Discover your journeys below
Route
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Day 1 – to Flüelen (by boat) |
Day 2 – Flüelen to Göschenen (by train) |
Day 3 – Göschenen to Lugano (by train) |
You’ll begin your journey from Lucerne in style, aboard the historic paddle steamboat. Take in a beautiful view of the Alps, the city of Lucerne and Mount Pilatus.
The landscape changes dramatically as the boat travels south towards Urnersee. You’ll travel through forested rocks to the snow-capped peaks surrounding Gotthard Pass.
The boat journey takes around 3 hours, after which you will arrive in the village of Flüelen. |
Leave the boat and join the panoramic train at the station, ready to make the next 2 and a half hour journey through beautiful mountain scenery on the world-famous Gotthard railway
Your train will guide through the valley of the River Reuss towards the village of Amsteg.
To help the train climb the 1106m to the village of Göschenen, you will travel around famous spiral loops, passing the small white church in the village of Wassen three times. |
We’ll leave Göschenen and travel towards Lugano, through two tunnels, the second of which is the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in the world at 57km long.
The weather on this section of the journey will be the most dramatic. At 1141 meters we have passed the highest peaks of the Alp and our journey. Here the language spoken most often changes from German to Italian
As the climate changes again, drier and milder than the beginning of your journey, As every level of the valley is passed through from 1000m down to 700m the climate will be noticeably different
We reach our lowest point of the journey, Giornico at 400m under sea level, reaching the Swiss wine-growing region. We’ll finish off by gliding into Lugano, south of Ticino. |
Route: North to South
Lucerne–Lake of Lucerne–Flüelen–Gotthard–Bellinzona–Lugano
Arth-Goldau–Flüelen–Gotthard–Bellinzona–Lugano
Tour dates: 18 April to 18 October 2020, Tuesday to Sunday including public holidays.
Boat Timetable
Stop |
Arrival |
Departure |
Lucerne |
n/a |
11:12 |
Flüelen |
13:55 |
n/a |
Train Timetable
Stop |
Arrival |
Departure |
Arth-Goldau |
n.a. |
13:44 |
Flüelen |
n/a |
14:10 |
Göschenen |
14:45 |
14:47 |
Airolo |
15:05 |
15:06 |
Bellinzona |
16:03 |
16:08 |
Lugano |
16:38 |
n/a |
Route: South to North
Lugano–Bellinzona–Gotthard–Flüelen–Lake of Lucerne–Lucerne
Lugano–Bellinzona–Gotthard–Flüelen–Arth-Goldau
Tour dates: 18 April to 18 October 2020, Tuesday to Sunday including public holidays.
Train
Stop |
Arrival |
Departure |
Lugano |
n/a |
09:22 |
Bellinzona |
09:54 |
09:54 |
Airolo |
10:48 |
10:49 |
Göschenen |
11:07 |
11:10 |
Flüelen |
11:47 |
n/a |
Arth-Goldau |
12:12 |
n. a. |
Boat
Stop |
Arrival |
Departure |
Flüelen |
n/a |
12:00 |
Lucerne |
14:47 |
n/a |
Gotthard Panorama Express and the Glacier Express
Want to experience even more Swiss culture? Combine the Gotthard Panorama Express with the Glacier Express on the following routes:
- Zermatt to Lucerne: Zermatt – Andermatt (Glacier Express), Andermatt – Göschenen (cogwheel train), Göschenen – Lucerne (Gotthard Panorama Express);
- Zermatt to Lugano: Zermatt – Andermatt (Glacier Express), Andermatt – Göschenen (cogwheel train), Göschenen – Lugano (Gotthard Panorama Express);
- St. Moritz to Lugano: St. Moritz – Andermatt (Glacier Express), Andermatt – Göschenen (cogwheel train), Göschenen – Lugano (Gotthard Panorama Express);
- Lugano to Zermatt: Lugano – Göschenen (Gotthard Panorama Express), Göschenen – Andermatt (cogwheel train), Andermatt – Zermatt (Glacier Express);
- Lucerne to Zermatt: Lucerne – Göschenen (Gotthard Panorama Express), Göschenen – Andermatt (cogwheel train), Andermatt – Zermatt (Glacier Express).