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IXChocolate, cheese, and wine at their source

True Switzerland

Cities, summits, and the shores of Léman
8 days 7 nights Switzerland Zurich · Bern · Lucerne · Rigi · Wengen · Montreux · Lausanne

Switzerland taken slowly and at first hand — a chocolate maker's atelier in Zurich, cheese made on the mountain itself, the car-free villages of the Bernese Oberland, and the terraced vineyards of Lavaux above Lake Geneva.

The route
SWITZERLANDFRANCEITALYGoldenPass panoramic trainMt. RigiInterlakenGenevaZurichBernLucerneWengenMontreuxLausanneEnlarge ⤢
Routing & suggested hotels
  • 2 nightsZurich
  • 2 nightsLucerne
  • 1 nightWengen — Bernese Oberland
  • 2 nightsLausanne
Highlights

Zurich and a small chocolate maker

The old town, the lakefront, and an afternoon in the atelier of an artisan chocolatier — Swiss chocolate as a craft, not a souvenir.

Bern en route

A stop in the federal capital's UNESCO-listed old town — arcades, fountains, and the Zytglogge — on the road to Lucerne.

Lucerne

The Kapellbrücke, the painted old town, and the lake with its ring of mountains.

Mount Rigi and a cheese workshop

Ascend the “Queen of the Mountains” and spend the morning with an alpine cheesemaker, making and tasting cheese where the herds graze.

Lauterbrunnen and Wengen

The valley of seventy-two waterfalls and a night in car-free Wengen, high on its sunny shelf beneath the Jungfrau.

The panoramic train to Montreux

The GoldenPass line from Interlaken over the hills to Lake Geneva, with free time on Montreux's Belle Époque lakefront.

The Lavaux vineyards

A day among the UNESCO-listed terraces above the lake — a thousand years of winemaking, tasted in the villages between Lausanne and Montreux.

Pair this journey with your own driver-escorted minivan.

Every itinerary in this collection travels with a private minivan from our modern fleet — the same vehicle, start to finish.

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