Benefit from our school offer.
A view of Lugano from the mountain overlooking it.
On the Monte San Salvatore – affectionately known as Switzerland’s sugar loaf mountain – your class can take in spectacular views, but also enjoy a range of outdoor learning activities. Discover the mountain overlooking Lugano on the nature trail running along the ridge or on one of the many hiking trails. A wonderful way to learn about geography and nature in the great outdoors.
With the RailAway offer ‘Monte San Salvatore for schools’, you benefit from attractive discounts on the school rate for your trip destination as well as on the return journey by public transport. Not only will your school trip cost less, it will be more sustainable too.
Your school trip.
Experience the highlights.
Cable car with breathtaking panoramic cabin.
Charming museum on geology, caves and lightning research.
Poster exhibition ‘From the Gotthard Tunnel in 1882 to the Ceneri Base Tunnel in 2020’.
Nature trail and circular route with comic signs.
Picnic area, children’s playground and hiking trails.
Vetta San Salvatore restaurant.
For school groups of ten or more people.
Travel by public transport and enjoy the following benefits:
Option 1: 13% discount on the school rate for the return journey on the Monte San Salvatore cable car.
Option 2: 13% discount on the school rate for the single journey on the Monte San Salvatore cable car.
Day Pass for Schools in the GA Travelcard area of validity for CHF 15.– per person, including for accompanying adults.
Discounted prices (excluding travel).
Option 1: Return cable car ride to San Salvatore:
Children aged at least 6 and under 16: CHF 7.90.
Young people aged at least 16 and under 25: CHF 11.40.
Adults: CHF 15.70.
Adults with Half Fare Travelcard/GA Travelcard: CHF 14.–
Option 2: Single journey on the San Salvatore cable car:
Children aged at least 6 and under 16: CHF 6.10.
Young people aged at least 16 and under 25: CHF 8.70.
Adults: CHF 12.20.
Adults with Half Fare Travelcard/GA Travelcard: CHF 10.90.
Offer valid: 8 December 2023 to 31 December 2024.
Due to servicing work on the railway, the offer is not available from 8 January to 15 March 2024 and 4 to 30 November 2024.
The offer is only valid on Saturday and Sunday from 1 December to 15 December 2024.
Prices include VAT. Prices and products subject to modification.
Prices as at: 1 January 2024.
You can obtain the combined ticket (discounted leisure service and public transport ticket):
Online order form.
At a staffed public transport point of sale.
Outward journey: to Lugano, Paradiso then five minutes by foot to the valley station of the cable car, according to the online timetable.
We recommend that you book early – ideally two weeks before you start your journey.
For at least ten participants.
Pram and wheelchair accessible.
If you have any questions or queries about the offer, please contact the SBB Contact Center on 0848 44 66 88 (CHF 0.08/min.).
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