Bernina Express and Christmas Markets with Pegasus Airlines, 4 Nights. Morning departure from Zurich – Evening return to Zurich || 16964||22376

Tour details
ISTANBUL – ZURICH – (Lucerne Tour) – MILAN
After being at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Terminal 3 hours before departure and completing baggage drop, ticketing, and passport control procedures, we fly to Zurich at 08:40 with Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC947. After arriving at Zurich Airport at 09:45 local time, we meet our private vehicle waiting for us at the airport and proceed to Zurich city center for our panoramic city tour. During our city tour in Zurich, which we will carry out upon our arrival, Fraumünster Church, Grossmünster Church, Swiss National Museum, Opera House, Lake Zurich, Clock Tower, Old Guild Houses, Zurich Altstadt (Old Town), and Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), which has a lively and colorful atmosphere surrounded by world-famous shops, will be among the places seen panoramically. After the Zurich tour and a short free time, we head to our hotel in the Milan region. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Lucerne Tour program (50 Euro). In Lucerne, one of Switzerland’s most popular tourist centers, famous for its nature and festivals held throughout the year, we will have the chance to photograph views of Mount Pilatus and Mount Rigi, see the Musegg Wall and the Lion Monument in the old town with its historic houses, and visit the city’s symbol, the Chapel Bridge, as well as the Jesuit Church dating from the 17th century. After the Lucerne Tour, we continue our journey to Milan. Upon arrival at our hotel, room assignment and free time to rest.
MILAN – (Milan Masterpieces and Outlet Tour) – (Como Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day of free time. During this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Milan Masterpieces and Outlet Tour program (85 Euro). On our tour, we first head to the center of Milan to organize our Milan Masterpieces Tour program. Milan, one of Europe’s fashion capitals, also stands out with its cuisine, opera, churches, and priceless works of art such as the Last Supper fresco by the master Leonardo Da Vinci. Although it is Italy’s business and financial capital, Milan is also the right address for shopping, nightlife, and dining experiences, and during our city tour we will see the famous opera house La Scala, Piazza del Duomo and the Cathedral, La Galleria where many famous brands are located and where you can enjoy shopping, and Porta Romano. After the Milan Masterpieces Tour, we arrive at the outlet center, our program’s second stop. We offer free time at the outlet center, home to stylish stores of many prestigious brands, cafes and restaurants, and personal activity areas, for affordable and quality shopping. During the free time to be provided at the end of the tour, guests who wish may join our extra Como Tour program (50 Euro). In our tour, we will visit Lake Como, famous for its luxurious lifestyle and natural beauty, home to summer houses of Hollywood celebrities, European millionaires, and the world jet set, and take a photo break accompanied by the lake’s unique scenery. After the tour, we return to our hotel in the Milan region and offer free time to rest.
MILAN – BERNINA EXPRESS & RED TRAIN – ST. MORITZ – ALSACE / BASEL
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we arrive at Tirano train station for the unforgettable and enchanting train journey we will make with Bernina Express & Red Train. During the fairy-tale journey we will make with the world-famous Bernina Train, built between 1898 and 1904 and now included on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, which adorns the dreams of many travel enthusiasts, we will have the chance to watch and photograph extraordinary views. After an enjoyable train ride of approximately 2 hours, we arrive in St. Moritz. After our sightseeing tour and a short free time to be given in St. Moritz, the natural wonder of Switzerland and a frequent destination of the jet set, homeland of our lovable hero Heidi, who left a smile-filled memory in all of our childhoods and lives in the Alps with her grandfather and best friend Peter, we head to our hotel in the Alsace/Basel region. Upon arrival at the hotel, room assignment and free time to rest.
ALSACE / BASEL – (Alsace Icons: Colmar & Riquewihr & Obernai Tour) – (Strasbourg Tour)
After breakfast, full day free time. During this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Alsace Icons: Colmar & Riquewihr & Obernai Tour program (95 Euro). On our tour, we first go to the fairy-tale town of Colmar, where we will see the Old Customs House, the Pfister House, and the most famous part of the city, Petite Venise (Little Venice), with its colorful houses around the Rhine River. In the unique setting surrounded by the Rhine River and canals, you will find the chance to buy many delicious foods to suit your taste as well as many souvenirs. The next stop of our tour will be Riquewihr, famous for its vineyards surrounded by the Alsace region, its flower-filled balconies, its unique row of shops, its car-free cobblestone streets, its buildings that survived World War II without damage in some way, and its charming cafes; with its tower that preserves the town’s story with documents, it resembles a Grimm fairy tale. After our visit in Riquewihr, we set off for Obernai. In Obernai, where charming structures resembling cookies rather than buildings will welcome us, the Place de Marche, the statue of St. Odile, the patron saint of the Alsace region, and the fountain built as a tribute, as well as Place de l’Etoile, the square most often seen as cookie-like, are among the main places we will see during our tour. After the sightseeing tour in Obernai, guests who wish may join our extra Strasbourg Tour program (40 Euro) during the free time to be given. Strasbourg will be the first stop of our tour. Located on the border of Germany, Switzerland, and France and also the largest city in the Alsace region, Strasbourg will welcome us like a painting, as if straight out of a fairy tale. During the city tour we will carry out by walking in the car-free center and streets of Strasbourg, which was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1988 and has been hosting the European Parliament since 1992; we will see Petite France, famous for its Alsace Houses that will make us feel right in the middle of a fairy-tale land, Gutenberg Square and Statue, Notre Dame Cathedral, the city’s most important structure located in the very heart of the city, and Kammerzell House, the city’s oldest house, which still continues to serve as a hotel and restaurant today. After the Strasbourg city tour and the free time to be given, we return to our hotel in the Alsace region.
ALSACE / BASEL – (Rhine Falls & Schaffhausen Tour) – ZURICH – ISTANBUL
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we head to Zurich Airport for our return flight to Istanbul. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Rhine Falls & Schaffhausen Tour program (50 Euro). In our tour, we visit Schaffhausen to see the Rhine Falls, which, with a width of 150 meters and a depth of 25 meters, is the largest waterfall in Europe, and to photograph the unique view of the cascading waterfall in all its glory in every season of the year. After visiting Rhine Falls, we continue our journey to the airport. After the baggage drop, check-in, and passport control procedures to be completed upon our arrival at the airport, we fly to Istanbul at 17:55 with Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC952. Arrival at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 22:45 local time and the end of our tour.
What's included
  • Round-trip airline ticket on Pegasus Airlines scheduled flights on the S.Gökçen Airport (SAW) – Zurich Airport (ZRH) – S.Gökçen Airport (SAW) route,
  • Airport taxes and service fees,
  • Accommodation for a total of 4 nights with bed and breakfast at a 3-star hotel outside the city,
  • Airport / Hotel / Airport transfers and intercity transfer,
  • Panoramic city tours and/or surrounding excursions in Zurich and St. Moritz,
  • Train journey with BERNINA EXPRESS / RED TRAIN,
  • Turkish guiding services,
  • TURSAB Professional Liability Insurance,
Not included
  • Visa fee and service charge,
  • Exit tax fee,
  • All hotel extras and personal expenses,
  • Domestic connecting flight ticket,
  • Lunch and dinner,
  • Extra tours and excursions specified/not specified in the program,
  • (Optional) Driver tips (10 Euro)
  • (Mandatory) Hotel city accommodation and city entrance taxes (Adult/child per person 50 Euro***)
              ***On the first day of the tour, it is paid in cash by the guest to the local agency tour leader.