The Switzerland - Heartland Untour

Reserve your Switzerland Untours vacation package now and look forward to hiking, mountain views, and breathtaking scenery. From the Alpine farming villages where you will make your home to mountain peaks and cosmopolitan cities, it's all yours in the Swiss Heartland. Kids stay free in the Heartland! Please call for details.

WHAT TO DO ON YOUR THE SWISS HEARTLAND VACATION

Day trips and sightseeing: Between charming towns, museums with world-class collections, gorgeous lakes, snow-capped mountains, hiking and good wine and food, you will wish you had booked a several-months' trip. There is so much to do in Switzerland that we list just a few of the many possibilities: There are the cultured cities of Bern, Thun, Brienz, Interlaken, Basel, Luzern, Zürich, Geneva, Lausanne, Montreux, St. Gallen, Locarno and Lugano. Switzerland has many lakes and rivers to visit: Lake Brienz, Lake Thun, Lake Luzern, Lake Geneva, Lake Zürich, Lake Zug, Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore, Lake Biel, Lake Constance, the Aare River and the Rhine River. Alpine highs not to be missed: Schilthorn, Jungfraujoch, Schynige Platte, Pilatus, Titlis, Stanserhorn, Schönbüel, Brienzer Rothorn, Balmeregghorn, Planplatten.

Switzerland has some of the finest museums on the Continent including the Kunstmuseum in Bern, the Sammlung Rosengart, the Picasso Museum and the Verkehrshaus (Transportation Museum) in Luzern, the Kunstmuseum in Zürich, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum near Brienz, the Hergiswil Glass Factory, and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Castles in Spiez, Thun, Oberhofen, Gruyères, and Chateau de Chillon are great trips and you can often combine them with a famous rail journeys: Golden Pass Panoramic Express, Glacier Express, Bernina Express.

Off-the-beaten-track attractions that can’t be beat: Seeing and tasting Swiss cheese made on a family-operated farm in the Alps, listening to local musicians and yodlers at our farewell get-together, buying fresh bread at your local bakery, hearing a (free) symphony of cowbells as you stroll to your home-away-from-home after a dinner at a lakeside restaurant. buying fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers and cheese at the local open air market..

Find your perfect Swiss Heartland tour and your perfect vacation rental, in one package - on one of our unforgettable Swiss Heartland Untours!

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WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS UNTOUR?

The Switzerland - Heartland Untour Includes:

One or two weeks in a private apartment or chalet, each with a fully equipped kitchen, often with spectacular views of the lakes and the mountains.
Optional round-trip airfare from New York (other cities available at extra cost) to Zurich.
An 8 or 15-day Swiss Saver Rail Pass valid on trains, buses, lake ships; free entry to over 400 museums in Switzerland.
Lots of pre-planning advice from our US staff who have not only seen the apartments but also stayed in them.
Our staff will meet most flights at the airport for the escort down to your location. An orientation will be given the following day by our expert English-speaking staff, many of whom have been welcoming Untourists to their country for over 25 years.
A Swiss Dream Book and Hiking Guide - publications researched and written by Untours staff, chock-full of suggestions for scenic hiking trails and day trips.
An Untours-sponsored group activity such as a visit to a high alpine valley to meet the locals at “their” typical Swiss festival, City tour or a visit to an alpine cheese maker’s hut where cheese is still made the traditional way without any mechanization.
A dinner party (selected dates) in an authentic Swiss restaurant with new and old friends.
Welcome supplies of bread, milk, cheese, eggs so you don’t have to look for a grocery store right away.
On-site support services and emergency contact when you need it.
Kids 15 and under stay free on this Untour in qualifying apartments (please call for details).

Here's what our customers say about how much there is to do in The Swiss Heartland:

"We now have four more people who fell in love with Switzerland: our daughter & her family. And Untour helped make it that good an experience." Jay Tichenor, 2009

"Untours is the only way to travel to Europe!" Carol Seitz, 2009

"The Swiss Pass (1st Class), the beauty of Switzerland, our hosts in Elisabeth, the helpfulness of your staff." Edmond Gray, 2009

"The scenery, our hosts, the lakeboat rides; taking the bus from Meiringen to Schwartzwaldalp to Grosse Scheidegg to Grindelwald."
Larry Schmid, 2009

"We love: Switzerland, the trains, our home away from home, Sachseln, the Britschgis, and the independence of planning our daily adventures."
Carol Seitz, 2009

"We loved our entire experience. Everything Untours did worked well. We were awed by Switzerland, very happy with our commuter friendly town of Meiringen, pleased with our apartment and have only good memories." Lee & Carol Talbot 2008

"Thanks for helping us coordinate a multigenerational Untour for three families! The Heartland was perfect for this--activities to interest all 10 of us (ages 7 to 68), small-town atmosphere where the younger ones could visit each other and the playgrounds without constant supervision, new and different experiences for everybody." Phil & Jane King 2008

"This was my first European experience and it was wonderful. I feel like I just scratched the surface of all that I could see and do in the Heartland, so I'd love to go again, and believe that the "Untour way" is the only way to go." Ronda Fiello, 2005

"I've never been to Europe and this experience was so positive. The Swiss people are so kind and helpful in making us feel welcome." Kim Rabago 2005

"We thank you for your dynamic and imaginitive process for receiving and guiding and allowing us the freedom to travel on our own or with others." Richard & Kay Mobayed, 2005

"We went on this Untour with two other couples. We went to grammar and high school together. It was a time of fun and laughter and sharing memories. Because of the great transporation system we were able to see so many hikes, mountains, waterfalls and cities." Phil & Marian Boyle 2005

"This was our 8th Untour in Switzerland and the third time we've brought grandchildren with us. There is so much to see, to do, and to learn, we find it tremendous fun and a great bonding experience. We especially enjoy the traditional festivals like the "yodelerfests" or Magisalp cheese festival. The kids loved the train rides, the funicular, cable cars, cog rail trains, along with our gracious Swiss host family and beautiful Swiss scenery." June Wang, 2005

"Being on Untours made me feel more like a real part of Switzerland, mor intimate than the conventional tours. We could go at our own pace, choose our own adventures. The written material sent ahead was very helpful." Gertrude Mayne, 2005

"After an absence of 12 years, the Swiss Heartland and the Swiss people made me feel as if I were coming home again. Lee and I enjoyed the other Untourists and found the people who choose Idyll to be unusually fine and interesting people. Untours get into your blood! Thank you!" Susan Clemens '04

"The village of Sachseln is charming and I'd go back there in a heartbeat." Susan Abbott, 2007

"You understand what it's like not to visit there, but to live there!" Kenneth Saji, 2008

"It was a great way to see Switzerland comfortably. I'm sure we will do this again." George Magee, 2008

"Live like a local, and enjoy the less hurried life in your village." Caren Cole, 2009