FORD GT Swiss Alps Tour Description
Saturday
Arriving in Reims
under your own steam, you will be welcomed to the Hotel de La Paix
with a glass of Champagne by the Tour Director. The hotel is located in the centre of Reims and has secure underground parking for your GT. It also benefits from being close to all the bars & restaurants in the pedestrian precinct and is nearby the medieval Cathedral.
You can check into your bedroom from 15.30 and relax after your journey.
Our "welcome" dinner takes place this evening in the hotel where you will have the opportunity to meet all your fellow tour participants.
Sunday
Following breakfast, we depart Reims on route to Andermatt, with a lunch stop planned in Alsace
before we arrive at the stunning The Chedi Hotel
which will be our base for the next three evenings. After checking in, we will enjoy a fine dinner in the hotel restaurant this evening.
Monday
Today starts with morning driving which takes in "The Holy Trinity"
of Swiss mountain passes, Sustenpass, Grimselpass
and the epic Furkapass, and we will enjoy a lovely picnic lunch on route.
Following the mornings driving we return to the hotel, where you are free to enjoy all of the spa and wellbeing facilities that the hotel has to offer. We take dinner in the hotel restaurant this evening.
Tuesday
Today we head to the stunning town of Zermatt, situated below the majestic Matterhorn.
The drive to/from Zermatt takes us once again over the epic Furkapass, before we arrive at Tasch, where we take the short train journey to Zermatt. Following lunch, which is included today, there is free time built into the itinerary for you to explore Zermatt at your leisure. We then retrace the route back to Andermatt, where we have dinner for the final evening at The Chedi Hotel, before departing the following morning to Sils Maria.
Wednesday
Following breakfast we leave Andermatt and head over the mighty St Gotthard Pass
on route to Bellinzona.
Today also takes in the San Bernadino Pass, and Splugen Pass
as we head towards Sils Maria and our overnight stop at the majestic Waldhaus Hotel, where we will have dinner that evening.
Thursday
Following breakfast, we depart Sils Maria on route to Bad Ragaz, and the magnificent Grand Resort Bad Ragaz Hotel, where we will spend the next two evenings.
Today is an epic day of driving and takes in the Bernina Pass, Livigno, Bormio, Stelvio Pass, Umbrail Pass, Fluela Pass
and we will enjoy a lovely picnic lunch in the mountains.
Dinner is taken this evening in the Restaurant Olives d’Or.
Friday
This morning we head to Lucerne
and the Max Chocolatier, which is a traditional Swiss chocolatier, where we will have a tour & tasting followed by lunch. In the afternoon you can return to the hotel to enjoy all the spa & wellbeing facilities on offer.
Pre-dinner drinks are followed by our final evening "Gala Dinner" which takes place this evening.
Saturday
After enjoying a final indulgent breakfast, it’s time to say farewell to your fellow tour companions and set out on the journey home.
You can view all the hotels visited on this tour by following
this link.
GT 101
will be on hand throughout the tour providing two support vehicles, a luggage carrying service, and any needed technical support.
See the video of our 2021 Scottish Highland Tour at the bottom of this page.