Top ten European rail holidays for summer

View our top ten European rail holidays for summer. From the Atlantic to Budapest, from the Arctic Circle to Andalusia.

Why Expressions Holidays?

Expressions Holidays has over 35 years’ experience of creating handcrafted holidays. Our individual experience of rail travel throughout Europe is extensive and has been built up over this time. Our team of travel professionals has travelled by train from Andalusia in southern Spain to the Arctic Circle in Norway and Sweden. We have personal experience of rail travel in almost every European country, except perhaps in the Baltic States and in Greece.

Why rail travel?

Rail travel today is a comfortable and leisurely form of slow travel, as well as being a more eco-friendly and sustainable option. Conveying the traveller from city centre to city centre, the charm of this mode of transport is in the experience you gain from the journey: its scenery, the change in topography, the variety of different languages and cultures you witness, and the opportunity to engage with different people along the way.

What are the different types of rail holidays Expressions offers?

Expressions Holidays offers a variety of rail holidays: touring holidays by train, journeys on scenic and iconic trains such as the Glacier Express, single centre holidays by train and journeys on luxury overnight nights such as the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express and the Al Andalus. The touring holidays by train offer great flexibility: take the train one way and fly the other, take the train both ways, take a train and then hire a car for exploring locally. There are many variations of our tailor-made rail holidays.

What countries do you feature for rail holidays?

Expressions Holidays bespoke rail holidays feature the following countries: France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. We can also tailor-made rail holidays to Belgium, Holland, the Baltic States, Romania and Bulgaria.

Our European rail holidays offer

● Touring holidays by train
● Single centre holidays by train
● Holidays including journeys on scenic trains
● Holidays including luxury trains
● Choice of departure date and duration
● Choice of first and second class, or a mixture
● Stays in our personally selected hotels of character

Included in all our holidays

● Concierge service
● Handcrafted helpful hints and local information provided with all our holidays
● Personal service by your sales consultant who looks after all aspects of your holiday
● Full financial protection with our ATOL (3076) for all holidays including a flight and our ABTOT for all non-air holidays

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