Welcome to Switzerland’s canton of Graubünden, where vineyards, glaciers and three languages coexist within forty square miles • A high-altitude chairlift takes you to the start of your first hike • Enter the isolated realm of Romansh, the closest living language to Latin • Trek up the grand shoulders of Piz Scalottas (Scalottas Peak), either the short way on a heart-pumping climb or the long way on a panoramic ridge trail • Learn to make hearty local specialties with old-school cooking appliances and a cauldron over an open fire—this interactive dinner at our cozy village hotel is not your average cooking class.   

Make for the Engadine region via the World Heritage route of the historic Bernina Express, which weaves through tunnels and across soaring viaducts • As you travel, take in the land that inspired painters such as Segantini and Marc Chagall • From the heath-strewn mountaintop of Muottas Muragl, catch your first glimpse of the twin jewels of Lake St. Moritz and Lake Silvaplana • Stroll the lanes of elegant St. Moritz • Hike high above the Engadine Valley on a soaring panorama trail • Our elegant St. Moritz hotel serves up exquisite Italian specialties like fresh burrata and pasta made in-house—after all, Italy is less than ten miles away! 

Benvenuti in Italia! On the shores of Lake Como, hike past magnificent villas, colorful gardens and castle ruins • Hike past magnificent villas, colorful gardens and castle ruins to Varenna • Walk to Italy’s shortest river, the 800-foot-long “River of Milk”—not even Leonardo da Vinci could discover its source! • Climb the towers of a medieval castle and learn about this area’s history fraught with battles and vying kingdoms • A private boat takes you to the western shore of Lake Como and our stunning lakeside retreat for the night • Toast to our mountain adventure as golden hour lights up the lake • On your final morning, choose to relax in a chaise longue or climb to a hilltop church before jumping in the shuttle that will drop you off in elegant Milan.