Visit the highest railway station in Europe and the biggest glacier in the Alps. Follow in the footsteps of James Bond and Sherlock Holmes. Walk through the valley of 72 waterfalls and take a boat trip. Check out an open-air museum and Switzerland's capital city. Enjoy all this and more on this one-week tour of the highlights of the Jungfrau Region.

Starting in Grindelwald. From the Terminal station in Grindelwald the Eiger Express – the world's most state-of-the-art tri-cable gondola – will whisk you up to the Eiger Glacier in just 15 minutes. Here, you change on to the Jungfrau Railway – a marvel of construction. This route passes through a seven-kilometre-long tunnel through the Eiger and Mönch to the Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe. At 3,454 metres above sea level, the end station is the highest railway station in Europe. Here, you can visit the ice palace and admire the fantastic view of the Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps. Naturally, you can also enjoy a meal in one of the restaurants. On the way back, rather than the Eiger Express to Grindelwald, you take the Wengernalp Railway past the Eiger Glacier, via Kleine Scheidegg, to Wengen. The thin air at this altitude will have made you feel quite tired by now. The best remedy for that is a leisurely stroll round the Alpine village. In the evening, you can treat yourself to a typical Swiss meal in one of the local restaurants. How does a fondue or raclette sound?

You begin the new day where you ended the old. In Wengen. Things get off to a great start with a wonderful train ride down into the Lauterbrunnen Valley – the valley of the 72 waterfalls. Here, you’ll visit the Staubbach Waterfall – the highest free-falling waterfall in Switzerland. In summer, you can explore this key Lauterbrunnen landmark from behind by way of a purpose-built gallery. Even the world-famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe took inspiration from this impressive waterfall for his poem “Song of the Spirits over the Waters”, which he wrote in 1779. Got all the photos you need? Then onwards to the next amazing waterfall. Or rather, to the next amazing waterfalls – plural. Ten of them, in fact, in the form of the Trümmelbach Waterfalls. They’re just a 30-minute walk away. The waterfalls are all inside the mountain. Accessible via a tunnel lift, they are the biggest underground waterfalls in Europe. The Trümmelbach drains the huge glacier walls of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau at a rate of up to 20,000 litres of water per second. Afterwards, you can get back to Lauterbrunnen in five minutes by taking the PostBus or you can walk.

From Lauterbrunnen, take the gondola cableway to Grütschalp, , and then change on to the narrow-gauge railway to Mürren. Make sure you sit on the left side of the train in order to fully appreciate the breathtaking view of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau triumvirate. Mürren is situated 1,634 metres above sea level and, like neighbouring Gimmelwald, stands out for its originality and authenticity. It’s well worth taking a walk through both villages, which are car-free. When you’re done, you can make your way to the Schilthorn cableway station in Mürren. It takes just 17 minutes on the aerial cableway to get from Mürren up to the Schilthorn, where the 1969 James Bond classic “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed. What is now the 360-degree revolving restaurant was the villain Blofeld’s base in the film. It was given the name Piz-Gloria, which has stuck to this day. Here, you can enjoy the best view of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, before heading to Spy World, an interactive exhibition on the 007 adventure, where you can immerse yourself in the making of the film. On your way back, we recommend you stop off on Birg. As long as you don't mind heights, that is. Here, the rock footbridge Thrill Walk is a pure rush of adrenaline. Equally spectacular is the Skyline Walk viewing platform. All in all, you should allow three hours for your visit to the Schilthorn. Back in Mürren or Lauterbrunnen, you can round off the day in comfort.

Today, you travel out of the Jungfrau Region and take the train to Bern, Switzerland’s capital city. The journey takes around 90 minutes. Bern’s old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and boasts all manner of city tours, sights, dining options and shopping streets. It’s quite easy to while away a whole day in the city. Should you wish to combine your day trip with a boat trip on Lake Thun, that’s no problem. You just need to make sure that you take the train to Thun just after midday at the latest. From there, the scheduled boat excursion takes just over two pleasant hours to Interlaken West. You then take the train from Interlaken Ost back to the Jungfrau Region.

Back in the mountains, Day 5 is spent in Grindelwald. The village at the foot of the Eiger lies at 1,034 metres above sea level, nestled within a unique Alpine landscape. A leisurely, half-hour stroll takes you from Grindelwald railway station along the main street, past countless shopping opportunities and traditional houses, to the bottom station of the First Railway. It takes around 25 minutes in the six-seater gondola to get to the mountain station on First, almost 2,200 metres above sea level. Once up there, it's an easy walk to theBachalpsee. . There’s a good reason it's known as the “blue jewel”. The mountain landscape around the Bachalpsee was the inspiration for Alderaan, the home planet of Princess Leia from the “Star Wars” films. Allow around 90 minutes to get there and back.  Once back on First, you absolutely must do the Cliff Wal. Get ready for a thrill – and a breathtaking view. The steel walkway skirts the rock – and ends with a 45-metre-long footbridge that takes you out over the abyss. Wow! Need more of an adrenaline rush? Head down below the mountain station, where you’ll find the First Flyer. Up to four people, securely strapped in, can zip down the 800-metre-long steel cable to Schreckfeld at a top speed of 84 km/h. At the bottom, the First Glider awaits. You can fly to First and back in the clutches of a great eagle. Gradually, this day in the Jungfrau Region also winds down. Take the gondola cableway back to Grindelwald, where we recommend you take a detour to the “Eigerness Der Laden” shop. On offer there, you’ll find a range of high-quality “Original Grindelwald” products, including traditional crafts and tasty local food products. For example, there's handmade ginger liqueur made with fresh glacier water or fine ice cream made from fresh Grindelwald milk. The perfect end to an eventful day in Grindelwald.

Today’s the day you take a walk through history. In the Ballenberg Swiss Open-Air Museum. The train journey from Interlaken Ost to Brienz takes less than 20 minutes. You then take the PostBus to the museum, which takes another 15 minutes. Here, the past becomes a tangible experience, with centuries-old buildings from all parts of Switzerland, 250 native farm animals, original gardens and fields, as well as demonstrations of traditional crafts and special events. These are all the things that make Ballenberg unique. There are more than 100 historic buildings to see here, and in some of them you are are free to look around, touch and try things out as much as you like. You can really get a feel for life in bygone days. Time to return to the present day – and to Brienz, where a boat trip on the Brienzersee awaits. This gives you the opportunity to discover the small villages dotted around the banks of the lake. The trip to Interlaken Ost takes around an hour and a half. We do recommend, however, that you stop off at one or two spots along the way, such as the Giessbach Falls, where a funicular will take you from the boat dock up to the waterfalls, or Iseltwald, the village known as the pearl of Brienzersee – and for good reason.