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    Gornergrat Rail

    4.3 (7 reviews)

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    Betty C.

    The main reason I am giving this a three star rating is because of the exorbitant price. The ride up to the top is less than an hour, probably 40 to 45 minutes max and yet it's CHF 114 per person round trip. If they had had a live cam on their website or near the ticket office showing us that it was completely socked in the top we would not have gone. Basically when we got off of the train, which is an interesting ride in it of itself due to the steep elevation, but it was pea soup and you were lucky if you could see 100 yards in front of you max. The Matterhorn was totally not visible. There's not much to do at the top besides walk around the observation center, walk up to the hotel and go to the souvenir shop. There is a self-service café but not much else there if you are not staying at the hotel. Without views towards the surrounding mountains it's a rather isolated and less than stunning place. We decided to walk down to the second to the last station from the top in order to get a little exercise and hoping that maybe the mountain would come out on our way down. The footing was very rough and it was quite steep at the top with lots of loose gravel. We don't recommend this for people who are not fit enough to handle that type of terrain. There was a litter like field to the entire place as virtually no vegetation can grow at that elevation. We took the train back down to stations to the second to the last station, the first station on the way up, and walked our way down to town from there. That trail was also steep but completely different as it was within a forest and had a soft bed of Pineneedles and tree roots on the trail instead of loose gravel and sharp rocks as it had on the top.

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    Glacier Express

    4.7(6 reviews)
    0.3 km

    We took the glacier express from Zermatt to St Moritz and it was a great experience. We got lunch…read morearound 11:30-12 when they started lunch service and were able to relax the rest of the time. Warning that it gets very hot in the train on sunny days so bring sunglasses and layers. Also online it says that you are not allowed to take skis onboard but we were able to take both of our ski bags with no issue, there was even a rack to put them in. Just make sure to be one of the first onboard to ensure space. To note on the above too we actually tried to ship our skis to St Moritz via SBB but the reps for SBB refused to mail them once they found out we were only doing that because the glacier express website said not to bring them and they told us they've never seen skis get denied boarding from Zermatt.

    The scenery that this train passes through is very spectacular and there are certain portions where…read morethe train is climbing up or down some pretty steep grades and it can feel like a roller coaster ride, especially with the sharp turns. The entire route goes from Zermatt to St Moritz though I only rode the Brig to Chur portion which includes the highest point of the entire line. However, the train requires a reservation which means you can't decide to get on on a spur of the moment and it's pretty reasonable that they require a reservation: it was packed when I got on and it was only a Wednesday in May which is the off season for travel in Switzerland. The reservation was pretty pricy as well and that doesn't include the overpriced (but still decent) food they serve on board. Keep in mind that most if not all of the length of the line is covered by other trains which you can ride for no extra charge with a Swiss Travel Pass though you may need to change trains many times. The crowded and somewhat loud setting of the train does take away from the experience a little; if you don't mind appearing antisocial, definitely consider bringing noise canceling headphones. Honestly, I would only recommend booking this if you happen to be going in this direction anyways (or in the other way from east to west along Southern Switzerland); I don't think it's worth the time and money to go out of your way to take this train if, say, you're going back to the same hotel to spend the night after finishing your journey on the Glacier Express.

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