Scenic train ride on the Bernina and Albula train lines. On this day tour you will cross the Alps, travel from glaciers to palms on the spectacularly scenic Albula and Bernina line, have lunch in Italy, and visit St. Moritz optional. Please note that we use for this tour local trains which run on the same route as the Bernina Express. We meet in the early morning in Zurich and travel first to Chur. After a short coffee break in Chur, we board a local train of the Rhaetian railways.
The Bernina Express route stretches over kilometers The first highlight of the journey is Reichenau, where the rhine springs upper and lower rhine confluence. In Thusis, we start traveling on the Albula train line. We cross the impressive Landwasser viaduct, which is meters ft. Here the train has to climb meters ft. To reduce the resulting incline, we travel through a set of spinal tunnels. We climb up the Bernina mountain pass and travel along the shores of the lakes Lago Bianco and Lej Nair.
We pass the height of the pass 'Ospizio Bernina'. Located at 2' m. From the height of the pass, we start our descent to Poschiavo, where we travel again along the shores of Lake Poschiavo.
Inbound Tirano- Zurich. With this option, we can only have a brief lunch of approx. This will be sufficient to grab a sandwich or a burger. By having a brief lunch in Tirano, we will make time for a small detour on the way back to St. Moritz, where we can spend up to two hours, and visit the village. Inbound Option B: long lunch in Tirano, return same as outbound. The activity level is moderate: plenty of changes of trains, with option B: walking through St.
Moritz at your discretion. I can meet you at any centrally located hotel in Zurich. Click here to see a map of the pick-up area. If you're staying outside of the pick-up area, I can meet you at the central train station of Zurich. Once a reliable weather forecast is available usually one to three days before departure , I will send you a link to the forecast.
