Gallery: Seamless Switzerland seduces

Bernina Express, surely one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world.

Bernina Express, surely one of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world.

Switzerland is a mecca for all adventure enthusiasts, and not just skiers ... as this paraglider over the southern town of Locarno proves.

Clear air, glaciers and blue sky.

From St Moritz, the red-and-white train (with huge panoramic glass windows in its coaches) winds alongside and over rivers as it climbs into the Alps.

Bernina Express in der montebello Kurve, im Hintergrund das bernina Massiv mit dem Morteratsch Gletscher