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Paris, Switzerland & ItalyEurope in 10 nights
- 11 Days · 10 Nights
- Switzerland, France and Italy · 4 Cities
- Signature pace
- Any date you choose
Paris (3N)Interlaken (3N)Venice (2N)Rome (2N)
View day-wise itinerary →Holiday includes
- Hotel
- Meals
- Sightseeing
- Transport
- FlightsOptional
- Visa
Private car and driver throughout, private airport transfers. Prafull plans and answers every message himself.
Holiday highlights
- Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and an evening Seine cruise
- The Palace of Versailles and Montmartre
- Jungfraujoch, the 'Top of Europe', and the Lauterbrunnen valley
- Across the Alps by train from Interlaken to Venice
- St Mark's Square, the Doge's Palace and a gondola ride
- The Colosseum, the Vatican Museums and St Peter's Basilica
Itinerary (day wise)
A ten-night journey across Europe by train: three nights in Paris, three in Interlaken for the Jungfrau region, two in Venice and two in Rome. The route runs west to south-east so each train ride carries you onwards, from France through the Alps and down into Italy, and you fly home from Rome. It suits couples, families and repeat travellers who want three countries without rushing any of them.
Day 1Arrive in Paris (3 Nights)
About 30 km · 1 hour by road
Your driver meets you at Charles de Gaulle arrivals and drives you into the city to your hotel; check-in is usually from 3 pm, so you may have time for a coffee nearby first. In the evening you take a one-hour cruise on the Seine on a shared boat, gliding past Notre-Dame, the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and the gilded bridges as the lights come on. If you're out after dark, watch the Eiffel Tower sparkle for five minutes at the start of every hour. Overnight in Paris.
- Seine river cruise
- Notre-Dame from the river
- Musée d'Orsay from the river
- Eiffel Tower sparkle
- Note: Hotel rooms in central Paris are compact; we choose hotels with lifts and ask for quieter rooms.
Prafull’s tipTake the cruise after sunset in summer, around 10 pm; in June it doesn't get dark much earlier.
No meals included today
Day 2Paris
A private half-day orientation tour with a driver-guide: the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées, Place de la Concorde, the Opéra Garnier and the golden dome of Les Invalides, ending at the Eiffel Tower, where you go up to the second floor on a timed ticket. After lunch you spend the afternoon in the Louvre, entering through the glass pyramid on a timed ticket, for the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory. Finish with a stroll through the Tuileries Garden. Overnight in Paris.
- Arc de Triomphe
- Champs-Élysées
- Place de la Concorde
- Eiffel Tower
- The Louvre
- Tuileries Garden
- Note: The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays; we plan your Paris days around it.
- Note: Optional: the Eiffel Tower summit, added to your ticket when available, approx. €10–15 extra per adult.
Prafull’s tipAt the Louvre, see the Mona Lisa first and then wander; the room is far quieter in the first hour.
Breakfast
Day 3Paris: Versailles and Montmartre
About 20 km each way · 30–45 minutes by road
Your car takes you out to the Palace of Versailles for a morning in the royal apartments and the Hall of Mirrors, entering on a timed ticket. Afterwards you walk out into the formal gardens, with their long canal, clipped hedges and fountains. You're back in Paris by early afternoon to rest. In the late afternoon you go up to Montmartre, the hilltop village where the white domes of Sacré-Cœur look out over the whole city, and the painters still set up their easels in Place du Tertre. Overnight in Paris.
- Palace of Versailles
- Hall of Mirrors
- Versailles gardens
- Sacré-Cœur Basilica
- Place du Tertre
- Note: The Palace of Versailles is closed on Mondays.
- Note: On fountain-show days in spring and summer, the gardens charge a separate entry, paid locally.
Prafull’s tipTake the funicular up Montmartre instead of the 200-odd steps; it saves your knees for Switzerland.
Breakfast
Day 4Paris – Interlaken (3 Nights)
About 650 km · 5–5.5 hours by fast train via Basel
Your driver takes you to the Gare de Lyon for the TGV Lyria to Basel, a smooth three hours through the French countryside. At Basel your Swiss Travel Pass begins, and a Swiss train carries you on via Bern and along Lake Thun into the Bernese Oberland, arriving at Interlaken by mid-afternoon. After check-in you walk along the Höheweg, where paragliders land on the Höhematte meadow with the snowy Jungfrau rising beyond. The evening is free to settle in. Overnight in Interlaken.
- TGV Lyria to Basel
- Lake Thun
- Höheweg and Höhematte
- Note: Large suitcases go on racks at the end of each carriage; keep valuables with you.
Prafull’s tipBuy a sandwich and fruit at the Gare de Lyon before boarding; the TGV café car has few vegetarian choices.
Breakfast
Day 5Interlaken: Jungfraujoch
About 2 hours each way by train and the Eiger Express gondola
Your big mountain day. A train takes you to Grindelwald Terminal, where the Eiger Express gondola lifts you below the Eiger's north face to Eigergletscher. From there the Jungfrau Railway tunnels through the rock to Jungfraujoch, at 3,454 metres the highest railway station in Europe. You walk through the Ice Palace carved into the glacier, step out onto the Sphinx terrace for the long sweep of the Aletsch Glacier, and on clear days play in the snow on the Plateau. You return by train via Kleine Scheidegg and Wengen. Overnight in Interlaken.
- Eiger Express
- Jungfraujoch
- Ice Palace
- Sphinx Observation Terrace
- Aletsch Glacier
- Kleine Scheidegg
- Note: At this height some people feel breathless or light-headed; walk slowly and drink water.
- Note: Seat reservations on the Jungfrau Railway are needed in peak season; we book them with your ticket.
Prafull’s tipWe check the summit webcam with you each morning; if it's cloudy, we swap this day with tomorrow.
Breakfast
Day 6Interlaken: Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald
Short train rides of 20–40 minutes, plus the Grindelwald First gondola
A morning train takes you into the Lauterbrunnen valley, where sheer rock walls rise on both sides and dozens of waterfalls pour down, Staubbach Falls the most famous of them. A short bus ride up the valley brings you to Trümmelbach Falls, glacier water thundering through gorges inside the mountain, reached by a tunnel lift. After lunch you continue to Grindelwald and ride the gondola up to First, where the Cliff Walk clings to the rock face. Fit walkers can hike about an hour to the Bachalpsee lake. Overnight in Interlaken.
- Lauterbrunnen valley
- Staubbach Falls
- Trümmelbach Falls
- Grindelwald
- Grindelwald First Cliff Walk
- Bachalpsee
- Note: Trümmelbach Falls is open roughly from April to early November; entry is paid locally.
- Note: Optional at First: the First Flyer zip-line and mountain carts, paid locally.
Prafull’s tipPack tonight; tomorrow's train to Italy leaves early and runs on Swiss and Italian timetables.
Breakfast
Day 7Interlaken – Venice (2 Nights)
About 500 km · 6 hours by train via Milan
An early train takes you to Spiez and through the Lötschberg base tunnel to Brig, where you board a EuroCity train over the Simplon route into Italy, running beside Lake Maggiore down to Milan. A high-speed train then crosses the Po plain to Venice, arriving at Santa Lucia station on the Grand Canal. With your vaporetto pass you ride the water-bus down the canal, past palaces and under the Rialto Bridge, to your hotel. The evening is for getting gently lost in the lanes. Overnight in Venice.
- Lötschberg and Simplon railways
- Lake Maggiore from the train
- Grand Canal by vaporetto
- Rialto Bridge
- Note: Venice has no cars; the last stretch to most hotels is on foot over small bridges with steps. Optional: a water taxi to the hotel door, approx. €70–120 per boat.
- Note: Overnight guests are exempt from Venice's day-tripper access fee; the city tax is paid at the hotel.
Prafull’s tipTake Line 1, the slow vaporetto that stops at every landing, and try for an outside seat at the front or back.
Breakfast
Day 8Venice
A morning in and around St Mark's Square with a local guide. You visit St Mark's Basilica, glowing with gold mosaics, then the Doge's Palace, the seat of the Venetian Republic for centuries, crossing the Bridge of Sighs to the old prisons. After lunch you glide through the quieter back canals on a 30-minute gondola ride. The rest of the afternoon is free: the Rialto market and bridge, or a vaporetto across the lagoon to the glass-makers of Murano. Overnight in Venice.
- St Mark's Square
- St Mark's Basilica
- Doge's Palace
- Bridge of Sighs
- Gondola ride
- Rialto Bridge
- Note: Cover shoulders and knees for St Mark's Basilica; large bags are not allowed inside.
- Note: St Mark's Basilica opens to visitors only in the afternoon on Sundays.
Prafull’s tipBe in St Mark's Square by 8 am for photos before the day-trippers arrive.
Breakfast
Day 9Venice – Rome (2 Nights)
About 530 km · 4 hours by fast train
A vaporetto back up the Grand Canal to Santa Lucia, then a high-speed train south through Padua, Bologna and Florence to Roma Termini. Your driver meets you at the station and takes you to your hotel. In the early evening you walk to the Trevi Fountain, to toss a coin over your shoulder as tradition says, and on to the Spanish Steps and the Pantheon, the 2,000-year-old temple with its open dome. Rome's piazzas are at their best after dark. Overnight in Rome.
- Venice to Rome by high-speed train
- Trevi Fountain
- Spanish Steps
- Pantheon
- Piazza Navona
- Note: Watch your bags at Roma Termini and around the Trevi Fountain; pickpockets work the crowds.
Prafull’s tipVisit the Trevi Fountain after 9 pm or before 8 am; the rest of the day it's shoulder to shoulder.
Breakfast
Day 10Rome
A full day with a local guide. You start at the Colosseum, entering on a timed ticket, then walk through the Roman Forum and up the Palatine Hill, where the emperors built their palaces. After lunch you cross the river to Vatican City for the Vatican Museums, with their long galleries of maps and tapestries, the Raphael Rooms and Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. The day ends in St Peter's Basilica, under its great dome, with Michelangelo's Pietà just inside the door. Overnight in Rome.
- Colosseum
- Roman Forum
- Palatine Hill
- Vatican Museums
- Sistine Chapel
- St Peter's Basilica
- Note: The Vatican Museums are closed on Sundays, except the last Sunday of the month, and on some church holidays; we plan around them.
- Note: Cover shoulders and knees for the Vatican and St Peter's.
Prafull’s tipWear your most comfortable shoes; today easily runs to 10,000 steps on old stone paving.
Breakfast
Day 11Rome – Departure
About 30 km · 45 minutes by road
Breakfast and a last morning in Rome: a cappuccino in a piazza, a final gelato, or the view from the Pincio terrace above Piazza del Popolo. Check-out is usually by noon, and the hotel holds your bags if your flight is later. Your driver collects you about three and a half hours before departure for the drive out to Fiumicino airport, where check-in and passport control can be slow in summer. If time allows, stop for a last look at the Colosseum on the way out of the city. Your holiday ends here.
- Piazza del Popolo
- Pincio terrace
- Note: Claim any VAT refund on shopping at Fiumicino before you check in your bags.
Prafull’s tipKeep your tax-free shopping forms and receipts together; the refund desk wants to see the goods.
Breakfast
Tour details
Accommodation
Choose the hotel category. The same route and sightseeing in every category.
| City | Standard hotels |
|---|---|
| Paris3 nights | Ibis Paris Tour Eiffel Cambronne / Mercure Paris Centre Tour Eiffel / Novotel Paris Centre Tour Eiffel / or similarStandard double room |
| Interlaken3 nights | Hotel Carlton-Europe / Hotel Bernerhof / Hotel Artos / or similarStandard double room; mountain view on request |
| Venice2 nights | Hotel Principe / Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal / Hotel Antiche Figure / or similarStandard double room |
| Rome2 nights | Hotel Quirinale / Hotel Artemide / Mercure Roma Centro Colosseo / or similarStandard double room |
| City | Deluxe hotels |
|---|---|
| Paris3 nights | Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel / Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile / Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel / or similar |
| Interlaken3 nights | Hotel Metropole Interlaken / Hotel Royal St Georges Interlaken – MGallery / Hotel Interlaken / or similar |
| Venice2 nights | Hilton Molino Stucky Venice / NH Collection Venezia Palazzo Barocci / Splendid Venice – Starhotels Collezione / or similar |
| Rome2 nights | Rome Marriott Grand Hotel Flora / Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome / NH Collection Roma Palazzo Cinquecento / or similar |
| City | Premium hotels |
|---|---|
| Paris3 nights | Shangri-La Paris / The Peninsula Paris / Le Meurice / or similar |
| Interlaken3 nights | Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa / Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage / or similar |
| Venice2 nights | The Gritti Palace / Belmond Hotel Cipriani / Aman Venice / or similar |
| Rome2 nights | Hotel Hassler Roma / Hotel de Russie, a Rocco Forte Hotel / Hotel Eden / or similar |
Hotels are confirmed when you book. If a hotel is full, we give you one of the same category in the same area, and tell you before you pay.
Optional add-ons
Not in the price. Prafull can book them for you or you can pay locally.
| Experience | Approx. price |
|---|---|
| Murano and Burano by boatA half-day across the lagoon for glass-blowing and the brightly painted fishing village. | On request |
| Disneyland Paris daySwap for Versailles with children; one- or two-park tickets with transfers. | approx. €60–110 per person, by date |
| Florence stopoverBreak the Venice–Rome train with a night in Florence for the Duomo and the Uffizi. | On request |
| Colosseum underground or arena floorLimited timed slots that sell out weeks ahead; book when you confirm. | On request |
Tour information
Read this to prepare for your holiday.
Tour inclusions
- 10 nights' accommodation: 3 in Paris, 3 in Interlaken, 2 in Venice and 2 in Rome, in the hotels listed (or similar), twin sharing
- Daily breakfast at the hotel
- Private transfers: Paris airport to hotel, hotel to the Gare de Lyon, Roma Termini to hotel, and hotel to Rome Fiumicino airport
- One-hour Seine cruise (shared boat) and a private half-day Paris tour with a driver-guide
- Eiffel Tower second-floor ticket and Louvre timed-entry ticket
- Palace of Versailles timed ticket, with a private car for the half-day
- Trains in 2nd class with seat reservations: TGV Lyria Paris–Basel, Brig–Milan–Venice and Venice–Rome high-speed
- 4-day Swiss Travel Pass (2nd class): Basel to Interlaken, local trains, buses and lake boats, and onward to the Italian border
- Jungfraujoch excursion ticket with the Eiger Express and seat reservation, and the Grindelwald First gondola, at Swiss Travel Pass rates
- 24-hour vaporetto pass in Venice and a 30-minute gondola ride (private boat)
- Guided visits with timed tickets: St Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace, the Colosseum and Roman Forum, and the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel
- Schengen visa support: document checklist, cover letter, day-by-day itinerary and hotel confirmations
- Prafull's day-by-day trip notes on WhatsApp
- 24/7 helpline while you travel
Tour exclusions
- International flights to Paris and from Rome
- Schengen visa fee (approx. €90 per adult) and VFS service charges
- GST (5%) and TCS as applicable under current rules
- Travel insurance (required for the Schengen visa; we can arrange it)
- City and tourist taxes paid at the hotels (roughly €3–10 per person per night in Paris, Venice and Rome, CHF 3–7 in Switzerland, higher at luxury hotels)
- Lunches and dinners
- Water taxis and porters in Venice (water taxi approx. €70–120 per boat)
- Metro, buses and taxis other than the transfers listed
- Trümmelbach Falls entry, Eiffel Tower summit, First Flyer and other optional activities
- Tips, porterage and personal expenses
- Anything not mentioned under inclusions
Good to know
- You need a Schengen visa; apply through the Italian consulate, as Italy is your longest stay (4 nights in Venice and Rome). Apply 6–8 weeks ahead; summer appointments in Mumbai fill fast.
- Jungfraujoch (3,454 m) is high; walk slowly at the top, and check with your doctor if you have heart or breathing conditions.
- Pack light: one medium suitcase per person. You lift bags on and off five trains, and Venice means carrying them over bridges with steps.
- Watch for pickpockets in Paris, at Roma Termini and around Rome's big sights. Use a cross-body bag and keep passports in the hotel safe.
- Every main city has Indian restaurants; Italy is easy for vegetarians, with pizza, pasta and risotto everywhere. We list pure-veg and Jain options in your notes.
- France and Italy use the euro, Switzerland the Swiss franc; cards work almost everywhere. India is 3.5 hours ahead in summer. Carry a universal adaptor.
When to go
May to September. Long days and open mountain railways in summer. April and October are quieter and cheaper; December to March suits snow lovers in Switzerland.
Our favourite months
Cancellation policy & payment terms
Payment terms
| To confirm your holiday | 25% of the package cost, or ₹25,000 per person, whichever is higher |
|---|---|
| 30 days before travel | Balance payment |
| Booking within 30 days of travel | Full payment at booking |
| Flights, trains and visa fees | Paid in full at booking, as the airline or authority requires |
Cancellation charges
| 45 days or more before travel | 10% of the package cost |
|---|---|
| 30–44 days before travel | 25% of the package cost |
| 15–29 days before travel | 50% of the package cost |
| 7–14 days before travel | 75% of the package cost |
| Less than 7 days, or no-show | 100% of the package cost |
- Cancellations must be sent in writing, on email or WhatsApp; the date we receive it is the cancellation date.
- Flights, trains, visa fees and non-refundable hotel or activity bookings are refunded only as their own rules allow.
- Date changes are free when made 30 days or more before travel, subject to hotel availability and any difference in price.
- Refunds are paid within 14 working days of us receiving them from the hotels and suppliers.
- No refund is possible for services not used during the holiday.
- Hotels may ask for a refundable security deposit at check-in, paid directly to the hotel.
Questions about this holiday
How much does the Paris, Switzerland & Italy trip cost?
The 10-night Paris, Switzerland & Italy journey starts at ₹1,55,000 per person on twin sharing in Standard hotels (about ₹2,09,000 in Deluxe and ₹2,94,500 in Premium hotels), land only. Flights are extra and quoted for your dates.
What is the best time for this Europe trip?
May to September. Long days and open mountain railways in summer. April and October are quieter and cheaper; December to March suits snow lovers in Switzerland.
Can this itinerary be changed?
Yes. Every TripRoutes trip is private, so we can add or remove nights, swap Paris or any other stop, change hotels, or adjust the pace.
How many days are needed for Switzerland and Paris?
Seven nights works well: three in Paris and four in Switzerland. Switzerland alone needs five nights to see Lucerne and the Jungfrau region.
When should we apply for the Schengen visa?
Six to eight weeks before travel, especially for summer. We prepare the document checklist, cover letter and day-by-day itinerary for your file.
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Plan with Prafull
Make this holiday yours
Tell Prafull your dates and who is coming. He will send a revised plan and an exact price, usually within a few hours.
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