Scenic Swiss Alps Train Tour: Which Panoramic Train and Alps Tour?
A scenic Swiss Alps train tour, option by option: the Bernina red train from Milan, a panoramic carriage, the Tirano ticket, and Glacier Express days from Zurich, with prices.
For a scenic Swiss Alps train tour in one day from Milan, the default is the Bernina red train: Milano Art Discovery’s day rides it from Tirano to St. Moritz with windows that open, from US$166 a person (checked November 2026). If “panoramic” means the big panoramic windows, that is a different train, the Bernina Express, and of the Milan days on this site, one sells a panoramic carriage. If you mean the Glacier Express, it is a day from Zurich, not Milan.
The calendar above is the red train day from Milan, with 5,111 reviews (checked November 2026). Every other option is in the table below.
Two kinds of panoramic train and Alps tour
A panoramic train and Alps tour can mean one of two things. One is the scenery: a railway over a high pass, past glaciers, with a window that opens. The other is the train: the big panoramic cars of the Bernina Express or the Glacier Express. The Rhaetian Railway draws the line itself. Its Bernina Express has panoramic cars and a mandatory seat reservation, on selected connections; its regional red trains run the same line more often, in regular coaches with windows that open, on a ticket alone (rhb.ch, 13 July 2026).
Every option, row by row
| Option | Where it starts | The train | Windows | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milano Art Discovery’s Bernina day | Milan Centrale | Regional red train, Tirano to St. Moritz, 2.5 hours | Open | US$166 |
| TAOTRAVEL's Bernina day | Piazza Duca d’Aosta, Milan | 2nd class, St. Moritz to Tirano; St. Moritz to Thusis on the Albula line on certain dates | Open | US$155 |
| FRIGERIO VIAGGI's day, panoramic carriage option | Milan | Panoramic carriage, St. Moritz to Tirano, seat guaranteed | Panoramic | US$186.45 on 27 Nov 2026; US$216.59 on 15 Jan and 26 Mar 2027 |
| Visit Valtellina's Bernina red train return ticket | Tirano | Red train, Tirano to St. Moritz and back, any departure, off and on along the way | Not stated | US$123 |
| Tours of Switzerland's Glacier Express day from Zurich | Zurich HB | Glacier Express, Chur to Andermatt, seat reservation included; then Lucerne | Not stated | US$433 |
| TripsSource's Glacier Express day from Zurich | Zurich HB | Glacier Express, Chur to Andermatt, seat reservation included; then Lucerne | Panoramic carriage | US$560 |
| TripsSource's Zurich day to St. Moritz | Zurich HB | Along the Glacier Express corridor from Chur on the Albula line, past the Landwasser Viaduct, on rail passes | Not stated | US$379; schedule from 11 April 2027 |
Prices a person, one adult: GetYourGuide checked November 2026, Viator checked November 2026; the panoramic carriage option read on the booking calendar for the dates shown.
A few notes on the rows. TAOTRAVEL’s Albula option was not on sale on Friday 27 November, 15 January or 26 March. FRIGERIO VIAGGI’s standard carriage option, from US$154 a person, has windows you can open and runs the other way, Tirano to St. Moritz. Visit Valtellina’s ticket leaves Tirano at 07:41, 09:00, 09:41, 11:00, 11:41, 13:00 or 13:14, and getting to Tirano is up to you. The Glacier Express itself does not run between 11 October and 4 December 2026 (glacierexpress.ch). Between 11 October and 6 December both Glacier Express days from Zurich take the same route with an extra stop in an alpine village (Tours of Switzerland, TripsSource).
Pick by what you want from the window
From Milan to the Swiss Alps: Bernina Red Train & St. Moritz
Milano Art Discovery: the regional red train from Tirano to St. Moritz, 2.5 hours, past Alp Grüm and the Palü Glacier, then 1.5 hours in St. Moritz. 11 hours from Milan Centrale.
Check dates →From Milan: St. Moritz and Bernina Express Tour
FRIGERIO VIAGGI: choose the panoramic carriage option for a guaranteed seat in it, St. Moritz to Tirano, with 2 hours in St. Moritz first. The standard option is the price shown.
See the options →From Milan: Bernina Train, Swiss Alps & St. Moritz Day Trip
TAOTRAVEL: 100 minutes in St. Moritz, then the 2nd-class train with opening windows down to Tirano. On certain dates, the Albula line to Thusis instead.
See this day →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide, checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Booking the panoramic trains yourself
The Bernina Express and the Glacier Express are both sold by their railways, the Rhaetian Railway and Glacier Express AG, with a seat reservation on top of the ticket for the Bernina Express panoramic cars. A Swiss Travel Pass covers the travel but not those reservations; what each railway says the reservation costs. If you are staying near the line, the regional red train needs no reservation at all, and a seat between St. Moritz and Tirano can be reserved for CHF 5.00 a person if you want one (rhb.ch, checked November 2026).
Book the Scenic Bernina Day from Milan
The regional red train from Tirano to St. Moritz, with windows that open, a coach from Milan Centrale and back, and a live guide in English. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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