Entries by Barry Goldstein

Magical Day Trip to Mt. Pilatus

    Pilatus is the home mountain of the Swiss Alps and a must-see if you’re in Lucerne. During a magical day trip to Mt. Pilatus you’ll experience nonstop views of the Swiss Alps, an Alpine flower path and fantastic food. We got there by taking a bus to the trail head for a short […]

March 31, 2021 by

How Your Switzerland Rail Trip Excites Your Senses

Whether you are looking out of your rail tour in Switzerland train window, standing on a Swiss Alps summit, or sitting on an outside Swiss restaurant table, your eyes, ears and nose are in constant overdrive. Alpine Views Switzerland’s awesome scenery every step and minute of your rail tour, day-trip or multi-day hiking  trip offers […]

August 7, 2020 by
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Swiss Alps Semi-Guided Hike Jungfrau

What Is a semi-guided multi-day hike? We recently stayed at the Evergreen Lodge in Yosemite. Click here for more information on the Evergreen Lodge I mentioned to Lance, our experienced, local, guide, that we have a new Semi-Guided Swiss Jungfrau region multi-day hike. He responded: “ I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a Semi-Guided […]

July 20, 2020 by

Jungfrau Hike Traveler Testimonial

“Thank you René and Suzanne for the most wonderful vacation/experience we had over the past 10 days. You took us to the most beautiful places and showed us the best of Alps. I can’t stop thinking about some of the peaks we explored and how we challenged ourselves to higher elevations. I now have to […]

September 4, 2019 by
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Swiss Rail Tour Testimonial

“We can definitely recommend the ECHO Rails & Trails Swiss Alps program.” The things we liked best dealt with the small group and flexibility. Based on the daily schedule and weather, due to our small group the guides are able to come up with alternate things to do and see so we maximized our time […]

September 4, 2019 by