BY RAIL
BY RAIL TO SAANENLAND HOLIDAY
7 nights / 8 days From £ 1,755 per person
Typical landscape of the Saanenland
GENEVA • MONTREUX • SCHOENRIED • GSTAAD
Spend seven nights in the idyllic Saanenland, with a choice of cosy mountainside hotel. Explore chic Gstaad on foot, hike or cycle along mountain paths, paddle in Lake Lauenen, or ascend the summit of the Wispile and the Rinderberg by cable car.
DAY ONE London to Saanenland Travel from London to Gstaad or Schoenried by rail on your first day. The Eurostar leaves in the early morning for Paris, where you change to a TGV train, arriving into Geneva in the mid-afternoon. Here, change for Montreux, and then change again for the GoldenPass Line to Gstaad or Schoenried, arriving in the evening. The GoldenPass journey winds its way from the lake-side at Montreux, up through the steep vineyards that hang to the shores of the lake, into the mountains, the Pays d’ Enhaut and into the Saanenland, on the border of the French-German speaking regions. Check into your resort hotel.
What’ s included
• Second-class travel on all trains
• Private car transfers from the station to your hotel, and from your hotel to the station
• 7 nights’ bed and breakfast in a Standard‘ Relllerli’ double room at the Hotel Alpenrose, Schoenried in the Saanenland or in a Superior mountain view room at the Park Gstaad
• Concierge service and Expressions Holidays regional helpful hints
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DAYS TWO TO SEVEN In Saanenland Enjoy the highlights of the Saanenland and explore the surrounding villages and valleys. Gstaad sits in a glorious landscape of valleys and mountain pastures, with dramatic mountain peaks in the distance, and not far from the glacier at Les Diablerets. There are numerous summer mountain activities, especially hiking with access by cable-car to mountain tracks. The railway system allows you to travel to various starting points in the region. Places of interest in the Saanenland: Promenade – the main street in Gstaad, lined with boutique shops, chic bars, and stunning chalets; Cable cars in the area take you from Zweisimmen to Rinderberg, Schoenried to Rellerli, Gstaad to Wispile, Rougemont to La Videmanette, Chateaud’ Oex to La Braye, Gsteig to Sanetsch, Reusch to Oldenegg, and Col du Pillon to Glacier 3000; Glacier 3000 – the only glacier area in the Bernese Oberland; Museums of local history at Saanen and Zweisimmen; Hiking from Rellerli to Sparenmoos, from Wispile to Lake Lauenen.
DAY EIGHT Saanenland to London On your eighth day, board an early morning train from Schoenried or Gstaad to Montreux, Geneva, and Paris, arriving in London in the evening.( If you want to fly back from Geneva, you can take a train at about 11.30 to connect with a flight arriving back into LHR at just after 18.00 hrs).
What’ s not included
• Personal holiday insurance. This is essential and cover should be in place from when you book the holiday
• Local tourist tax, usually between Swiss Francs 1 and 3 per person per night, and payable locally to the hotel
• Transfers in Paris
• Optional travel arrangements by air from the UK to Geneva
PRICES
Prices are per person based on two people sharing a double or twin room and including standard class rail travel From £ 1,755
Supplements
• Standard premier / first class £ 400 per person
Holiday code CHBR12
To speak to our specialist rail holidays team telephone 01392 441250 or see www. expressionsholidays. co. uk