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1st day: Arrival in Zermatt Arrival in Zermatt by train. Enjoy Zermatt, the famous car free Alpine resort at the foot of the Matterhorn. Overnight in Zermatt. 2nd day: Gornergrat Breakfast at the hotel. From Zermatt, the Gornergrat Bahn, Europe’s highest open-air cogwheel railway, takes you up to the Gornergrat. The train crosses impressive bridges, galleries and tunnels. On the Gornergrat viewing platform you are surrounded by 29 peaks rising to above 4000 meters. Overnight in Zermatt. 3st day: Glacier Express Zermatt – St. Moritz (8h) Breakfast at the hotel. Board the Glacier Express and enjoy one of the greatest rail journeys in the world. An 8-hour rail journey takes you across 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the Oberalp Pass at 2033 m to St. Moritz. overnight in St. Moritz. 4st day: St. Moritz Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure in St. Moritz. Chic, elegant and exclusive with a cosmopolitan ambiance, it is located at 1‘856 m in the middle of the Upper Engadin lake landscape. The dry, sparkling champagne climate is legendary and the celebrated St. Moritz sun shines for an average of 322 days a year. Overnight in St. Moritz. 5th day: Bernina Express St. Moritz – Lugano (8h30) Breakfast at the hotel. Today you travel with the Bernina Express of the Rhaetian Railway along the UNESCO World Heritage route. Enjoy an Alpine switchback ride, taking you from the high, towering glaciers of the mountains down to the swaying palms of Italy. The Bernina Express is the highest railway line across the Alps, linking Northern and Southern Europe in the most spectacular way! The Bernina Express train takes you to Tirano where you will have time for an optional lunch break. Then board the Bernina Express coach to Lugano in the beautiful Ticino. Overnight in Lugano. 6th day: Lugano and return journey Breakfast at the hotel. Time for leisure and individual return journey. This tour can also be booked in the opposite direction