From Milan: Lake Como Cruise, St. Moritz & Bernina Red Train

About This Experience

You meet early at the Autostradale bus stop for the Lake Como and Bernina tours near Milano Centrale. The coach takes you to Lake Como, where you board a private boat for a cruise of about 45 minutes, with views toward Bellagio and lakeside villas.

From the lake the coach climbs over the Maloja Pass to St. Moritz. The guide leads a short walking tour and you get about an hour and a half in all for the town and its shops.

In the afternoon you take the Bernina red train for about two hours, past the Morteratsch glacier, Bernina Diavolezza and Val Poschiavo. Your ticket is pre-booked in 2nd class on the regional train; first-class and panoramic-coach seats are not included. The coach meets you at the other end and drives you back to Milan.

The guide speaks English and Spanish through a radio headset. The operator can change the itinerary, and on some days the train ends in Thusis on the Albula line instead of Tirano.

Highlights

• About 45 minutes on a private boat on Lake Como
• About two hours on the Bernina red train
• Morteratsch glacier, Bernina Diavolezza and Val Poschiavo from the train
• Walking tour and free time in St. Moritz, about 1.5 hours
• Drive over the Maloja Pass
• Guide in English and Spanish

What's Included

• ✓ Round-trip coach from Milan
• ✓ Lake Como cruise by private boat
• ✓ Pre-booked Bernina red train ticket in 2nd class, from or to St. Moritz
• ✓ Guide in English and Spanish
• ✓ Radio headset to hear the guide
• ✓ Walking tour of St. Moritz

Not Included

• Meals and drinks
• First-class or panoramic-coach seats
• Hotel pickup (you meet at the bus stop)
• Tips

What to Bring

• Passport or national ID card (the day crosses the Italian–Swiss border twice)
• Warm clothing
• Rain gear
• Camera

Good to Know & Caveats

• A valid passport or European ID card is required on the day of travel.
• You ride the regional red train in 2nd class with opening windows, not a panoramic Bernina Express coach.
• On some dates the train runs on the Albula line from St. Moritz to Thusis instead of the Bernina line to Tirano.
• You cannot pick a seat side on the train. Travelers often suggest the right-hand side heading south (St. Moritz to Tirano) and the left heading north, but you sit where there is space.
• Infants travel free on a parent's lap without a seat of their own.
• If you lose or do not return the radio headset, the operator charges a €50 fee.

Meeting Point

The Autostradale bus stop for Lake Como and Bernina tours near Milano Centrale, and the coach returns there in the evening.