Christmas & New Year Tours & Trips in Swiss Alps

Ring in the holidays with private transfers from Zurich Airport to luxury stays at Badrutt's Palace Hotel in Lucerne and St. Moritz, plus the Kulm Hotel Zermatt. You'll celebrate New Year's with gourmet Swiss cuisine at Le Restaurant overlooking Lake Lucerne, then unwind in spa sessions.

Ride the Jungfrau Railway through the Eiger and Mönch mountains to the Top of Europe at 3,454 meters. Check out the 1,000-square-meter Ice Palace at Jungfraujoch, entirely hand-carved with ice axes, then take in panoramic views of the Aletsch Glacier. Ring in the New Year with a self-guided walking tour of Zurich's Town Hall and Cathedral, all accessible with your included 3-day Swiss Pass.

Ring in the New Year at the foot of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau peaks with cable car access to Grindelwald First at 2,168 meters. Your 3-day Swiss Pass gets you to the car-free alpine villages of Mürren and Wengen in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, and you'll see Trümmelbach Falls' ten glacier-fed waterfalls inside the mountain plus Rhine Falls.

Ride the GoldenPass Express through the Swiss Alps, passing the UNESCO-listed Lavaux vineyards along Lake Geneva before heading up through Zweisimmen to Spiez and following turquoise Lake Thun into Interlaken. This 4-day self-guided rail trip includes the Swiss Travel Pass Flex for unlimited travel, with reserved seats on panoramic trains linking Montreux's medieval Chillon Castle to Lucerne's famous 14th-century Chapel Bridge. See the Bernese Oberland's impressive peaks of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau while staying in middle-class hotels in Montreux, Interlaken, and Lucerne, with daily breakfast included throughout your Alpine trip.

Ride Europe's first mountain railway up to Rigi-Kulm at 1,797 meters, then take a ferry across Lake Zurich to reach Felsenegg viewpoint. You'll stay at Montana Hotel Zurich, right near Zurich Sihlquai Bus Station, and wander through medieval streets in Lucerne's Old Town with its charming Alpine atmosphere.

This 8-day self-guided rail trip takes you through the Swiss Alps during the festive season, and you'll ride the famous Glacier Express from Zermatt to St. Moritz. At Jungfraujoch, you'll head up to 11,332 feet to check out the Sphinx Observatory and walk through the Ice Palace with views of the Aletsch Glacier.

Celebrate the holidays in the Swiss Alps with a gondola and cable car ride up Mount Titlis to 10,000 feet, then take the Ice Flyer chairlift over the glacier. Wander through the car-free villages of Mürren and Wengen in the Lauterbrunnen Valley for great views of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau peaks.

This 4-day trip includes a Swiss Pass for scenic train rides through the Bernese Oberland, plus visits to Rhine Falls and panoramic views from Harder Kulm. Take the funicular up to Jungfraujoch at 3,454 meters to see the hand-carved ice palace at The Sphinx weather station, then cruise across Lake Brienz and Lake Thun.