Typically, days range between 7-20km and involve significant ascent and descent over rugged terrain.
The season for this holiday is:
15 June 2025 - 13 October 2025
15 June 2026 - 15 October 2026
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| °C | -2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | -2 |
| mm | 113 | 96 | 111 | 122 | 132 | 150 | 155 | 162 | 126 | 108 | 124 | 112 |
We can only accept payment in GBP, but you can use this converter to find out how much the holiday equates to in your own currency.
6 nights: 15 June 2025 - 13 October 2025 & 15 June 2026 - 15 October 2026
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price * |
|---|---|
| 23 - 30 Jul 2025 | from £1801 |
| 31 Jul - 24 Aug 2025 | from £1631 |
| 25 Aug - 7 Oct 2025 | from £1711 |
| 15 - 30 Jun 2026 | from £1916 |
| 1 - 31 Jul 2026 | from £1916 |
| 1 - 31 Aug 2026 | from £1766 |
| 1 - 30 Sep 2026 | from £1826 |
| 1 - 9 Oct 2026 | from £1746 |
* Final price is subject to change due to the customisable nature of our holidays. We will contact you to confirm the final price based on your selections.
Includes accommodation, meals and services integral to the holiday as described, plus walking notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Travelling from the UK
If you are flying from outside Europe, we recommend flying via Zürich. To discuss onward connecting travel to the start of your holiday, please contact us.
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen - Zurich (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Aberdeen - Zurich (via Paris) | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Zurich | Swiss |
| Birmingham - Zurich (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bristol - Zurich | Swiss |
| Bristol - Zurich (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Zurich | Swiss |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Glasgow - Zurich (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Leeds Bradford - Zurich (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Zurich | British Airways, Swiss |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Zurich | easyJet, Swiss |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Zurich | British Airways, Swiss |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Luton - Zurich | easyJet, Vueling |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Zurich | Lufthansa, Swiss |
| Manchester - Zurich (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Manchester - Zurich (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Zurich (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Newcastle - Zurich (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Norwich - Zurich (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
If you are flying from outside Europe, we recommend flying via Zürich. To discuss onward connecting travel to the start of your holiday, please contact us.
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you for any of the options listed above. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service. Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Zürich
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Zurich airport to Guarda station (2h45), postbus Guarda station to village (0h08) | £128-£135 | 1600 |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| walk to bus stop (0h05), bus Sils to St Moritz (0h25), rail St Moritz to Zürich airport (3h40) | included in outward price | 1400 |
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We visited Guarda and Hotel Meisser during winter ten years ago. We have long wanted to return during the summer. It offered all we had expected; fabulous scenery and flowers on the walks and a welcoming, charming place to stay with very good food. We were very glad we had returned. The room was spacious with a great view. Hotel Privata had a lot to live up to. It was also very welcoming and the food was excellent but it lacks the charm of Hotel Meisser. We enjoyed the outdoor concert that happens in the meadow just by the hotel every Sunday afternoon during the summer.
The Hotel Meisser in Guarda is a real gem. The whole village is delightful - quiet and peaceful and very attractive. The walks at both locations gave us the right amount of challenge, and we enjoyed the varied scenery across the two villages. Main courses for dinner at the Meisser were in our opinion over-ambitious, and not as tasty or wholesome as those at the Privata - although the soup and starters at both hotels were lovely. We recommend taking one picnic between two, on two separate days, unless you are big eaters. Sandwiches were very ample! The walking was fantastic as was travel within Switzerland, making this a relaxing and satisfying holiday. Things to note: the GPX files for the walks can be uploaded to the free Swisstopo app, so you don't need to use a paid app such as Gaia. The hotel in Sils provides a local transport pass which is very useful for trains, buses and cable cars. Prices in Switzerland are eye-watering, but that level of transport and infrastructure costs money to maintain - and everything works!
An fantastic six day trip with exceptional hotels and locales. We were especially struck by Guarda and the Meisser Hotel. Meanwhile the high elevation drama of some of the walks out of Sils would be hard to match.
We visited Guarda and Hotel Meisser during winter ten years ago. We have long wanted to return during the summer. It offered all we had expected; fabulous scenery and flowers on the walks and a welcoming, charming place to stay with very good food. We were very glad we had returned. The room was spacious with a great view. Hotel Privata had a lot to live up to. It was also very welcoming and the food was excellent but it lacks the charm of Hotel Meisser. We enjoyed the outdoor concert that happens in the meadow just by the hotel every Sunday afternoon during the summer.
The Hotel Meisser in Guarda is a real gem. The whole village is delightful - quiet and peaceful and very attractive. The walks at both locations gave us the right amount of challenge, and we enjoyed the varied scenery across the two villages. Main courses for dinner at the Meisser were in our opinion over-ambitious, and not as tasty or wholesome as those at the Privata - although the soup and starters at both hotels were lovely. We recommend taking one picnic between two, on two separate days, unless you are big eaters. Sandwiches were very ample! The walking was fantastic as was travel within Switzerland, making this a relaxing and satisfying holiday. Things to note: the GPX files for the walks can be uploaded to the free Swisstopo app, so you don't need to use a paid app such as Gaia. The hotel in Sils provides a local transport pass which is very useful for trains, buses and cable cars. Prices in Switzerland are eye-watering, but that level of transport and infrastructure costs money to maintain - and everything works!
An fantastic six day trip with exceptional hotels and locales. We were especially struck by Guarda and the Meisser Hotel. Meanwhile the high elevation drama of some of the walks out of Sils would be hard to match.
Brilliant holiday, with challenging walks (particularly across the snowfield and raging torrents). Switzerland is fabulous. The food was incredible as was the hospitality. Both Hotels were outstanding. Swiss public transport is incredible. Loved it!
A fabulous trip! Guarda and Sils are very different bases, but both are delightful. We booked an extra night in both so managed to do most of the recommended hikes. The wild flowers in June were spectacular.
The flowers were the highlight for us all. Ian has travelled extensively in the Alps and has never seen meadows like these. The high flowers (gentians, orchids etc) were also stunning. A beautiful quiet unspoilt area. I'm tempted to say that the shower at the Hotel Meisser was also a highlight!! I cannot praise both hotels highly enough. We have stayed in some glorious places with Inntravel but the Hotel Meisser has been the best so far.
Everything about the Hotel Privata exceeded our expectations - the welcome, the room, the service, the friendliness and the cuisine. We think there are some good lower level walks to replace walking down from the top of Piz Nair.
The Engadine is gorgeous and a little less traveled than other places in Switzerland, and this is a particularly flexible holiday. We had perfect walking weather in mid September (10-15C), with just one rainy day. Guarda is a lovely old mountain village and the hotel Meisser is exceptional, with warm, welcoming staff and comfortable rooms and grounds. Deeply quiet, spacious, peaceful, and relaxing. Sils is a little bigger with more people but also lovely. The chef at the Privata made creative and delicious meals, catering well to the vegetarians. The walks are varied and can be adapted for different needs, abilities, whims. Between the GPX files (on Gaia) and the clearly marked and well maintained Swiss trails it was easy to modify routes. We added an extra day in both places and had time to swim in a fine 25m pool outside St. Moritz (Ovaverve, which is also a spa) as well as dip in the lake and visit the Nietzsche museum in Sils. The hotels provide a transit card that works on trains, busses, cable cars -- these run efficiently and with the SBB app are easy to figure out. The view at the top of Mt Corvatsch is breathtaking, though the air there thinner. Recommend a little extra time to acclimate to the altitude if you live at sea level. We particularly liked the walk around Lake Sils (skipping the rock fall part) and happened to be in the national park at the time of the red deer rutting, which we could hear throughout that walk. We didn't see them but with binoculars or telescopes, which other hikers had, there are good spots for animal watching.
The long walk down from the summit of Piz Nair (3000m) to Sils Maria was spectacular.
The Engadine is a magnificent region of Switzerland, graced with wonderful mountain vistas, and unspoiled by tourism. Here, there is none of the jostling and bustle that one sees in the Berner Oberland, for instance. The villages and hotel selection for this trip were delightful. Guarda is truly a village lost in time, and Sils provides access to some of the best hiking in Europe. Every detail of our travel and stay was handled perfectly. Without Inntravel's suggestion, we might have missed the National Park visit. That was well planned, and great fun! Their suggested trail was beautiful and the "toy train" trip so fun! I am very fond of the early spring wildflowers and our mid June travel time was just right for this. If you have the time, I would recommend you book an additional day at each location as there are many more hikes to enjoy.
A wonderful holiday in the Engadine. The wild flowers were a special highlight in June and we thoroughly enjoyed every walk. The scenery was breathtaking, the weather was perfect and the walking was varied. Both hotels were excellent and well situated.
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