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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.
  1. 1
    Grand Imperial Cities

    Great Rail Journeys

    78

    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)

  2. 2
    Tuscany in Detail

    Tailor Made Rail

    78

    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)

  3. 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)

  4. 476.6

    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)

  5. 575.8

    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)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 873.7

    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)

  9. 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)

  10. 1073.3

    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)