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Press Release: Snow on the line

Thursday 22nd November 2007

If you are longing for some snow this winter, wrap up warm and take the train to Austria and Switzerland with Railbookers.

Innsbruck offers you the best of both worlds, city streets filled with culture and a spectacular backdrop of snow topped mountains. Walk through the pastel hued medieval streets of the Old Town, take in 800 years of history at the City Museum and imagine yourself as a courtier of Archduke Ferdinand II in the 16th century Ambras Castle. Then head up into the surrounding Alps to see why Innsbruck has twice been the location of the Winter Olympics. Visit Innsbruck with Railbookers and stay at the contemporary 4* Hilton Innsbruck Hotel, complete with steam room, from £459 for 2 nights, including breakfast and return train travel.

Zurich is the perfect city base from which to explore the surrounding alpine scenery. Visit the Kunsthaus Zürich, the renowned art gallery with an impressive Munch collection then indulge in a bit of retail therapy in the shoppers’ paradise that is Bahnhofstrasse, also feted as one of the most beautiful shopping streets in the world. 

From architectural beauty to natural beauty, make the most of your surroundings and invest in a Swiss Pass for unlimited travel on the famous scenic Swiss routes such as the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express. For scenery that will take your breath away take the Glacier Express through the Alps from St Moritz to Zermatt or cross the 2253 metre high Bernina Pass on the Bernina Express. Visit Zurich with Railbookers and stay at the 4* luxury, lakeside Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac Hotel from £409 for 2 nights, including breakfast and return train travel. The Swiss pass is priced from £110 per person for 4 days.

Notes to Editor:

Innsbruck price quoted for the Hilton Innsbruck Hotel valid for arrivals before the 28th November 2007. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com  Eurostar trains run from London St Pancras International, Ebbsfleet International or Ashford International to Paris Gare du Nord in approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. At Paris Gare du Nord (where Eurostar arrives) transfer to Paris Gare de l’Est onto the Deutsche Bahn night train direct to Munich. In Paris leave at least 2 hours between the Eurostar arrival and the departure of the night trains to Munich. The average journey time for the overnight train is 10 hours. At Munich change onto the train to Innsbruck which takes 1 hour 50 minutes.

Zurich price quoted for the Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac Hotel valid for arrivals before the 31st March 2008.  For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com  Eurostar trains run from London St Pancras International, Ebbsfleet International or Ashford International to Paris Gare du Nord in approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. From Paris Gare de L’Est there are 3 day time TGV Lyria trains per day to Basel, journey time 3 hours 30 minutes. At Basel you change onto a connecting train to Zurich, there are 3 trains an hour, and the journey takes 1 hour 5 minutes.

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