Seven days in Switzerland takes you from the financial elegance of Zurich and the lakeside beauty of Lucerne up to the Jungfraujoch at 3454 metres for a view over the largest glacier in the Alps, across to the glamour of Geneva, and finally to Zermatt where the Matterhorn fills the entire end of the valley. Switzerland is expensive and worth every franc.
Seven days in Switzerland takes you from the financial elegance of Zurich and the lakeside beauty of Lucerne up to the Jungfraujoch at 3454 metres for a view over the largest glacier in the Alps, across to the glamour of Geneva, and finally to Zermatt where the Matterhorn fills the entire end of the valley. Switzerland is expensive and worth every franc.
Arrive at Zurich Airport and transfer to your hotel in the compact city centre. Afternoon walk through the medieval old town around the Grossmunster cathedral and the narrow Niederdorf lanes. Walk along Lake Zurich and up Bahnhofstrasse, consistently ranked one of the world's most expensive shopping streets. Evening fondue dinner at Restaurant Zeughauskeller in a 15th-century weapons hall. Overnight Zurich.
1-hour train to Lucerne, Switzerland's most beautiful lakeside city. Walk across the iconic 14th-century Chapel Bridge with its painted panels above the fast-flowing Reuss River. Take the cogwheel railway up Mount Pilatus at 2132 metres for panoramic views over Lake Lucerne and the Alps. Return by gondola and afternoon boat cruise on the lake. Overnight Lucerne.
Train to Interlaken and then the famous cogwheel railway up through Grindelwald and Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch at 3454 metres, called the Top of Europe. Walk on the Aletsch Glacier, the longest in the Alps, visit the Ice Palace carved inside the glacier, and see the Sphinx Observatory observation platform with views across Switzerland, France, Germany, and Italy on a clear day. Overnight Interlaken.
Morning paragliding tandem flight over the Interlaken valley between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz with the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau peaks as your backdrop - one of the world's most spectacular paragliding locations. Afternoon boat cruise on Lake Thun with medieval castle reflections. Evening train to Geneva. Overnight Geneva.
Full day in Geneva, one of the world's most international cities. Morning tour of CERN, the particle physics laboratory where the World Wide Web was invented and the Large Hadron Collider operates 100 metres underground - free tours available by booking online. Afternoon at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, one of the world's most thought-provoking museums. Walk along the lake to see the Jet d'Eau fountain shooting 140 metres above the water. Overnight Geneva.
Train journey to Zermatt, a car-free mountain village at 1608 metres. Your first view of the Matterhorn at the end of the valley is one of Switzerland's great moments. Ride the Gornergrat cog railway to 3089 metres for a panorama of 29 peaks over 4000 metres including the Matterhorn up close. Evening walk through Zermatt village past the wooden chalets and the climbers' cemetery for those lost on the peaks. Overnight Zermatt.
Final morning in Zermatt for one last Matterhorn view from the village. Train back to Zurich via Brig and Bern. Optional stopover in Bern, Switzerland's charming capital with its 6-km covered arcades and the famous clock tower. Transfer to Zurich Airport for your return flight. End of tour.
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