Arrive in Paris and settle into the city where this journey begins. Boulevards stretch past pale façades, café tables spill towards the pavement, and the Seine slips through a skyline already filled with familiar shapes. Plenty awaits over the next two days, but the opening line can stay simple: we made it to Paris.

The first evening stays unscripted: a walk beside the Seine, coffee at a café table and the first beckoning of Parisian life.

This is Paris in the grand frame. Explore the capital along its famous avenues and landmarks, spend time inside the Louvre Museum, take a cruise on the Seine River, and rise to the summit of the Eiffel Tower. Art, architecture, the river, and the skyline all find their place in a day filled with the images that make Paris one of Europe’s most recognisable cities.

Stay beside the Seine as the city lights come on, cross into the Latin Quarter, or find dinner somewhere that looks inviting. After the Louvre, the river and the Eiffel Tower, even an ordinary Parisian evening can feel unusually well composed.

Spend the day at Disneyland Paris, where themed worlds, attractions and familiar stories replace museum halls and boulevards for a few hours. After yesterday’s monumental Paris, the change is deliberately playful, giving the journey one full day where fantasy is allowed to take over.

The day closes with the final fireworks at Disneyland Paris, the illuminated castle holding onto that last little bit of magic before the journey back to Paris.

Leave Paris by train and travel to Switzerland, changing at Lausanne before continuing to Interlaken, where your Swiss Travel Pass begins. After the dense visual language of Paris, the frame suddenly widens into lakes, valleys and mountains. Explore Interlaken before taking a cruise on Lake Brienz or Lake Thun, with Alpine slopes rising beyond the water.

Walk around Höhematte or settle somewhere with the peaks still in view. Interlaken has a way of making even a quiet evening feel wonderfully open.

Travel towards Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe, using your Swiss Travel Pass for the applicable portions of the journey. Railways climb from the Interlaken region into high Alpine terrain until green valleys give way to snowfields, glaciers and mountain ridges stretching across the horizon.

Back in Interlaken, the valley feels almost impossibly gentle after the scale above. A slow walk, a warm meal, and the mountains still visible in the distance are more than enough for the evening.

Board the Luzern–Interlaken Panoramic Express for a scenic journey to Lucerne, with lakes, villages, and mountain slopes passing by the windows before the next city comes into view. On arrival, discover Chapel Bridge and the Lion Monument, then take a Lake Lucerne cruise, bringing railway scenery, old-town character and water together in one day.

Later, wander through Lucerne’s painted old streets or stay beside the lake as the mountains darken beyond the water. The city feels remarkably complete at walking pace, with just enough grandeur and just enough intimacy.

Set out for Mount Titlis, using your Swiss Travel Pass for the applicable journey into the mountains. As the altitude rises, Lucerne’s lake and streets give way to snow and high ridges before the Ice Flyer carries you across the glacier landscape.

Return to Lucerne later, where the lakefront and old streets feel especially calm after the mountains' brightness. Snow and city sit surprisingly close together here, giving the day two very different versions of Switzerland.

Travel by train from Lucerne to Zurich, then continue to Rhine Falls, where the Rhine gathers force and breaks dramatically over the falls. Later, visit the Lindt Home of Chocolate, letting the final sightseeing day shift from raw natural spectacle to a considerably sweeter side of Switzerland.

Spend the last evening in Zurich’s Old Town, along the Limmat, or by the lakefront. After the thunder of Rhine Falls and the sweetness of Lindt Home of Chocolate, the city’s quieter streets and waterfront make a gentle ending to the day.