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Beaune – Belfort, France & Basel – Lucerne, Switzerland

A mid-morning departure affords a little time for a stroll through the historic old town center of Beaune.    Then travel through northeastern France to the formerly fortified city of Belfort, and continue to the Rhine Port city of Basel, strategically located at the point where France, Germany and Switzerland conjoin. Basel is the starting point of [...]

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Lake Lucerne

Lake Lucerne Area

Enjoy a leisure breakfast, where after we visit some of Lucerne’s principal sights such as the Old City Wall, the Covered Bridge and the famous Lion Monument in the Glacier Garden. This inspiring stone carving, hewn out of natural rock, commemorates the heroic Swiss soldiers who lost their lives defending the French King Louis the [...]

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Lake Lugano

Lugano, Switzerland & Milan – Bologna – Montecatini, Italy

Church bells break the silence of the night and welcome another glorious day. Travel  through William Tell Country, the Swiss Lakes region and the spectacular Gotthard Tunnel to Lugano, oft-referred to as the “Rio de Janeiro of the Old Continent”. After a stop in Lugano, cross the border into Italy and travel past Milan, across the [...]

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