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The best train tours in Austria
152 hotel-based trips in Austria had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the percent of the trip actually on trains, from the itinerary.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
Twelve-day escorted rail journey through Vienna, Budapest, Prague and Berlin.
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 51
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $3,483 ($290/day)
London to Paris via Alps and Tuscany on nine named trains
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 90
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
11 days · from $2,009 ($183/day)
15-day self-guided rail loop through Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 86
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
15 days · from $2,959 ($197/day)
Seven-day rail loop from Turin through Venice and Vienna with Alpine crossings
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $1,406 ($201/day)
Twelve-day rail loop through Vienna, Budapest, and Prague from London
- Rail share
- 92
- Value
- 93
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
12 days · from $1,942 ($162/day)
Independent rail tour from Frankfurt to Salzburg via Bavaria's Romantic Road.
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 96
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
10 days · from $1,379 ($138/day)
Seven-day Munich base with daily rail trips to Alpine castles and cities
- Rail share
- 86
- Value
- 93
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $1,099 ($157/day)
Self-guided rail journey through 11 European cities in 29 days
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 95
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
29 days · from $4,287 ($148/day)
14-day escorted rail journey through Germany, Austria and Czech Republic with steam festivals
- Rail share
- 95
- Value
- 64
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
14 days · from $3,417 ($244/day)
Cologne to Vienna by rail via Lake Constance and Alpine pass
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 66
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
6 days · from $1,406 ($234/day)