Here’s how to plan a trip aboard Switzerland’s famous Glacier Express. Roberto Moiola / Sysaworld / Getty Images Train in Engadine, Switzerland. Switzerland is a country where natural beauty and ...

Travel in retirement should be big on wonder and easy on effort. From the glass-roofed trains of the Swiss Alps to the heated ...

Wealthy travelers are increasingly seeking luxury train trips. The Glacier Express' luxurious Excellence Class seats are often the first on the train to sell out. A ticket for the eight-hour journey ...

There are at least two compelling ways to explore Switzerland’s majestic landscape, the frozen mountaintops and charming valley villages: on skis, or from a train seat, sitting still and sipping ...

Once a year, the Switzerland’s federal rail operator SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) reconfigures the country’s Switzerland’s train schedule. And every year, it becomes front page news across the ...

If you asked me to distill the essence of Switzerland into seven and a half hours, I would tell you to book a ticket on the Glacier Express. Starting in the ski town of Zermatt at the foot of the ...

Zigzag across Switzerland’s most dramatic landscapes on a Great Rail Journeys’ escorted rail tour Peruse any list of the world’s greatest rail journeys, and you’re bound to find the Glacier Express.