Bernina Train from Milan Prices: Day Trips, Tickets and Private Tours

A guided Bernina train day trip from Milan costs from $121 to $221 per person, and a private day starts above $1,000 per person. Buying the train tickets yourself, Trenord to Tirano and the regional red train up to St. Moritz and back, comes to about $112 per adult in second class. The tour prices are for the next available date, checked on 12 November 2026; later dates often cost $10 to $35 more.

The main differences

• A good all-round choice: the Milan to the Swiss Alps Bernina red train and St. Moritz day trip (our review), from $131 per person, rated 4.8/5 from 5,110+ reviews.
• Every shared day trip up to $165 sells a similar day: a coach from Milan, about two to two and a half hours on the regional red train in second class, and one to two hours in St. Moritz. In that range you are choosing an operator, a meeting point and a review record.
• A panoramic Bernina Express coach costs more than the red train. On Frigerio’s St. Moritz tour the panoramic option is $32 more than the standard one, and RhB charges CHF 32 (about $39) each way for the reservation alone.
• Going on your own by train costs about $9 less per adult than the lowest-priced guided day trip, City Wonders’ red train day ($112 against $121), and you ride the Bernina line in both directions.
• Above about $185 the extra money pays for a boat on Lake Como, a smaller group, a glacier lunch or a private van. The time on the train stays about the same.
• Every price here is per person, including on the private tours, which need at least two adults.

What a Bernina day trip from Milan costs

Prices checked 12 November 2026: GetYourGuide prices are for the next available date with two adults, Viator prices are the listing’s from-price. Operators change prices by date, so check the booking page for yours. Every tour is linked with its rating and review count beside it; a low count is a reason for caution. Listings with no review page on this site are left out.

What you get as you spend more

Mostly a different train, a boat or a smaller group. The time on the Bernina line stays at about two to two and a half hours on every shared day trip.

Around $120 to $165 you get a coach and the red train. City Wonders’ day from Porta Garibaldi (our review) is the lowest price here at $121, with an hour in St. Moritz, a stop at the Bernina Pass and about 45 minutes in Tirano. For $10 more, Milano Art Discovery’s day starts at Milano Centrale and has a much longer review history. The Autostradale and Zani Viaggi days cost $27 to $34 more than that and are rated 4.5; the Zani Viaggi tour makes sense if you want an audio guide in French, German, Italian or Portuguese, or about two hours in St. Moritz.

Around $185 to $221 the extras change. Frigerio’s panoramic option (our review) puts you in a panoramic Bernina Express coach (its standard-carriage option on the same tour was $153). Autostradale’s Lake Como day adds about 45 minutes on a private boat for $192, and the TaoTravel Lake Como day on Viator costs $5 more with a town visit instead of a cruise and 89 reviews. LUCAfromITALY (our review) caps its group at 18 people, with a minimum age of 12. The Diavolezza day includes the cable car to 2,978 m and a set lunch at Berghaus Diavolezza, but the train runs only from Bernina Diavolezza down to Tirano and there is no time in St. Moritz. On 12 November, Frigerio’s Como departure had no date on sale before 1 January 2027.

Above $1,000 per person you pay for a private van, a guide for your party and pickup at your hotel. See our private tour page for how the two compare.

Lunch is extra on every day trip except the Diavolezza tour and the lunch options on Frigerio’s panoramic tours, so plan on a meal in Tirano or St. Moritz.

What the train costs on your own

Conversions use the European Central Bank reference rates of 11 November 2026 (EUR 1 = $1.1127, CHF 1 = $1.2050) and are approximate.

The red train both ways comes to about $112 per adult ($28 for Trenord plus $84 for RhB). Add the optional reservations and it is about $124. Riding the Bernina Express one way adds the CHF 32 reservation, about $151 in all, and both ways at the regular fare about $190. RhB’s last-minute return, sold online in the days before departure, includes both reservations for CHF 87, which makes a Bernina Express day about $133 with Trenord. RhB lists the red train at CHF 35 one way and CHF 60 in first class. Children under 6 travel free on RhB and children aged 6 to 16 pay half, but everyone pays the full Bernina Express reservation, including Swiss Travel Pass, Eurail and Interrail holders.

The time is the real cost. Trenord takes about two and a half hours each way, and the red train about two and a quarter, so you spend roughly nine and a half hours seated. Our guides to the Milan to Tirano train and doing the trip on your own cover the connections.

The Tirano to St. Moritz red train return day ticket (our review) on GetYourGuide is $121 for the same second-class return RhB sells for CHF 70 (about $84), and $210 in first class against CHF 120 (about $145). It adds a timetable, a stop guide and free cancellation up to five days ahead, and it is rated 4.5 from 1,140+ reviews. More on buying tickets on our tickets page.

What two or four people pay

At the starting price, two people on the Milano Art Discovery day pay $262 and four adults $524. On your own by train, two adults pay about $224 in fares and four about $448. The small-group tour comes to $428 for two. The private tours are priced per person, so a larger party does not split a fixed price: two people pay from $2,142 on the private first-class day and $2,344 on the private Lake Como day. Child prices on the tours show when you enter ages at booking.

What stays the same at every price

The scenery on the line between Tirano and St. Moritz is the same whichever ticket you hold: Poschiavo, Alp Grüm with the view to the Palü glacier, Lago Bianco and the Morteratsch glacier. Paying more changes the coach, the size of the group and the seat. You cannot choose a side of the train on any of these trips, every day trip crosses the Swiss border twice, so carry a passport or ID card, and every listing offers free cancellation (24 hours ahead on the day trips). Several listings say the train can switch to the Albula line on some dates, so read the option before you book. Our guide to the Bernina Express and the red train explains the two trains.

Is it worth paying more?

Pay more if a panoramic coach, a Lake Como cruise or a group of 18 at most matters to you; each is a clear extra for $54 to $83 over the $131 day. If you are happy with windows that open and the same mountains, the red train day at $131 or City Wonders’ day at $121 covers it, and going on your own saves little unless you want to ride the line in both directions. To see the price for your own date on the Milano Art Discovery tour, check dates.