Excursion Reservations

To book an excursion, please register on-line by following the link on the EPS13 web site. If you cannot register on-line, please fill in the Excursion Form and send it to the EPS Secretariat by regular mail or fax. The excursions will be cancelled if the minimum number of participants is not reached (and refund will be arranged). The deadline for reserving excursions is 1st June 2005.

Sunday, 10 July 2005
Jungfraujoch - top of Europe View
Price: € 121.00
min. 40 participants
The coach will take you along the Lake of Thun via Interlaken to the glacier village of Grindelwald. From there, you travel by rack-railway up to the Kleine Scheidegg, right below the Eiger north face, the Mönch and Jungfrau mountains. A long tunnel (http://www.jungfraubahn.ch/) then leads you to the Jungfraujoch (3454 m).
On the Jungfraujoch, two options are available:
1. Visit of the International Alpine Research Station (http://www.ifjungo.ch/). Fifteen research groups are currently using the Station for investigations in the fields of atmospheric physics, cosmic rays, infrared astronomy, medicine and power electronics. Access to the Research Station is limited to 40 persons.
2. Visit of the ice palace, Sphinx observation terrace (3571 m) with a view of the Aletsch glacier, the longest glacier in Europe.
After lunch, return by rack-railway via Wengen to Lauterbrunnen and by bus to Bern.
Price includes all transport, lunch (without beverages) and an English-speaking guide. There is a minimum of 40 participants (each one free to choose option 1 or 2) to this excursion.
(The limited space in the Research Station led the organisers to schedule this excursion for three different dates. The organisers gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the Jungfraubahn, which results in a very favourable fee for this otherwise rather costly excursion into the world of eternal snow.)

Schilthorn - in 1000 seconds on the trail of 007 (View the Image)
Price: € 119.00
min. 40 participants
By bus, you ride past the 'Staubbach' falls in Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg. From there, you will reach the Schilthorn (2971 m) — where several sequences of the James Bond movie „On Her Majesty’s Secret Service“ were filmed — in a mere 1000 s. Lunch with a panoramic view in the revolving restaurant „Piz Gloria“ will be followed by a visit to the holiday resort Mürren. Return to Bern by coach.
Price includes all transport, lunch (without beverages) and an English-speaking guide. There is a minimum of 40 participants to this excursion.

Niesen - the Swiss pyramid (View the Image)
Price: € 100
min. 20 participants
Departure from Bern to Mülenen by train, journey along the Lake Thun into the Bernese Oberland. The top of the pyramid-shaped Niesen mountain is reached by funicular. The panoramic view extends from Lake Thun and the Bernese Alps to the Black Forest in neighbouring Germany. Lunch in the Niesen mountain restaurant will be followed by visit to Spiez. Boat cruise to Thun, and return from Thun to Bern by train.
Price includes all transport, lunch (without beverages) and an English-speaking guide. There is a minimum of 20 participants to this excursion.

Gruyère - dairy and castle (View the Image)
Price: € 64.00
min. 40 participants
By bus, ride past lush green meadows to the medieval, picturesque and hilly town of Gruyères in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. In a cheese dairy, watch up close how the popular Gruyère cheese is made. Lunch at the restaurant "le Chalet". A „must“ for visitors is a stroll through the town’s main street with its splendid late Gothic houses and a visit of the imposing castle. Return to Bern by coach.
Prices includes all transport, entrance fee of the cheese dairy and castle, lunch (without beverages) and an English-speaking guide

Lake of Biel region - boat trip and wine tasting (View the Image)
Price: € 79.00
min. 40 participants
A round tour by bus will lead you back in time to the medieval towns and villages along the Lake of Biel. For example, Aarberg with its unique market square, the hilly town of Erlach with its castle. In Erlach you will board the ship to St. Peter' s Island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau penned many important works. After lunch you will enjoy the beauty of the island. Boat trip to the wine-growers‘ village of Ligerz. As a special attraction: wine tasting in a vintage-age wine cellar. As a souvenir you will get a wine glass! Return to Bern by coach.
Price includes all transport, lunch (without beverages) and an English-speaking guide.

Tuesday, 12 July 2005 (In the evening)
Old Town walk including visit to the Clock Tower
Price: € 10
min. 20 participants
A multilingual guide will accompany a group of 20-25 people on this voyage of discovery through Berne's old town and also take you to visit the historical clockwork in the Clock Tower (‘Zytglogge’). From the tower there is a unique view over the roofs of Berne's old town.

Friday, 15 July 2005
Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
Price: € 121
min. 40 participants
This excursion will enable access to the Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch for another 40 persons. See description of the identical excursion under the date of Sunday, 10 July 2005.

CERN - the world’s largest particle accelerator
Price: € 32.00
Min. 50 participants
Price includes only the trip by bus from Bern to CERN and v.v., transport on site. Lunch can be bought in the CERN Cafeteria. There is a minimum of 50 participants, and a maximum of 150 participants to this excursion.

Saturday, 16 July 2005
Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe
Price: € 121
min. 40 participants
This excursion will enable access to the Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch for another 40 persons. See description of the identical excursion under the date of Sunday, 10 July 2005.