Swiss luxury — on a rail and steamboat combo
The Gotthard Panorama Express offers Swiss luxury — and even a flag-waving yodeller
Travelling by rail through Switzerland you’re spoilt for scenic choice, but Reinhard, the on-board guide whose job — poor man — is to ride this tourist train, still has a surprise: “Go to the photo coach now.”
For the camera-ready prepared to leave their cappuccinos, he directs us: “Look to the right.” Those following his orders are rewarded. Leaving the sealed glass tube on wheels, designed with curved waist-to-ceiling windows for a view of even the steepest mountaintops from your seat, reveals an adjoining coach with windows that open, allowing reflection-free photographs. It’s one of only a few photography coaches in the country and the views are an open-air surprise as we twist and turn through the Alps on tracks laid more than 100 years ago...
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