A trip through the Swiss Alps on board a railway train is an experience that brings you back to the days of yore when train travel was the most popular way to get from one place to another and a cheap travel. With the soothing sound of the clacking of the rails beneath you, a train ride through such a lush and lovely region is one you might not want to miss. Now we travel by air and miss much of the countryside below us and when traveling in a car, the interstates are pretty boring, looking the same mile after mile.
Why not hop on board the Glacier Express and see the Alps in a way that would be impossible by another mode of travel? You will pass through some of the most spectacular landscapes that can be found in Europe. The train only goes about twenty miles per hour, but the leisurely speed allows travelers to drink in magnificent vistas.
When you ride on the Glacier Express you will travel through more than 90 tunnels and cross over 290 bridges. You can enjoy panoramic vistas of mountains capped with snow, serene alpine meadows, surging rivers and here and there you will get a glimpse of a magical castle.
The Glacier Express boasts taking care of their passengers like no other railway line. You will be pampered as you watch the quaint villages pass by the windows made to see every bit of the gorgeous landscape in which you are traveling.
Sometimes the old fashioned way is the best way. Countless passengers took the Glacier Express before the onslaught of automobiles and jet liners. It is rare these days to take a train ride and stop and smell the roses so to speak.
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