As a tried and true means of transportation, trains offer passengers a unique travel experience. You’re treated to hidden, ground-level vistas and vantages of sometimes undisturbed terrain that are otherwise inaccessible to cars or planes. Compared to cars, trains cover much longer distances in less time; yet unlike airplanes, trains give passengers more time to
From Lucerne to Lugano: Wrapping up our Grand Train Tour of Switzerland
We’re back on the train of the Grand Tour of Switzerland! After its first stops in Basel, Schaffhausen and St. Gallen, our train went full steam ahead towards Lucerne, Grindelwald, Montreux, Sion, Locarno and Lugano, in the canton of Ticino. Mountain landlubbers After we arrived in Lucerne in the evening, we went to greet the
Our Grand Train Tour of Switzerland Part 1
This summer, my partner and I visited a number of train stations and zoomed through mountain ranges, hills and vales, watching tiny cows in grassy fields whiz by the windows of our train car. Our goal, you ask? To try out the Grand Train Tour of Switzerland, a new Swiss Travel System tourism product designed
Top Tips for Eurail Travel
If you’re planning on backpacking in Europe or visiting multiple countries on your next trip across the pond, you’ll surely inquire about the Eurail pass.