You can visit Switzerland at any time of the year but as with most group departures you’ll find the shoulder seasons of April / May and September / October better in terms of lower pricing and avoiding the crowds – although ‘crowd’ is a relative term here, with such a small population living in the main Alpine districts.
Our favoured regions of Switzerland are primarily to be found in the South West of the country: the ‘Bernese Oberland’, ideal for exploring the high mountains of the Aare Valley, visiting the lakeside towns of Thun and Interlaken and taking the railway from Kleine Scheidegg to the Jungfraujoch, Europe’s highest station. The small towns of Meiringen, Wengen and Wildersill make excellent bases for a group itinerary. Likewise, the adjacent Goms Valley provides access to the Valais region, site of Europe’s longest glacier, the Aletsch Glacier, now a World Heritage site. You can travel the valley by train, small coach or bicycle along one of the wonderful cycle paths that connect the traditional French and German speaking villages along the valley floor.
The Swiss Jura offers a gentler landscape of rolling meadows, rambling stone fences and superb lookout summits to view Lakes Geneva and Neuchatel.
These regions of Switzerland can be accessed through the main airport gateways of Geneva or Zurich, with excellent onward connections by train or coach to your destination hotel.
We can offer excellent walking, cycling or ski-ing packages tailored to your group requirements and / or sightseeing programmes to some of the highlights of each region.