Switzerland Tour

Switzerland flag

  Photos from a two-week trip all around Switzerland.  Switzerland has incredible variety – lakes, mountains, rolling farm land, picturesque villages, and big cities.  I was fortunate that the weather was near-perfect.

This trip was a thorough exploration of Switzerland, a clockwise tour east > south > west > centre > north, and is presented in two parts.  First down the east side on the Bernina Express to St. Moritz, then across to Lugano, up to Andermatt, and across to Zermatt on the Glacier Express.  Part 2 visits Geneva, Bern, the Alps in central Switzerland, Lucerne, and Zurich.

(I had a chance to be back in Switzerland a second time and took the opportunity to explore a bit more in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland around Interlaken.  There's a separate Switzerland Vacation page and file.)

The link to the Pictures File is below the Sample Images.  A Route Map and a Table of Contents are provided below that, both in on-screen and printable forms.

Sample Images

Here are a few sample images from the picture files.  You can click or tap on these to see larger versions.

St. Moritz, Switzerland

St. Moritz

Lake Lugano, Switzerland

Lake Lugano

Zermatt, Switzerland

Zermatt

Gruyere country, Switzerland

Gruyere country

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Lauterbrunnen

Glacier, Jungfrau, Switzerland

Jungfrau

Lake Lucerne, Switzerland

Lake Lucerne

Limmat River, Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich

 

 

Links to Pictures Files

 

You can access the PDF pictures file by clicking or tapping on the link below.

 

Route Map

I used my Swiss Rail Pass to travel clockwise around Switzerland.  I was coming from Germany by train, and took the Bernina Express route to St. Moritz and on to Lugano.  The trip to Zermatt included part of the famous Glacier Express route. From Geneva and Bern it was on to Lauterbrunnen for more mountain adventures.

Switzerland Tour Printable Map is available if you wish a paper copy to follow along.

Switzerland map

Table of Contents

The Contents tables from the pictures files are reproduced below.  If you wish a paper copy to target your viewing, use Switzerland Printable Contents .

Switzerland-Tour-1.pdf  
Contents   2
Introduction   3
East Map   4
Bernina Express to St. Moritz   5
St. Moritz  14
To Piz Nair  20
Piz Nair  24
Bernina Express to Tirano  27
Bernina Bus to Lugano  39
Lugano  41
Monte Brè  47
Lake Lugano  53
To Andermatt  63
Andermatt  68
Glacier Express  70
Zermatt  78
To Gornergrat  83
Gornergrat  91
End - Part 1 103
Switzerland-Tour-2.pdf  
Contents   2
West Map   3
To Geneva   4
Geneva   8
Lake Geneva  13
Lausanne  27
Montreux  33
To Bern  41
Bern  44
Lauterbrunnen          50
To Mürren  57
Mürren  60
To Jungfrau  65
Jungfrau  74
To Lucerne  85
Lucerne  89
Lake Lucerne  95
Zurich 103
End - Part 2 115