Swiss Alps train tours put the rail tickets in your fare and spend the heart of the day on the rails. In the Jungfrau region you never board a coach; from Milan a coach takes you to the red train over the Bernina Pass.
A coach from Milan Porta Garibaldi, an hour of your own in St. Moritz, then the red train ticket in your fare: down to Tirano with a headset for the guide on the Bernina option, or past the Landwasser Viaduct viewpoint on the Albula option.
From $89 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Meet at the glass cube by the east station. Every train is in your fare, second class: Grindelwald for an hour, the cogwheel line up to Kleine Scheidegg for two, then Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. Up to 15 people, and the day stops below the summit.
From $412 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The Milan day sold for a group of up to 60, with about 2 hours 20 minutes on the train and a walk by Lake St. Moritz first. The red train ticket is in the fare; a first-class seat is not.
From $91 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
All train tickets for the day are in your fare, for up to 15. You spend 90 minutes in Lauterbrunnen with a photo stop by the falls, ride the cableway to Grütschalp, walk on to Mürren and get about three hours there.
From $319 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A coach from Milan, an hour in St. Moritz and the red train ticket in your fare, for $89 a person.
Check availabilityIt is a guided day where the rail tickets are the fare. You do not buy a single ticket yourself, and you do not work out a single change. The guide rides with you and tells you where to get off.
In the Jungfrau region you meet at the station in Interlaken and never board a coach. The trains carry you up the valleys to Grindelwald, Kleine Scheidegg, Wengen, Lauterbrunnen or Mürren, in a group of up to 15. From Milan it works the other way round. A coach covers the long road north, and the red train is the centrepiece: about two hours from St. Moritz down to Tirano on the Bernina option.
These are the regular red trains of the Rhaetian Railway. They are not the Bernina Express, which is a separate panoramic train sold with its own seat reservation.
The Kleine Scheidegg day carries every train for the day in second class. The Mürren day carries all its train tickets too. On the Milan days the red train ticket is in the fare, and so is the coach there and back.
Wengen is one of very few car-free resort villages in Europe, and Mürren cannot be reached by public road at all. A coach day stops in the valley below them. A train day takes you up into them.
In the Jungfrau region the train days cap the group at 15. That is small enough to hear the guide on a platform and to change trains without losing anyone.
At $89, the Milan day is the lowest fare of any day here, and it carries a coach, a guide and the train ticket.
Many people who search for a train day across the Alps mean the Bernina Express. Here is how the Milan red train day compares with it.
| The Milan red train day | The Bernina Express | |
|---|---|---|
| The train | A regular red train of the Rhaetian Railway | Modern panoramic cars |
| Your seat | Group seats cannot be reserved in advance | A reservation supplement, paid by everyone |
| St. Moritz to Tirano | About 2 hours on the train | About 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Getting there | A coach from Milan, in the fare | On your own |
| Guide | An English-speaking guide all day | None: it is a train ticket |
| Fare | $89 to $91 a person | Bought from the railway, with the supplement |
The line and the view are the same. What changes is the carriage and the paperwork. If you want big windows and a numbered seat, buy the Bernina Express from the railway yourself. If you want the pass, the viaducts and a guide for under a hundred dollars, the red train day does it. The Milan red train day page has the full timings.
An hour in Grindelwald, two at Kleine Scheidegg below the Eiger, and the ride down through Wengen, for up to 15 people, at $412 a person.
Check availabilityHow a train day fits into a longer stay is in one, two or three days from Interlaken.
Anyone who wants the Jungfraujoch. The Kleine Scheidegg day stops at the pass below the Eiger and does not continue to the top. Book a Swiss Alps tour from Zurich or the Jungfraujoch day from Zurich for the summit.
Anyone travelling without a passport or EU ID. The Milan days cross a border twice. Stay with the Jungfrau region days.
Families with a stroller on the Milan day. Strollers are not allowed. The Mürren day accepts one.
Anyone who wants to walk more than ride. A guided hike puts you on the trail. See the Swiss Alps hiking tours.
Trains, summits and valley days from every start point sit side by side on Swiss Alps Tours.