Gotthard Pass from Zurich with Chauffeur

The Gotthard Pass from Zurich is one of those drives where, with a private chauffeur, the journey truly becomes the destination, door to door, without your having to sit at the wheel through the serpentines yourself. You climb aboard in Zurich in the early morning and leave to us the roughly twenty-four switchbacks of the Tremola, the historic cobblestone road that winds in precisely laid loops over the summit of the pass. Instead of concentrating on the narrow roadway, your gaze stays free for the shifting plays of light over the Ticino granite, for the old packhorse stations, and for the lines of a road that has fascinated engineers and travelers for generations. At the top of the pass, a quiet stop is well worth it, with views into the valleys on both sides, before the road continues southward, where the climate grows milder and the language more Italian. We know the right places for a leisurely lunch and the right moment to take on the Tremola, when it is least traveled.