[Bluegrass26]

Reply 21 of 26 • 6 July 2026 at 18:10:52 #2797777

I am planning a trip from Canada to Switzerland and northern Italy for the last week of September and first week of October.  I will arrive at Zurich airport then travel to Italy for the first week and then return to Switzerland for the second week and fly home from Zurich. I will have a Eurail pass.  What is good return scenic route so i don’t take the same route twice?
Thanks.

Robert in Canada

[mashedpotato]

Reply 22 of 26 • 22 July 2026 at 22:04:53 #2798023

Thanks to everyone, we had a wonderful trip on the Bernina line!

We drove from Varenna to Tirano and parked there, and then took the 9:41 am train from Tirano heading to Chur. This is one of the trains with the open cars in the back. As we were enjoying the jaw dropping views and [thankfully] cooler temperatures, we asked ourselves whether we wanted to make it a ride-trains-all-day trip or slow it down and enjoy the towns, etc. Our original plan would have us arriving in Chur around 2 pm and then taking the last train back to Tirano after less than an hour.

We wanted to enjoy the places a bit more. So we decided to get off at St. Moritz. We leisurely walked around the town, had a nice long lunch, went shopping, and enjoyed the views. Spent more time by the lake on the way back to the station. Then caught a train towards Tirano and decided to get off at Alp Grum. Spent about an hour there taking in the views and getting some fondue (had to do fondue with a view…in Switzerland after all!).

Finally caught the last train heading to Tirano…which incidentally would have been the train we would have been on if had gone all the way to Chur. This train also had the open cars which we enjoyed until it started raining.

The big thing we missed is the vasserduct past Potresina…but honestly, I think it was the right decision for our family. The girls said it was the best day they had in our 5 week Italy trip. Thanks again to all who helped answer all our questions and provide some great tips!

[Roger Sexton]

Reply 23 of 26 • 22 July 2026 at 22:29:26 #2798024

Thank you very much for this very detailed report.   You certainly did the right thing to break the journey at St Moritz and then at Alp Grum.

I am glad that the whole family enjoyed the trip.  In particular, I am not surprised that your girls said that it was the best day of a five-week vacation!
Kind regards
Roger

[Lastlook]

Reply 24 of 26 • 23 July 2026 at 15:16:46 #2798025

So happy to hear that you were able to experience the “open air” car with your kids (despite some rain) – even as a “senior”, I thought it was great fun!  Thank you for following up to let us know how it went.

[Annika]

Reply 25 of 26 • 24 July 2026 at 15:43:58 #2798045

Hi Robert, thanks for joining MySwissAlps!

I’m afraid your question remained unnoticed for a while, as it’s near the end of an ongoing thread. Could you please post your question in a separate thread? You can do so by clicking “Post a new thread” at https://www.myswissalps.com/community/forum/questions/

We’ll be very happy to help you out there! Thank you in advance :-).

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[Subrata]

Reply 26 of 26 • 24 July 2026 at 16:15:00 #2798047

Hi mashedpotato,

It was great to note how thoroughly you and your family members enjoyed your train rides and visits to St. Moritz & Alp Grum. I recall how much my wife & I had enjoyed our fondue (our first such experience) in the restaurant at the Alp Grum station in March last year. However, we are yet to take a ride on the open coaches on the trains playing along the Bernina route. Hope you are able to return many more times to this country and savour it’s beauty.  Please make it a point not to miss the Landvasser Viaduct the next time you are here!

Regards
Subrata