08 Sep 2025
Aristotle the driver/guide was very good, but the experience was soured by learning only after boarding the bus (too late!) that the trip included an option — for an extra price — to be dropped off at Montbovon, take the Golden Pass Express to Montreux and then get back on the bus to return to Montreux. Result: instead of returning direct to Lausanne from Gruyeres the vast majority of us on the bus took an unexpected and lengthy detour to accommodate the view who disembarked for the Golden Pass. The Golden Pass had been advertised as a different trip. I suspect in fact Swiss Tours at the last minute combined it with the Broc-Gruyère trip because so few signed up for it. Had I known in advance about the detour, I would not have signed up for the trip. Boo hiss on Swiss Tours.