track metre gauge railway begun in September 1898, the opening took place 1903. Today it is recorded in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (the 4th one on this trip). |
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Day 10)
Pontresina or Grison area
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We have again two options ready for you, for this day.
Those who want to take it a bit easyer have the opportunity to do a excursion to the Val Roseg, either on foot, by bike or with a horse-drawn carriage. After lunch, a tour to the World famous St. Moritz or a visit to the extensive offer of the Spa / Wellnes is possible. For the drivers, we will drive back to Preda, Bergun, using the windning roads of the Albula Pass. The Museum in Bergun will bring you closer to the Albula Bernina Railways system. After lunch, a short hike through the Zuger Gorge with its impressive outlooks into the alpine world will bring the day down to a round figure. |
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Day 11)
Transfer to Zurich
| Transferring back to Zurich, we will travel on the Car Train Shuttle Service Vereina - an unique experience for most of you. Lunch at the outdoor adventure park Pradaschier will also enable you to enjoy the toboggan run or the rope park. |
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Day 12)
Zurich sightseeing / shopping
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The last day in Zurich is the perfect possibility to do an extensive city sightseeing in this attractive city. After Lunch is plenty of time for a shopping tour.
With the Farewell Dinner it's time to say goodby to Switzerland and the rest of the group you have become acquainted in the last 12 days. |
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Day 13)
Fly Home
| Transfer to the Airport in time for your flights home. |
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Extra days / Pre- or after-program |
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| Please contact our head office, if you like to arrive earlyer (to get over the jetleg) or stay longer. We will be happy to coordinate any arrangements if you like to extend your stay in Switzerland / Europe. |
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| Driving licence |
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Drivers must hold a driving licence, valid in Switzerland and • must be at least 30 years old
• must have been holder of a driving permit for at least 10 years • at least 25 • must have been holder of a driving permit for at least 5 years
For young drivers, extra insurance of |
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| Name change: | ||
| Name change of pax is possible till 48 hrs before start of trip (costs: CHF 100.00) | ||
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