A Grand Rail Adventure: Milan, The Alps & Vienna

For Tauck guests only – only 58 Tauck guests aboard, accompanied by two Tauck Directors for the utmost in personalized service; limited to 6 departures. A most remarkable rail journey through Switzerland, Austria, and Lichtenstein in search of art, castles, wine, and cuisines, along some of the most scenic mountain railways in Europe. Begin with two nights in Milan at the prestigious Hotel Excelsior.... visit glorious Milan Cathedral, a 19th-century shopping arcade, and the bohemian Brera district... get a lesson in authentic Italian cooking at a farm outside the city. Travel to Como's pastel villages and promenades on Lake Como and attend a private organ concert for Tauck guests only at magnificent 14th-century Como Cathedral... then board the Golden Eagle Danube Express for a rail odyssey through Central Europe... the plunging granite valleys and soaring alpine peaks, twisting turns and tunnels of the St. Gotthard Pass... to shimmering Lake Lucerne, Zurich's Kunsthaus art museum, and the clifftop castle of Liechtenstein's royal family in Vaduz... explore Innsbruck's enchanting old town... cruise on a lofty mountain lake... spend two nights in Vienna at the premier Hotel Bristol, discover the palaces of Vienna, take a private after-hours tour of Schönbrunn Palace (with dinner), and immerse yourself in art at the storied Belvedere Museum, whose treasures include the world's largest collection of works by Gustav Klimt.