A wonderful Swiss tour with cheese and chocolate, a traditional Golden Pass Train, paddle steamer lake cruise, a cable car to Glacier 3000 and a visit to Charlie Chaplin’s Swiss home.
View Dates & BookIndulge in an authentic wonderful NEW Swiss tour including cheese and chocolate. We also experience a traditional Golden Pass Train, paddle steamer lake cruise and a cable car to Glacier 3000 as well as a visit to the former Swiss home of Charlie Chaplin.
Look what's Included:
8 Days Coach Tour
5 nights with dinner, bed & breakfast
2 overnightd with bed & breakfast
Free Pick-Up from Home
Gold Coach Travel with Hostess service
Free time to enjoy Leysin.
Guided tour of Chaplins World Museum
Paddle Steamer cruise from Vevey to Montreaux.
Visit to Gruyere where we discover how Gruyere cheese is made
Cailler-Nestlé Chocolate Factory with tastings
Cable car to the Glacier 3000
Journey on the Golden Pass Train
Sunday
An early start for Dover and the ferry to Calais then on to Laon for our overnight with bed and breakfast.
Monday
We continue our journey into Switzerland to arrive at our hotel for the next 5 nights with dinner, bed and breakfast
During your stay
• Free time to relax and enjoy Leysin.
• Guided tour of Chaplin’s World, museum honouring Charlie Chaplin in the filmmaker’s former home.
• Paddle Steamer cruise from Vevey to the elegant town of Montreaux.
• Visit to Gruyere where we discover how Gruyere cheese is made with a demonstration at La Maison du Gruyere.
• Broc – home of the Cailler-Nestlé Chocolate Factory to find out all the chocolate made here, with tastings of course!
• We head to Col du Pillon and a cable car journey to Scex Rouge, known as Glacier 3000 for a stunning panorama of no fewer than 24 snow-capped 4000m giants including the Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau, Matterhorn and even Mont Blanc in the distance!
• Visit to Gstaad for free time then we board the Golden Pass Train for the journey back to Lake Geneva.
Saturday
After breakfast we head back to Laon for our overnight with bed and breakfast
Sunday.
We head to Calais for our return crossing to Dover and onward to the West Country.
Your Hotel
The Hotel Central-Residence is a traditional Swiss hotel with traditional wooden features and furnishings. Facilities include an indoor swimming pool, sauna and steam room and all bedrooms are en suite with TV and hairdryer.
The hotel has a lift.
Please note hotel bed tax maybe payable locally in resort at a cost of between 1-5 euros per person per night.
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Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Name | Address |
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Bath | Bath Odd Down Park and Ride Coach Park |
Bridgwater | Bridgwater Mount Street Bus Stop Rear of Angel Place Shopping centre |
Chippenham | Chippenham The Bridge Outside Rivo Lounge or Megabet. |
Cirencester | Cirencester Little Chef/Burger King Hare Bushes Services, A429 Burford Road, GL7 5DS |
Clevedon | Clevedon Miles Morgan Travel Agency, Triangle Bus Stop |
Exeter Services | Exeter Services - M5 - Pickups from here may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach |
Frome | Frome Market Place |
Gloucester | Gloucester outside the British Heart Foundation Shop, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SL |
Gloucester Sainsburys | Gloucester Sainsburys Layby, Barnett Way, Barnwood GL4 3RT South East bound Bus Stop |
Gordano | Gordano M5 Services CAR PARK |
Highbridge | Highbridge, Church Street Bus Stop Near to Church |
Ivybridge | Ivybridge Leisure Centre Car Park - Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach |
Junction 27 M5 | J27 M5 - Burger King/ Travelodge Pick ups maybe fed to Gordano Services |
Leigh Delamere Services | Leigh Delamere - Outbound - Eastbound Side Return - Westbound Side - Coach Park |
Liskeard | Liskeard Lloyds Bank The Parade, Liskeard, PL14 6AW |
M5 Junction 13 | M5 Junction 13, Starbucks Formerly Little Chef |
Melksham | Melksham Town Hall. |
Midsomer Norton | Midsomer Norton Town Hall |
Newton Abbot | Newton Abbot Railway Station Lay By Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 |
Plymouth | Plymouth Railway Station SE Bound Bus Stop Pennycomequick Hill/ Saltash Road |
Shepton Mallet | Shepton Mallet Station Road Car Park Bus Stop near Monument |
Somerton | Somerton The Cross - Pickups from here may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach |
St Austell | St Austell-Railway Station PL25 4LA |
Street | Street Bayliss Centre |
Taunton Herons | Taunton - Hankeridge Farm Bus Stop, Herons Gate by Halfords Superstore. |
Thornbury | Thornbury Aldi Lay-by |
Torquay | Torquay Coach Station |
Trowbridge | Trowbridge Town Hall |
Truro | Truro Fairmantle Street Coach Park TR1 2EE |
Wells | Wells Princes Road Car Park |
Westbury | Westbury Haynes Road bus stop |
Weston-super-Mare | Weston-super-Mare Locking Road Car Park |
Yeovil | Yeovil Bus Station - Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach |
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08 Jun 2025 | £1,330.00 | | | | |
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16 Aug 2025 | £1,340.00 | | | | |
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