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Bernina Express Scenic Train Ride

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Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    From 1 April to 5 Nov & Dec 2023: Daily

  • Duration

    Approx. 13 hours

  • Start time

    The tour starts at 7:15 am

  • Meeting Point

    The tour departs from Largo CAIROLI 18 corner Foro Buonaparte 10 at 7 am

    Please report at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start time. This is mandatory to allow time for pre-departure briefing.

  • Ending Point

    Largo CAIROLI 18 corner Foro Buonaparte 10

Key Highlights

  • Travel through spectacular Alpine scenery on your route from Milan to Tirano
  • Enjoy a ride in the Bernina Express, one of the world’s greatest rail journeys
  • Pass by stunning gorges, charming bridges and fascinating loop tunnels during the train ride
  • Explore Tirano and St Moritz at your leisure
  • A professional guide will accompany you at all times

Overview

From Milan, you will be taken to Tirano, Italy, for a memorable train journey aboard the Bernina Express to St. Moritz, Switzerland. Along this route declared as world heritage site by UNESCO, you will pass through wild gorges, soaring bridges, fascinating loop tunnels and white glaciers, close enough to reach out and touch!

Enjoy the dreamy beauty of the Alpine landscape complete with high mountains, glaciers, serene blue lakes, lush meadows with cows grazing in them and quaint farmhouses. This tour will truly be an experience of a lifetime.

What's the plan:

You will be taken by coach to Tirano for a memorable train journey aboard the Bernina Express. You will travel to St. Moritz in Switzerland, situated about 220 kilometers from the city of Milan.

Your train ride continues through the spiraling arched bridges at Brusio and passes by Poschiavo, one of the best places in the canton of the Grisons. During your journey, you will pass by the following sites:

Engadine: It is a mountain valley located in Graubünden in the southeast of Switzerland. Enjoy the beauty of its landscape and high mountains on all sides.

Bernina Pass: It is a high mountain pass in the Bernina range of the Alps and connects St Moritz in the Engadine valley to Tirano in Italy.

Your train journey lasts for two and a half hours. After arriving at St. Moritz, enjoy ample free time to stroll around one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world characterized by breathtaking landscape on the lake.

After enjoying the scenic setting of the Alps, you will be dropped off at our local partner's office located at Largo Cairoli / via Cusani, Milan, MM1 Cairoli.

Itinerary

Inclusions

  • Live guide (Eng: Tue to Fri. Eng & Spanish: Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun)
  • Audio guide in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian
  • Bernina Express ticket (2nd class)

Exclusions

  • Hotel Pick up and drop off
  • Meals

Please note

Voucher Information: Sorry, but we will need you to print a paper version of your booking voucher (we're working on changing this). At this time no refund can be given for customers without a printed copy of their voucher.

Please carry your valid passport and visa.

Please provide the date of birth of the child at the time of booking.

The Bernina Express crosses the most highly located railroad line of the Alps. With its tracks at inclines of up to 7%, the Bernina Express is one of the steepest railroads of the world not to use any cogwheels.

Visa requirement: Required by all except the following for a stay of up to 3 months: (a) nationals of EU countries, Australia, Canada, Japan and US (b) nationals of countries in South and Central America (except nationals of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru who do need a visa) (c) nationals of Caribbean island states (except nationals of Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti who do need a visa) (d) nationals of Andorra, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Korea (Rep. of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tuvalu and Vatican City (e) nationals of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) provided they are resident in Canada, Iceland, Norway, USA or EU countries

Customer Reviews

  • Robert Barker

    Weather was poor - trip was fantastic

    United Kingdom 02/05/2018
  • Noel H Were
    Ticked off the bucket list

    This is something we have always wanted to do. The tour ran very efficiently and exactly to schedule. A pitty about the early start but that's all part of the adventure. Our...

    Australia 06/12/2016
  • MOHAMMAD A MIAN

    Both trips were good but the starting times need to be changed. For the Swiss Alps trip we had to leave the hotel in Comasina at 5:30 AM in order to make it barely on time to the...

    Saudi Arabia 06/05/2016
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