Jungfraujoch
Full-day coach excursion to the ‘Top of Europe’
Meet in the morning at Sihlquai in front of the main train station. This unforgettable excursion into the heart of the Bernese Oberland takes you to fascinating towns and villages.
From Zurich you travel to Interlaken – situated between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz and overlooked by the towering peaks of the Eiger (Ogre), Mönch (Monk) and Jungfrau (Maiden) before negotiating steep mountain roads to the Alpine village of Lauterbrunnen. Your train climbs through a seven-kilometre tunnel deep in the mountains to emerge at Jungfraujoch at an altitude of 3,454 metres, Europe’s highest railway station.
Jungfraujoch, a UNESCO World Heritage site on a saddle between the Mönch and Jungfrau peaks, will reward you with an unsurpassed vista of an incredible world of eternal ice and snow.
From Jungfaujoch the train descends to Grindelwald, situated in a sunny valley towered over by the Eiger’s dramatic North Face and the mighty Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Mönch and Jungfrau. Legend has it the Mönch stands between the Eiger and the Jungfrau to protect the Maiden. Here your coach awaits for your return journey to Zurich, arriving in the evening.