Summer 2026 · Our Alpine Route
Italy & Switzerland
Lagoons, peaks and lakes, one line all the way through.
📅 Jun 26 to Jul 10 · 15 days · 7 stops
Venice
2 nights
Float in over the lagoon.
Dolomites
4 nights
Rental car, a mountain hut, Austria.
Lake Como
2 nights
Ferry-hop the villages.
Zermatt
2 nights
Under the Matterhorn.
Interlaken
2 nights
Waterfalls, cliff villages.
Lucerne
1 night
Basel
1 night
Three countries, then home.
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FRI · JUN 26
Fly in from Gatwick
- ✈️easyJet EZY8297, departs 6:05pm
- 🚤Hotel water taxi from the airport
🛏️Hyatt Centric Murano Venice · check in after 3pm
📱Venice QR exemption code is on both phones (Amy's: iCloud Drive → press & hold → Quick View)
📧All key bookings flagged purple in Amy's email
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SAT · JUN 27
On the water all day
- ⛴️Hop-on hop-off boat tour, €25 day pass, leaves from Murano
🛏️Hyatt Centric Murano Venice
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SUN · JUN 28
Last look, then Bolzano
- 🏝️Explore Murano / Burano or anywhere missed
- 🧳Hotel checkout 12pm
- 🚆Train Venice → Bolzano
- 🎒Can leave bags at hotel while hiking (worth confirming)
🛏️Stay COOPER Goethe Guesthouse · check in 2:30pm
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MON · JUN 29
Car day, hike up to the hut
- 🧳Hotel checkout 10am
- 🚗Pick up rental: Sicily by Car, Bolzano, 9am
- 🅿️Park at Sesto gondolas
- 🥾Hike to Rifugio Comici on the Croda Fiscalina circuit
🛏️Rifugio Comici (Zsigmondyhütte) · check in TBC, may need to reach out
💶Bring €83 per person in CASH for the hut — sort this before heading up
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TUE · JUN 30
Hike out, cross into Austria
- 🥾Hike out from Rifugio Comici
- 🇦🇹Cross into Austria
🛏️Gasthof Sprenger · in Austria! · check in 2pm
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WED · JUL 1
Drive to Ortisei, hike Seceda
- 🧳Hotel checkout 10am
- 🚗Drive to Ortisei (~2hr)
- 🚠Seceda gondola booked 11am (tickets in Amy's phone files)
- 🚗Drive back to Bolzano (~45min)
🛏️Stay COOPER Goethe Guesthouse · check in 2:30pm
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THU · JUL 2
Drop the car, head to the lakes
- 🧳Hotel checkout 10am
- 🚗Return car: Sicily by Car, Bolzano
- 🚆Train to Varenna (~5hr)
- 🚶Explore Varenna
🛏️Airbnb · Contrada degli Archi 4, Perledo · under Amy's name · check in after 3pm
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FRI · JUL 3
Bellagio & Menaggio
- ⛴️Ferry day pass ~€15
- 📍Bellagio: walk Salita Serbelloni
- 📍Menaggio
🛏️Airbnb · Varenna
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SAT · JUL 4
Out via Bellano, arrive Zermatt
- 🧳Airbnb checkout by 11am
- 📍Bellano
- 🚆Train to Zermatt (~6hr)
- 🚶Explore the town
🛏️Hotel Bahnhof · check in 2pm
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SUN · JUL 5
Gornergrat & hike down
- 🚞Gornergratbahn up, no booking needed
- 🥾Hike Gornergrat → Riffelberg
🛏️Hotel Bahnhof
🪟Sit on the RIGHT going up Gornergratbahn
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MON · JUL 6
Arrive, see the valley
- 🧳Hotel checkout 11am
- 🚆Train to Interlaken
- 🏔️Explore Wengen and Lauterbrunnen
🛏️Hotel Restaurant Jungfrau · check in 4–8pm · luggage drop ok
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TUE · JUL 7
Grindelwald day trip
- 🚆Day trip to Grindelwald by train
🛏️Hotel Restaurant Jungfrau
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WED · JUL 8
On to Lucerne
- 🧳Hotel checkout 11am
- 🚞Luzern Interlaken Express
- ⛴️Boat tour (some boats included in rail pass)
- 🚶Old town, including the Chapel Bridge
🛏️Airbnb · Obergütschhalde 1, Luzern · check in after 2pm
🪟Sit on the RIGHT on the Luzern Interlaken Express for lake views
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THU · JUL 9
A mountain, then Basel
- 🧳Airbnb checkout 11am
- 🚠Rigi (included in Swiss Travel Pass)
- 🚆Evening train to Basel
🛏️easyHotel Basel · check in 3pm
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FRI · JUL 10
Last day, then home
- 🧳Hotel checkout 11am
- 🌉Three Countries Bridge
- 🏛️Old town
- 🏊Swim / ferry tour down the river
- ✈️easyJet EZY8484, depart 9:45pm, arrive 10:20pm