Alpine Rhapsody Roller

Highlights

• Paris from a vintage Citroën 2CV
• A three-course dinner cruising the Seine
• A local's tour of Zurich, not the guidebook version
• Dinner in a 15th-century Old Town dining room in Zurich
• Free time to explore Lucerne's lakeside setting
• The Luzern-Interlaken Express through Alpine landscapes
• First-class seats on Lake Thun's Upper Deck
• Jungfraujoch via the Eiger Express cable car

1. London

   Day 1 · start

2. Paris

   1 night · Day 1

   Hôtel Mercure Paris Gare de Lyon

3. Zurich

   1 night · Day 2

   25hours Hotel Zürich

4. Lucerne

   Day 3 · on the way

5. Interlaken

   1 night · Day 3

   Hotel Metropol

6. Jungfrau "The Top of Europe"

   Day 4 · on the way

7. Interlaken

   Day 5 · on the way

8. Montreux

   Day 5 · on the way

1. Day 1

   London – Paris via Eurostar OR Meet in Paris

   Meals included: DDinner

   

   Today brings together the people you will share this trip with, on a route that takes in some of the best of Europe by rail. Starting in London, your tour leader meets you at St Pancras for the Eurostar to Paris, a little over two hours; starting in Paris instead, you join the group a little later. Either way, dinner finds everyone at the same table. This afternoon, a vintage Citroën 2CV takes you past the city’s well-known sights, the kind of first afternoon that turns into a story still being told by day nine. As the light changes, dinner moves to the Seine: three courses, with Paris passing the window.

   Included

   • City tour of Paris in a vintage Citroën 2CV
   • Three-course dinner cruising the Seine

   Travel

   London → Paris by Eurostar if you start there, or join the group in Paris

   Overnight

   Paris

   Hotel

   Hôtel Mercure Paris Gare de Lyon

   Meals

   Dinner

2. Day 2

   Paris – Zurich via TGV LYRIA

   Meals included: BBreakfast

   The journey to Zurich happens first class, aboard the TGV Lyria, a train capable of up to 320 km/h, with lunch served on board as the window fills with the rooftops of Dijon and the vineyards of Burgundy. You are settled into the hotel by the afternoon. A local guide then leads the way through Zurich, less a highlight reel and more an explanation of why things sit where they do. Dinner is included tonight: a proper Swiss-German meal, and a good opportunity to settle further into the city.

   Included

   • First-class TGV Lyria to Zurich, with lunch served on board
   • Local-led walking tour of Zurich’s Old Town
   • Dinner in a 15th-century Old Town dining room

   Travel

   Paris → Zurich by the TGV Lyria

   Overnight

   Zurich

   Hotel

   25hours Hotel Zürich

   Meals

   Breakfast

3. Day 3

   Zurich – Lucerne – Interlaken via Luzern-Interlaken Express

   Meals included: BBreakfast

   The route continues to Interlaken, with a stop in Lucerne first, where you are free to explore on your own: a lake, mountains rising behind it, and architecture standing long before photography existed to capture it. You can visit the Glacier Garden, or find lunch by the water instead. The Luzern-Interlaken Express then carries you on to Interlaken, past waterfalls and villages, Alpine scenery enough to quiet conversation on the train for a while. In the evening, there is Höheweg, the main street, worth a walk for its many Swiss watch and chocolate shops.

   Included

   • Free time in Lucerne, by the lake
   • Luzern-Interlaken Express through Alpine scenery

   Travel

   Zurich → Lucerne → Interlaken by the Luzern-Interlaken Express

   Overnight

   Interlaken

   Hotel

   Hotel Metropol

   Meals

   Breakfast

4. Day 4

   Interlaken – Jungfrau "The Top of Europe" via Eiger Express

   Meals included: BBreakfastLLunch

   Alpine scenery is the order of the day. It starts on Lake Thun, with first-class seats on the Upper Deck, Alpine villages and mountains passing on both sides. Then comes the main event: Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe. The Eiger Express gondola climbs from Grindelwald to Eigergletscher, and the Jungfrau Railway covers the rest of the ascent. At the top: the Aletsch Glacier, an Ice Palace carved out of the ice, terraces with panoramic views, and lunch at the Top of Europe, high above the glacier. By now, you may find yourself seated beside the stranger you met in the hotel lobby, trading photos from the day. The evening is yours, for a quiet dinner back in Interlaken.

   Included

   • First-class seats on Lake Thun’s Upper Deck
   • Eiger Express cable car up to Jungfraujoch, Europe’s highest railway station
   • Lunch at the Top of Europe, by the Ice Palace and Aletsch Glacier

   Meals

   Breakfast and lunch

5. Day 5

   Interlaken – Montreux – Zermatt via GoldenPass Express

   Meals included: BBreakfastLLunchDDinner

   

   A fully panoramic train, the GoldenPass Express, carries you past valleys and villages en route to Montreux, with the scenery shifting from snow-capped Alpine peaks to traditional Swiss chalet villages, green hills, and finally lakeside vineyards in the sun. You arrive by early afternoon, with time enough to walk the promenade, browse the shops, or have lunch with a view over Lake Geneva. From there, the route continues to Zermatt, where the Matterhorn comes into view. Your tour leader knows the town well and can point out what is worth seeing and what you can skip. Later, you check into the hotel for dinner.

   Included

   • GoldenPass Express through Alpine valleys to Montreux
   • Free time in Montreux on Lake Geneva
   • Arrival in Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in view

   Travel

   Interlaken → Montreux → Zermatt by the GoldenPass Express

   Meals

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner

6. Day 6

   Zermatt – Glacier Paradise via Matterhorn Express

   Meals included: BBreakfastLLunch

   

   Today it is the Matterhorn Express from Zermatt towards Trockener Steg, continuing by cable car up to Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, 3,883 metres and the highest mountain station in Europe. A 360-degree viewing platform awaits at the top, with peaks reaching out in every direction. The Glacier Palace lies 15 metres below the surface of the glacier, its tunnels and ice sculptures carved into the ice itself. Lunch follows at the highest mountain restaurant in Europe, with the Matterhorn framed in the window. There is free time before the cable car takes you back down to Zermatt whenever you are ready, and the hotel spa makes for a relaxed end to the evening.

   Included

   • Matterhorn Express and cable car to Glacier Paradise at 3,883 metres
   • Visit the Glacier Palace, ice tunnels carved 15 metres into the glacier
   • Lunch at Europe’s highest mountain restaurant

   Meals

   Breakfast and lunch

7. Day 7

   Zermatt – St. Moritz via Glacier Express

   Meals included: BBreakfastLLunch

   

   This is one of the most celebrated train journeys anywhere, with viaducts, Alpine valleys and gorges unfolding outside the window, part of the UNESCO-listed Rhaetian Railway. The route passes the Rhine Gorge, sometimes called the Grand Canyon of Switzerland for its tall, pale limestone cliffs, with views of the River Rhine along parts of the way. It also crosses the Landwasser Viaduct, a curved, single-track limestone structure 65 metres high and one of the line’s best-known feats of engineering. Lunch is served at your seat along the way, and by evening you are in St. Moritz for the night.

   Included

   • Glacier Express through the Rhine Gorge and over the Landwasser Viaduct
   • Lunch served at your seat on board

   Travel

   Zermatt → St. Moritz by the Glacier Express

   Meals

   Breakfast and lunch

8. Day 8

   St. Moritz – Tirano – Milan – Venice via Bernina Express & Regional Trains

   Meals included: BBreakfastDDinner

   

   The Bernina Express crosses into Italy today, a train that is an experience on its own: spacious seats, dome windows, and steep vertical drops managed entirely under its own power, on one of the steepest adhesion railways anywhere. The route is another UNESCO-listed stretch of railway, including the Brusio Circular Viaduct, built to handle the steep mountainside. Outside the window, the Italian lakeside takes over from the Alps, and trains change in Milan for the onward leg to Venice by Frecciarossa, whose name translates as “red arrow”. Tonight, a gondola carries you to dinner, and a water taxi, privately arranged, returns you afterwards: the last evening together, and one where feelings may well show.

   Included

   • Bernina Express over the Brusio Circular Viaduct
   • Farewell dinner in Venice, by gondola and water taxi

   Travel

   St. Moritz → Tirano → Milan → Venice by the Bernina Express and regional trains

   Overnight

   Venice

   Hotel

   Hotel Residenza Cannaregio

   Meals

   Breakfast and dinner

9. Day 9

   Journey ends in Venice

   Meals included: BBreakfast

   The journey ends in Venice. After saying goodbye to the group, there is still the option of continuing to explore Venice alone. Whatever comes next, the tour travels with you: the Citroën back in Paris, that first sight of the Matterhorn, whoever you ended up beside on the Glacier Express. None of it stays behind once the tour is over.

   Meals

   Breakfast

Prices per person, sharing a double or twin room. A single room costs the supplement shown.

• FromSat 25 Sept 2027ToSun 3 Oct 2027

  Available

  AED 31,749

  Single room supplement +AED 6,997 single

  Book Sat 25 Sept – Sun 3 Oct 2027