Switzerland Tours & Package Trips

At this time, all of our Switzerland trips combine the country with neighbouring Italy. We find many travellers from outside of Europe like to combine several countries in one trip. However, we will be looking to add standalone Switzerland tours to our portfolio in future, so watch this space!

Our Switzerland tours are quite fast-moving. You will see lots of different places but we often visit two or three destinations in a day, stopping for a couple of hours at a time. There is plenty of free time in which to further sightsee independently, and some included sightseeing and experiences.

If it is your first time visiting Switzerland and you want to experience as much of the country as possible, then these tours are a great option.

Our cultural Swiss sightseeing tours run in the warmer months, from April - November. This is when Switzerland is at its most beautiful, with crisp, clear alpine weather, lakes and waterfalls swelled by snowmelt and firm ground, perfect for hiking. For a skiing holiday, Switzerland is best visited in the winter months, from November to around March.

We offer two different types of tour in Switzerland. Most of our trips are small group tours, with a maximum group size of just 16 - these tours travel in a luxury minibus. Our Milan, Lakes & the Alps by Train trip is a coach tour, with a larger group of up to 25.

In Switzerland we also include train rides on our tours. On some tours you will ride the scenic Bernina Express railway to St Moritz, and on others you will take the train from Tasch to Zermatt for views of the mighty Matterhorn. All relevant train tickets are included in your tour package.

The maximum group size on our Milan, Lakes & the Alps by Train tour is 25, whilst our other Switzerland tours have an even smaller maximum group size of just 16.

Yes - in Switzerland we offer escorted tours. Your English-speaking tour leader will travel with you and will act as the tour guide for your trip. When exploring destinations during free time, you will be given an allocated meeting point to re-join the guide at the vehicle.

According to the 2023 LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index, Switzerland scores an A- rating for LGBTQ+ traveller safety, ranking 13th out of 203 countries.

Same sex marriage was legalized in 2022, and there are worker and constitutional protections in place for people of all sexual orientations. 76 - 100% of consulted citizens consider Switzerland a good place to live for gay and lesbian people. There are no legal punishments for same sex relations and most trips for LGBTQ+ travellers to Switzerland are trouble-free.

The LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index is designed to provide a good overall picture of attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community in each country and may not reflect the experience of foreign travellers to the country.

Thanks to its network of crisp alpine rivers and streams, and its high snowfall, Switzerland has some of the highest quality tap water of any country in the world, and the tap water is perfectly safe to drink throughout the country. We recommend bringing a re-usable water bottle on tour with you. This will save you money and reduce your plastic footprint, helping to protect Switzerland's fragile environment.

As a UK-based company, we follow the latest up to date advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCDO). You can see the latest travel advice for Switzerland here.