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Go Explore: If you believe it is the journey rather than the arrival that matters, nothing beats the train. After all, hop on a flight and you could be going anywhere. Settle back in a railway carriage, however, and your voyage unfolds outside your window the moment yoyu leave the station. Sandra O'Connellchooses 10 magnificent trips
1 St Moritz to Zermatt on the Glacier ExpressA trip on Switzerland’s Glacier Express, whose route takes you through two Unesco World Heritage regions, is perhaps the most visually stunning train journey you can make. Travelling between the upmarket resorts of St Moritz and Zermatt, the seven and a half hour journey takes you over 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels and across the spectacular 2,000m Oberalp Pass. Glass-roofed viewing carriages and audio-commentary headsets make sure you miss nothing. Combine it with an overnight stay at Kulmhotel Gornergrat, Switzerland’s highest hotel, and you’ll get views over 29 peaks plus the purest air imaginable. (Doubles cost €224 in high season, which is between now and mid April.) A first-class Glacier Express ticket costs €147. Or save yourself a few quid and go second class, at €88. Either way, the scenery’s top notch.
