Vacations by Jillian
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Switzerland

Glacier peaks, lake-cruise afternoons, and a car-free village under the Matterhorn — Switzerland, designed at altitude.

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Why I Love Sending You Here

The one I want you to feel from the train window.

If I'm going to put you on Swiss soil and have you really feel it, I want to move you through it the way the country is meant to be seen — by rail and by lake, with the peaks doing the talking. We start you in Lucerne above the lake, send you up Mount Pilatus by panorama gondola and the Dragon Ride, and bring you back down on the world's steepest cogwheel railway to a first-class boat cruise home. Then it's on to Interlaken between its two lakes, up to Grindelwald First for the cliff walk and the flying fox, and finally to Zermatt — the car-free village under the Matterhorn.

What makes it ours is that none of it feels like logistics to you. We design the days around how you love to travel, then handle every transfer, train connection, gondola timing, and table reservation so all you have to do is show up and look up. Whether you want the toboggan and the mountain carts or a slow afternoon on the water, the country bends to your pace, not the other way around.

A Few of the Moments

What We'd Weave In

Mount Pilatus, Three Ways

Glide up from Kriens on the panorama gondolas and the Dragon Ride cable car, take in the Alps from the summit, then ride the world's steepest cogwheel railway down to a first-class boat cruise back across Lake Lucerne.

Grindelwald First, Your Way

Up the gondola to First for the Cliff Walk and the flying-fox rides, then choose your adventure — mountain carts and scooters down, or the gentle hike out to the Bachalpsee and back. The thrill-seekers and the wanderers both get their day.

Zermatt Under the Matterhorn

We bring you into the car-free village by shuttle train, then up to Matterhorn Glacier Paradise — Europe's highest mountain station, with the Glacier Palace and a 360° platform looking out over a wall of four-thousand-meter peaks.

A Chocolate Workshop in Zermatt

At a village bakery beneath the Matterhorn, you'll handcraft your own chocolate from scratch — a hands-on, distinctly Swiss afternoon, and a delicious souvenir you made yourself.

Lucerne on the Lake

The covered Chapel Bridge and its water tower, the Lion Monument, and a lakefront old town worth a slow morning — then a first-class steamer cruise out across Lake Lucerne with the peaks all around you.

Interlaken & the Bernese Oberland

The resort town set between two glacier-fed lakes, with the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau lined up on the skyline — your base for the high mountain days and a beautiful stop in its own right.

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