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8 DAYS VERZASCA DAM – FURKA PASS –<br />

BERN – SCHILTHORN PIZ GLORIA<br />

Daily departures<br />

from £1360 per person incl. flights<br />

BASEL<br />

ZURICH<br />

In the Footsteps<br />

of James Bond<br />

2<br />

LUCERNE<br />

RIGI<br />

BERN<br />

ENGELBERG<br />

TITLIS<br />

INTERLAKEN<br />

5<br />

WENGEN MÜRREN<br />

1<br />

7<br />

6<br />

ANDERMATT<br />

This 8-day tour of Switzerland allows you to experience<br />

some of the iconic settings for several scenes from the<br />

James Bond movies, culminating in Blofeld’s Lair at Piz Gloria,<br />

atop the Schilthorn.<br />

GSTAAD<br />

BRIG<br />

LOCARNO<br />

ASCONA<br />

3<br />

4<br />

switzerlandtravelcentre.com/jamesbond<br />

ZERMATT<br />

LUGANO<br />

A sample itinerary<br />

DAY 1<br />

ARRIVAL SWITZERLAND<br />

Mürren. Dinner this evening is<br />

included at the hotel.<br />

Take the train via central Switzerland<br />

to Locarno, where you are based for<br />

2 nights.<br />

DAY 2<br />

VERZASCA DAM – “GOLDENEYE”<br />

Today take the Postbus to “Diga<br />

Verzasca”, a 20-minute ride from<br />

the station in Locarno. Here you<br />

will find the Verzasca Dam, where<br />

you can stand and look down to the<br />

valley floor, just as Bond did in the<br />

eighteenth 007 film, “GoldenEye”.<br />

Time at leisure.<br />

DAY 3<br />

THE FURKA PASS – “GOLDFINGER”<br />

Today`s journey takes you from<br />

Bellinzona to Bern, via Andermatt<br />

and Brig. This trip passes close to<br />

the Furka Pass, where Bond famously<br />

drove at high speed in the third 007<br />

movie, “Goldfinger”.<br />

DAY 4<br />

BERN – “ON HER MAJESTY’S<br />

SECRET SERVICE”<br />

The Swiss capital, Bern, a UNESCO<br />

World Heritage site featured in the<br />

early part of the sixth 007 movie,<br />

“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.<br />

A tour of the old town is included with<br />

a private guide.<br />

DAY 6<br />

LAUTERBRUNNEN &<br />

GRINDELWALD – “ON HER<br />

MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE”<br />

Enjoy the views from your hotel<br />

before heading to the station in<br />

Lauterbrunnen, where many scenes<br />

from the film were shot. Take the train<br />

via Zweilütschinen to Grindelwald,<br />

where the ice-skating scenes were<br />

shot in the centre of the village.<br />

Time at leisure.<br />

DAY 007<br />

MÜRREN & SCHILTHORN PIZ<br />

GLORIA – “ON HER MAJESTY’S<br />

SECRET SERVICE”<br />

Early-morning ride on the cable car to<br />

Piz Gloria, Blofeld’s lair in the movie.<br />

Your James Bond breakfast comes<br />

with a glass of Bollinger champagne,<br />

Bond’s favourite. A tour of Bond World<br />

provides interactive experience for all<br />

Bond fans. Time to experience<br />

the Thrill Walk, Allmendhubel,<br />

and/or Mürren.<br />

DAY 8<br />

MISSION COMPLETED<br />

Your mission is complete.<br />

Departure home.<br />

Highlights<br />

•<br />

Stay in Locarno<br />

4<br />

•<br />

Excursion to Verzasca Dam<br />

3<br />

•<br />

•<br />

•<br />

Train ride along the Furka Pass<br />

6<br />

Stay in Bern with private city tour<br />

2<br />

Cruise on lake Thun to Interlaken<br />

5<br />

•<br />

Stay in Mürren <br />

Excursion Lauterbrunnen<br />

•<br />

• Excursion Grindelwald 7 <br />

•<br />

Excursion to Schilthorn Piz Gloria<br />

1<br />

DAY 5<br />

LAKE CRUISE TO THE<br />

BERNESE OBERLAND<br />

Take the train from Bern to Thun, on<br />

the shores of the lake. From here, take<br />

a cruise to Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen<br />

and onwards via Stechelberg to<br />

1<br />

Piz Gloria Sunset<br />

72 SWITZERLANDTRAVELCENTRE.COM

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