Save 5% on Swiss Winter Rail Holidays

ShowMeTheJourney is delighted to have teamed up with our Swiss partner, Switzerland Travel Centre so that you can simplify a rail based holiday to Switzerland - and at a discounted price!

Your Swiss holiday. will include accommodation, rail transfer tickets and seat reservations on tourist trains, plus you can easily add optional mountain excursions.
You can also customize you travel experience by adding extra nights, choosing different hotels, room types and much more, just with a few simple clicks.

So you can experience the ultimate Swiss winter wonderland while not having to be concerned about rail tickets, reservations and planning where to go in the snow!
Though as you will see the images and videos were mainly captured on our summer travels in Switzerland, so give an idea of the scenic highlights.

ShowMeTheJourney users will receive a 5% discount per person on the prices of the holiday packages - though not any added extras.
Please use the exclusive promo code AFFSMTJSWISS at the check-out to redeem the 5% discount.

This holiday itinerary is spectacular, but simple - because it exploits the fact that you can experience stunning landscapes in Switzerland, without having to take trains which can sell out months ahead of the travel date!

This epic itinerary includes:

• The wonderful journey on the Voralpen Express which travels over Switzerland's highest railway viaduct and passes by Lake Zurich and Lake Zug.
• A cruise across Lake Lucerne and the ride to and from the spectacular summit of Mt Rigi.
• Riding the incredible Gotthard route from Lucerne to Locarno via Goschenen , which avoids the Base Tunnel - and is in the Top 5 of ShowMeTheJourney's Swiss journey rankings (Zug > Bellinzona).

• A ride on the wonderful Centovali Express over the Italian border to Domodossola.

• The epic journey through The Simplon Tunnel and on through the vineyards by the River Rhone.

• The beautiful journey on The Golden Pass Express from Montreux to Interlaken
• A return trip through the Berner-Oberland to Europe's highest railway station at Jungfraujoch.

• The journey by four lakes from Interlaken to Lucerne.

• Overnight accommodation with breakfast in St Gallen and Lucerne and Locarno and Montreux and Interlaken.
• Train travel from your starting point in Switzerland to St Gallen.
• Train travel from Lucerne to your departure point from Switzerland.

Plus the options to add luggage transport between hotels to your booking and /or additional nights in each of the stopover locations.

This holiday includes:

• Overnight accommodation with breakfast in Davos-Schatzalp, Montreux, Neuchâtel, Bern and and Lucerne.
• A horse drawn sleigh ride in Davos
• The ride on the Glacier Express from Filisur to Brig...

-...connect in Bern for a train to Montreux

• A day trip by train from Montreux to stunning Gstaad

• The journey by train from Montreux by Lake Geneva to Neuchâtel
• An excursion from Neuchâtel to the mystical valley of La Brévine where temperatures in winter have been known to drop to -40°C
• The journey by train on to Luzern, from where you can choose to enhance the holiday by making your own way up to Mt Rigi and / or Mt Titlis.
• the journey by train from your entry point in Switzerland to Davos
• the journey by train from Luzern to your exit point from Switzerland

This holiday is ideal for those who want to experience Swiss mountain peaks and glorious rail journeys without travelling long-distances.

The inspired itinerary includes:

• The wonderful journey to the summit of Mt Rigi, which includes the boat ride across Lake Lucerne...
• ... and the return ride on the cog railway.

• The beautiful ride by four lakes on the Luzern - Interlaken Express.
• A return trip through the Berner-Oberland to Europe's highest railway station at Jungfraujoch via Grindelwald,

• The journey by Lake Thun from Interlaken to Bern (video was taken from a train travelling in the opposite direction)

• A full day at leisure in Bern, or to take an optional journey to the the likes of Montreux and Zermatt.
• Overnight stays including breakfast in Lucerne, Interlaken and Bern.
• The journey by train from your entry point in Switzerland to Bern.
• The rail journey from Bern to your exit point from Switzerland.

This holiday itinerary combines multiple beautiful locations with the full end-to-end journey on the Glacier Express!
It's also customizable with a range of optional highlights available.
What's included is:

• the wonderful journey by train from Interlaken to Zermatt.
• seat reservations on the Glacier Express for the for the stunning 8 hour + journey from Zermatt to St Moritz

• overnight accommodation with breakfast in Interlaken, Zermatt and St Moritz
• the journey by train from your entry point into Switzerland to Interlaken
• the journey by train from St Moritz to your exit point from Switzerland

Plus there are the options to add:

• overnight stay in Lucerne and the ride on the Luzern - Interlaken Express
• exploring the Berner-Oberland by train from Interlaken
• a return journey on The Bernina Express.

This holiday which is available for travel from January to mid-March is a leisurely tour to two of Switzerland’s best known lakeside resorts of Interlaken and Lucerne.

Included with the holiday are:

• A round trip between Interlaken and Europe's highest station at incredible Jungfraujoch.

• The round trip between Lucerne and the summit of Mt Rigi.

• A night toboggan ride and a daytime horse-drawn carriage ride, both including cheese fondue.
• A journey on the Luzern to Interlaken Express train.
• The return train journey between Lucerne and Engelberg.
• The rotating cable cars on Mount Titlis.
• Three nights of accommodation in both Interlaken and Lucerne.
• A journey by train from Zurich to Interlaken and the journey from Lucerne to Zurich.

For those who want a taste of riding the Glacier Express, but don't want to have to organise their own trip, this short holiday is ideal.
It includes reserved seats on this train very special train for the spectacular journey from Chur to Brig, plus

• Overnight stays including breakfast in Chur and Brig.
• Travel by from your entry point in Switzerland to Chur.
• Travel by train from Brig to your exit point from Switzerland.

Take this holiday between November 29th and December 22nd and you can visit the Christmas markets in both Interlaken and Montreux, as well as riding two of Switzerland's most beautiful rail journeys.

This itinerary includes:

The ride on the Luzern To Interlaken Express, sit on the left for the views of four lakes

Reserved seats on the Golden Pass Express on the incredible journey from Interlaken to Montreux.

Both videos were taken from trains in the travelling in the opposite direction.

Plus overnight stays with breakfast in Lucerne, Interlaken and Montreux and the rail journeys from your entrance and exit points in Switzerland

This holiday enables the freedom to explore stunning central Switzerland with a Berner-Oberland rail pass from the beautiful town of Thun, where the overnight stay includes breakfast.
So this holiday avoids the need to transfer between overnight locations and also gives the freedom to decide on a destination of the day.
It also includes the cost of the journeys by train within Switzerland from and to Thun

There are a range of Berner-Oberland passes available which cover 3, 4, 6, 8, or 10 days of travel on trains which don't require reservations - hence the flexibility over the length of the holiday.
What's fully covered by the pass includes:

1. the cable cars / gondolas from both Grindelwald and Wengen
2. the trains between Wilderswill and Schynige Platte
3. Lauterbrunnen ↔ Mürren; (And a 50% discount on the cable car on to Schilthorn)
4. Plus five of SMTJ's Top 20 Most Beautiful Swiss Rail Journeys:

• Luzern ↔ Interlaken Ost
• the Lotschberger route; Spiez ↔ Brig via Kandersteg
• Spiez ↔ Gstaad (half way to Montreux)
• Thun ↔ Interlaken Ost
• Interlaken Ost ↔ Kleine Scheidegg via Grindelwald and Wengen; and on to Eigergletscher station, which is on the route between Kleine Scheidegg and Europe's highest station at Jungfraujoch.
  Also included is the steam powered Brienz Rothorn Bahn - though it is closed until further notice due to storm damage.

Berner Oberland Pass users can make one return journey between Eigergletscher and Jungfraujoch for a flat rate price of CHF 90; which represents a discount of more than 50% on the standard return ticket price for a journey between Interlaken and Jungfraujoch

Also fully covered with the Berner-Oberland Pass are these railway routes:

• Bern ↔ Thun
• Bern ↔ Luzern via Langnau
• Meiringen ↔ InterKirchen
• Zweisimmen ↔ Lenk

And users of Berner-Oberland Pass can travel at a 50% rate on these railway routes, which are more distant from Interlaken:

• Gstaad ↔ Montreux
• Brig ↔ Andermatt and on to Goschenen
• Luzern ↔ Engelberg