Ski resorts, mountain railways and luxury chalets — Switzerland arranged by people who know it well.
The Swiss Alps represent one of the world's great natural landscapes — a region of vertiginous peaks, deep glacial valleys, pristine mountain lakes and some of Europe's finest ski resorts. Switzerland also offers a standard of precision, service and infrastructure that is genuinely unmatched anywhere in the world.
The Alps offer world-class skiing in winter and extraordinary walking, cycling and mountain railway experiences in summer. Swiss resorts — Zermatt, Verbier, St. Moritz, Grindelwald — combine spectacular scenery with excellent accommodation, superb food and the kind of reliable infrastructure that makes travel genuinely effortless.
Zermatt is our most requested destination — car-free, dominated by the Matterhorn and home to the Gornergrat railway, one of the most spectacular train journeys in Europe. St. Moritz remains the benchmark for luxury winter tourism. Grindelwald, overlooked by the Eiger North Face, is spectacular year-round and offers the extraordinary Jungfraujoch railway.
December to March for skiing. June to September for hiking, cycling and the mountain railways. The shoulder months of November and April are excellent value, less crowded and still beautiful.
Switzerland's public transport network is one of the finest in the world. The Swiss Travel Pass gives unlimited travel by train, bus and boat, including most mountain railways. We include it in all our Switzerland itineraries — it transforms the experience.
Switzerland is one of Europe's most expensive destinations. We book it at all price points — from comfortable 3-star hotels in Interlaken to five-star palace hotels in Zermatt — but budgeting $200–$300 per day per person for accommodation and meals is realistic at the mid-range.
The main ski season runs from mid-December to mid-April, with the best snow conditions typically in January and February. High-altitude resorts like Zermatt and Saas-Fee offer year-round skiing on their glaciers.
Absolutely. Switzerland is small and its train network is exceptional. Zurich, Geneva, Lucerne, Bern and Basel are all within 2–3 hours of each other by rail.