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London to Zurich – 14 Days

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Departure Dates: Wednesday from April to November

Itinerary:

Day 1: London Arrival | Wednesday

  • Welcome to London! On arrival to the airport, we will be waiting to transfer you to the hotel. Later, our guide will give an overview of the tour or you can check the informative panels in the hotel reception area.

Day 2: London | | Thursday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Visit London. Evening transfer.

  • Get to know London on a guided tour featuring style, culture and history. See Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, the River Thames, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace, where we shall be able to watch the famous “Changing of the Guard” (depending on the season). Free afternoon. In the evening, we will meet at a meeting point in Piccadilly to walk to Leicester Square, China Town and Soho with its amazing atmosphere, its theatres and bustle. Time for dinner in this area with numerous ethnic restaurants (Indian, Thai, Chinese, international, and so on). Return to the hotel from Piccadilly.

Day 3: London | Friday

  • Free day. You can enjoy the charm of this city and explore and discover memorable places.

Day 4: London – Canterbury – Amiens – Paris | Saturday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Eurotunnel.

  • We see CANTERBURY, the ecclesiastic capital of England with its medieval atmosphere. We continue to Dover where, after border procedures, our coach will enter the trains that go through the EUROTUNNEL. We use this fantastic piece of engineering. Arrival in France and continuation to AMIENS, known for its Gothic cathedral. You can stroll through its narrow streets full of life; and see the floating gardens and the house where Julio Verne lived. After that we continue to PARIS. Arrival at the end of the day.

Day 5: Paris | Sunday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: City tour in Paris. Climb to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. Boat ride along the Seine. Evening transfer.

  • Today we take a guided tour to discover the history, main boulevards and the breathtaking monuments of Paris. We end the visit at the Eiffel Tower. You will have the opportunity to climb up to the second floor of this remarkable metal monument (ticket admission included). End your visit with a boat cruise along the River Seine, which divides the north of Paris from the south. Enjoy an afternoon of leisure to explore and relax! At sunset enjoy dinner in the Latin Quarter, a very picturesque historic area where a wide variety of international cuisines await you. We will then return to hotel.

Note: Sometimes queues to climb the Eiffel Tower are long. For organizational reasons, if deemed appropriate, the climb can be made at a different time of the day (or Monday).

Day 6: Paris | Monday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Time at leisure.

  • We will start the day by going to the centre of Paris, to the area of the Louvre Museum. Enjoy some leisure time to explore. If you wish, we can accompany you to Benlux, one of the most complete and best-known perfumeries in Paris.

Note: For those who are interested, an optional excursion to Disneyland Paris is available.

Day 7: Paris – Semur – Beaune – Lyon | Tuesday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Vineyards in Beaune and Bour- gogne region. Funicular climb in Lyon

  • Today we travel to the centre of France, to the Bourgogne region, famous for its wines. Making a stop in SEMUR EN AUXOIS, a small medieval town listed surrounded by impressive walls. After this we will visit BEAUNE, located in the centre of the Bourgogne region, with its streets full of flowers, hospice and wine museum all points of interest. Time for lunch. Continuing on, we will arrive to LYON in the mid-afternoon, the capital of Roman Gallia on the banks of the Rhône (its historic centre has been declared a World Heritage site). We include a funicular climb to Notre Dame de Fourviere where we have a great view of the city. Enjoy some leisure time to walk around.

Note: sometimes, for events or congresses, accommodation may be provided in a city near Lyon (normally Chambery).

Day 8: Lyon – Geneva – Castle Chillon – Gruyere – Gstaad | Wednesday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Geneva, Vineyards Landscapes, en- trance to Chillon Castle, Visitto Cailler chocolate factory.

  • We have a beautiful stage. We travel to Switzerland. GENEVA, arrival. City located by the Lake Leman which hosts the European headquarters of the United Nations. You can stroll through the old city or know any of its museums. Then we will go on to CHILLON CASTLE, built in the waters of the lake. Entrance included to this fantastic medieval castle. We continue to the picturesque walled town of GRUYERE, known worldwide for its cheese. Very nearby are some of the main Swiss chocolate factories (NESTLE amongst them), we visit the Cailler Chocolate Factory, with a chance to try some too! Continuing along small roads amidst beautiful mountains and picturesque wooden villages. Arrival in the pretty GSTAAD with its wooden houses.

Day 9: Leysin – Glacier 3000 – Interlaken – Aares – Lucht – Chiasso | Thursday

  • Today´s stage has beautiful high mountain scenery. Don´t forget your winter clothes, we climb to one of the most spectacular spots in Switzerland where you can see ice and snow all year round. We include the cable car ride up to GLACIER 3000 where you can walk on the suspended bridge in the gap between two mountain peaks, enter the Ice Cathedral or ¨play¨ in the Fun Park. Stop in INTERLAKEN and time for lunch. Afterwards we travel to the AARESLUCHT GORGES. We then take the Sutenpass, one of the most beautiful roads in Switzerland that runs between glaciers and takes us to Italian-speaking Switzerland. . Overnight stay in CHIASSO, a Swiss town on the border with Italy.

Note: Occasionally, due to weather conditions such as rain or strong winds, the cable car to Glacier 3000 may not operate.


Note: The Sustenpass road is normally closed until the end of May and mid-October. In this case the journey will be made by alternative roads

Day 10: Chiasso – Lugano – Burglen – Altdorf – Lucerne | Friday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Beautiful landscapes with mountains and lakes. Knowing Lugano and Lucerne. Visit the village that was made famous through William Tell.

  • We will know LUGANO the cosmopolitan capital of the Italian Switzerland with its beautiful lake. Time to stroll. We continue on the highway, we crossed St. Gotthard Pass. We stop in BURGLEN, the tiny village where William Tell was born, we shall see the chapel of the XVI century with paintings illustrating his life. If you want, you can also visit the museum of William Tell. In the neighbouring city of ALTDORF we can also find traces of his history. Continue to LUCERNE, free time to explore this beautiful city by the lake that bears its name.

Day 11: Lucerne – Einsiedeln – Heididorf – Vaduz – Feldkirch | Saturday

  • We leave Lucerne driving along the Four Cantons Lake towards EINSIEDELN, its immense baroque abbey is the most important pilgrimage center in Switzerland. After that we continue towards the East of Switzerland. MAIENFELD is the village which inspired Heidi’s story. In HEIDIDORF we will be visiting Heidi’s House (ticket not included. Entry to the facility is free), a picturesque place with beautiful landscapes that we will reach through a pedestrian path. Then we enter into the independent country of Liechtenstein, and its capital city VADUZ with its impressive castle. Time to stroll and have lunch. Subsequently, we go to the neighbor city of FELDKIRCH, in Austria, located next to the borders of Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany: charming walled city with a genuine historic city center and a castle. Free time.

Day 12:Feldkirch – St. Gallen – Constance – Stein am Rhein – Rhine Waterfalls – Zurich | Sunday
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Constanza Lake. Botanic Gar- dens. Rhein Waterfalls. Fantastic scenery.

  • We start our day heading to ST. GALLEN, whose centre is part of the World Heritage List by UNESCO with a wonderful cathedral and its historic centre. Afterward we will continue by Constance Lake, between Germany and Switzerland. We will have time for a walk at Constance’s centre before visiting MAINAU Island (access by pedestrian bridge) with its stunning botanic garden (entry included). Then, again in Switzerland, we will take a stroll in STEIN AM RHEIN, a typical village on the Rhine River with precious houses with painted walls. We will also visit Rhine Waterfalls (entry included), the waterfalls with the most abundant flow in Europe. Arrival in ZURICH at the end of the day.

Day 13: Zurich – Rapperswil – Zurich | Monday
TODAY’S HIGHTLIGHT: Zurich. Cruise on the Lake Zu- rich. Train

  • With our guide, we will make a tour of ZURICH, the most populated city of Switzerland, and the country’s financial and cultural capital. The city of the banks has twice been declared the city with the best quality of life in the world. After this, we will include a cruise of almost two hours on Lake Zürich. The boat makes brief stops to allow us to see the villages on the way. We get off in RAPPERSWILL, a picturesque little village overlooked by its medieval castle. We go back to Zurich by train and appreciate the efficiency and punctuality of the Swiss railways.

Note: Depending on the number of travellers, on this stage, the transfers to the centre and from the station may be made on public transport.

Day 14: Zurich | Tuesday

  • After breakfast, end of our services.

Includes:

  • Includes arrival transfer
  • Boat: River Seine in Paris, Zurich Lake.
  • City tour in: London, Paris.
  • Evening Transfer: Soho in London.
  • Transfer: Montmartre District in Paris, Versailles Palace in Paris (entrance not included).
  • Ticket admission: 2nd floor Eiffel Tower in Paris, Chillon castle, Cailler chocolate factory , Aareslucht gorges, botanic garden in Mainau, Rhine Waterfalls.
  • Train: Rapperswill- Zurich.
  • Ferry: Dover – France
  • Funicular: To Montmartre district in Paris, Lyon, cable car to Glacier 3000.
  • 1 Lunch or Dinner Included in: Leysin.

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