Swiss Pass
Monday, August 6th, 2007
One thing I have enjoyed before is riding the train. When I was in Germany, I often took the train, and it was quick and efficient. I wish the the US had a train system half as good as the ones in Europe. You can totally go anywhere there by train, and it’s cheap. I’ve priced a couple of trips on AmTrak here, and it is crazy high!
I was looking at the Bernina Express today. Nothing to do with sewing machines, this is a train has been travelling between Switzerland and Italy since 1973. You can read about it here: http://www.travel-swiss.co.uk/swiss-trains/bernina-express.html. The train actually goes through the Alps, climbing without cogwheels, and you see both the highest peak of the eastern Alps, the Piz Bernina, and also the Monteratsch glacier. You ride this train by using the Swiss Pass which offers a wide variety of travel options.
The Swiss Pass offers a simple and favourable possibility of acquiring a ticket for (almost) the whole of Switzerland. With Swiss Pass you can choose to unrestrictedly travel on 4, 8, 15, 22 days or one month by all means of transportation of Swiss Travel Systems without having to buy another ticket.
Apart from long-distance traffic, Swiss Pass owners can also use local traffic buses in 38 towns. In addition, Swiss Pass owners receive a 50 % discount for travelling by most of the mountain railways and for visiting approx. 400 Swiss museums for free.
The journey takes just four breathtaking hours, but I imagine it’s a journey you’d remember for a lifetime.
