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Travel On A Swiss Travel
Pass
With a Swiss Travel Pass you can travel by train in
Switzerland for four days, eight days, fifteen days, twenty two
days, or even a month. You have the option of first class or second
class travel.
The Swiss Travel Pass allows for unlimited travel
on consecutive days on Swiss Railway trains, lake steamers, alpine
post to buses and some swiss mountain excursions. The Swiss Pass
allows travel on transport services of 37 Swiss towns and
cities.
More rail vacation travel
information:
1.
Trans Siberian railway tours
2. Switzerland's Alpine
scenery by train
3.
Reunification Express tour - Vietnam
4. USA
Coast to Coast
5.
Canadian Rockies and a journey on the Rocky Mountaineer
6.
Australia & the Ghan Luxury Train
7.
Discovering Japan by train
8.
London to Jordan, by rail
9.
China by High Speed rail
Click
the above links to read more above each of these rail
journeys.
Day 6 leaves Brig on the famous
Glacier Express narrow gauge train. The train climbs up the Rhône
Valley to Andermatt and then makes its spectacular journey towards
the Oberalp Pass. The Glacier Express train descends through scenic
pasture and woodland to the Rhine. The Glacier Express trips
includes lunch on board served at your First Class seat.
Day 7 is a round trip on the
narrow to gauge Bernina Express from Chur to Poschiavo an back to
Chur. The day tour features waterfalls, deep ravines and viaducts
before climbing over the Bernina Pass to more than 7,000ft.
Day 8 is a leisure day in the town of Chur, the
oldest town in Switzerland. Options include a train tour to
Arosa.
Day 9 the tour travels by EuroCity
train to Germany via Zurich and Basel. The EuroCity train travels
along the scenic Rhine Gorge to Cologne.
Day 10 the tour departs for
Brussels to connect with Eurostar to London.
Eurail Passes Worth Considering
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Eurail France / Italy Pass. This rail pass entitles you
to rail travel in France and Italy .
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Eurail France / Spain Pass. This rail pass entitles you
to rail travel in France and Spain.
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Eurail Greece / Italy Pass. This rail pass entitles you
to rail travel in Greece and Italy.
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Eurail Austria / Czech Republic Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in Austria and the Czech
Republic.
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Eurail Denmark / Germany Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Denmark and Germany.
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Eurail France / Germany Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in France and Germany.
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Eurail Austria / Croatia/Slovenia Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in Austria, Croatia and
Spain.
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Eurail Hungary / Croatia/Slovenia Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in Hungary, Croatia and
Slovenia.
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Eurail Benelux / Germany Pass This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Belgium, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg (Benelux) and Germany.
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Eurail Hungary / Romania Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Hungary and Romania.
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Eurail Austria / Germany Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Austria and Germany.
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Eurail Austria / Switzerland Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in Austria and Switzerland.
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Eurail Austria / Hungary Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Austria and Hungary.
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Eurail France / Switzerland Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in France and Switzerland.
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Eurail Benelux / France Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Benelux and France.
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Eurail Germany / Switzerland Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in Germany and Switzerland.
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Eurail Italy / Spain Pass. This rail pass entitles you
to rail travel in Italy and Spain.
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Eurail Portugal / Spain Pass This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Portugal and Spain.
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Eurail Czech Republic / Germany Pass. This rail pass
entitles you to rail travel in the Czech Republic and
Germany.
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Eurail Germany / Poland Pass. This rail pass entitles
you to rail travel in Germany and Poland.
Note: Rail tour details and passes subject to
change at any time. Always check exact details with a travel agent
or Eurail before planning any vacation or travel arrangements.
To find out more information on this travel
itinerary contact a travel agent or tour operators by searching on
th Internet for 'Switzerland train travel' or 'Swiss travel pass'
or 'Glacier Express'.
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The Glacier Express A Great Rail
Journey
This Swiss train tour is one you could consider when planning
your European vacation. This tour includes a two to person Swiss
Travel Pass, giving unlimited travel on most trains, buses and lake
steamers. It also includes entry to most museums during your stay
in Switzerland.
Day one of this tour is from London St Pancras
by Eurostar to the French capital of Paris. The tour then crosses
Paris by coach to Dijon.
Day two of this tour travels into Switzerland
and transfers onto the Swiss rail network up the Rhône Valley to
Brig.
Day three travels the narrow to gauge mountain
railway to Zermatt, a picturesque resort overlooked by the
Matterhorn.
Day four of the tour travels to Interlaken.
Options here include a lake cruise, or a mountain railway ride
through the Alpine meadows. The ultimate excursion is to the
highest railway station in Europe, Jungfraujoch, at over 11,000ft
above sea level.
Day five of tour is a liesure day. Options
include a spectacular journey over the Golden Pass to Spiez.
A rack climbs a steep slope.
The Glacier Express passes a waterfall on a rail
tour near Zermatt
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