Tour delle Alpi Svizzere col treno Bernina Express con partenza da Milano

Assolutamente fantastico, la guida era brava e si è davvero impegnata a rispondere alle domande. Soldi davvero ben spesi!

il pezzo forte del nostro viaggio in Italia. Pittoresco oltre le parole.

Loved every minute of the trip! It’s a long day but really worth it. Could have used some more time in St Moritz.

very large group of 50 plus on double decker bus. we sat on top front seats and it was like a private tour with good visibility and comfortable seats. It took awhile to get on and off the bus but everyone was patient. The tour was in English and Spanish. A man did most of the English and he was fairly easy to understand but the lady English was a little more difficult to understand. First stop was a coffee break. Second stop was for visit and pictures at the church at the same Italian town where we would have lunch and board the train to Switzerland. Lunch was 16 for 17 Euro extra per person and if you split a dish, a 4 Euro charge as a cover charge for the second person because they did not order a meal. So, I ordered a banana split for 5 Euros and that counted as a second order and no cover charge. We had wheat pasta with cheese sauce and a special beef ham special thinly sliced. Both dishes were noted in the area of Italy just before crossing the border into Switzerland. Lunch also included a small bottle of red wine from the area and water. We had lunch with a couple from Awkland NZ, Frank and Stephanie. We stopped at this town just before catching the Bernina Express to St Moritz. At St Moritz, we had time to go to an exclusive hotel to have hot chocolate on the terrace overlooking the lake. Even with the large group, the tour was four star. I fault the tour company for not having the tour office open at 6 thirty am for passenger check in. The check in was handled at the bus. I really fault the tour company for not providing a way for passengers to use the office bathroom or the bathroom on the bus since it is two hours on the bus before stopping for a morning rest break and coffee. I think the tour company should indicate on its website the approximate cost of lunch so people could plan whether to have the fixed lunch for 16 or 17 Euros, or get something on their own.

Very good tour guides, bus and train in excellent condition. For the technical stops, given the group size, I recommend to give a bit more time. The only bad side is that once in the train, depending on which side you seat, you may be lucky to get to see the best and take pictures.

The tour started with a bus trip out of Milan that wound around the highways through northern Italy and into Switzerland, climbing up amazing switchbacks into the Alps. From there we had a visit at St. Moritz and then boarded the Bernina Express down to Torino. The train ride was amazing - wonderful views on both sides of the train of mountains, lakes, streams, meadows and alpine villages with gardens and cattle.

We are a young family with two young kids. Its a long tour. Starting at 7am to 730pm was quite long for us. The coach made adequate stops for breakfast, comfort breaks etc. Coach was very comfortable but air con was not great. We were sweating on our way back. The coach first took us to St Moritz with some good views of Lake Como enroute. We got 2 hours and 10 mins at St Moritz. The weather was 19 to 20 and sunny so was perfect for a stroll to town center and enjoy the lake. This was probably the best part of the tour for us. Bernina express was good but it was second class tickets. The views were good but not as impressive as on some of the photos. Plus all the glaciers were quite far away and sitting on the opposite side were could not enjoy the scenery as best as we could. No time at Tirano. We just got off from Bernina express and off to coach with a quick comfort break.

We missed the train and the tour because we got our days mixed up. You reminded us via text, but we still mixed up our dates and missed this tour. We were really looking forward to this tour.

This review is about the tour, not the actual attractions. The Swiss Alps, St Moritz and the Bernina Train itself were lovely and worthwhile. Whether you should do them with this tour operator is a different matter. The tour guide was a nice person but overall we had a few issues: (1) Tour operator keeping time. We departed late and were constantly behind schedule because there was a group of people which would completely ignore the timelines given and stroll in at their leisure without apology or care. The tour guides made no attempts to firmly remind them to be timely or say anything when they delayed us by 20 minutes for the third time. Odd given the tour guide mentioned a few times that she would have to move on with the tour if people weren’t on time. (2) Some language issues. I understand English and Spanish were not the guide’s native tongue but if you’re offering a tour in those languages, then they should be in those languages. There was constant “and something else” and Italian (instead of Spanish) when she did not know the right words to explain a particular site. So we didn’t know quite what we might’ve missed. She will probably get better with time and practice. (3) The drive back to Milan on the bus is tedious and boring. You’re better off just taking the train as it is about 4 hours of non-scenic drive. (4) There was some but not much explanation of the sites and sights. Eg you’re left to explore on your own which might be nice for some but we wanted to know more about the places we were exploring. The driver was very skilled at navigating the hairpin bends, the ‘special’ lunch we opted in for was delicious (though small) and they gave us a bottle of water each which was welcome given how hot it was. Again, the tour guide was a lovely person, just not as good as others we have encountered. It wasn’t bad but it was far from great.

Rosa and her colleague were super! Rosa was one of the best female drivers I have seen for some time. She had to navigate on roads that look like the ones you would only see in a film. The journey to and from the Swiss Alps was absolutely breathtaking. The only thing I didn't do was take the lunch that was recommended. You could find lunch that was cheaper than 16 Euros and there were only two options. I understand that it was to consider timing. Anyway, it was a great day. It was value for money.