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The best train tours in Belgium

46 hotel-based trips in Belgium 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 estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
  • 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. Eight-day train journey through Rhine and Moselle Valleys from London to Cologne

    Rail share
    95
    Value
    96
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    8 days · from $1,214 ($152/day)

  2. 14-day London to Kraków rail journey through German and Polish WW2 and post-war history

    Rail share
    100
    Value
    76
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    14 days · from $2,843 ($203/day)

  3. 374.8

    Nine-day self-guided rail circuit through Belgian Flanders: Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent.

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    100
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,039 ($115/day)

  4. 4
    Ardennes Explorer

    Tailor Made Rail

    73.4

    Eight-day rail loop from London through Belgium and Luxembourg's Ardennes.

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    93
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    8 days · from $1,255 ($157/day)

  5. 5
    Prague Without Flying

    Tailor Made Rail

    73

    London to Prague by Eurostar and sleeper train, returning via Nuremberg

    Rail share
    90
    Value
    83
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    6 days · from $1,147 ($191/day)

  6. 669.7

    Self-guided rail circuit through Cologne, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels

    Rail share
    78
    Value
    87
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,592 ($177/day)

  7. Nine days London to Paris via Vienna and Salzburg on first-class rail

    Rail share
    100
    Value
    46
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $2,425 ($269/day)

  8. Seven-day First Class rail journey from London to Vienna with Bonn and Nuremberg.

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    70
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    7 days · from $1,479 ($211/day)

  9. Escorted rail journey from London through Germany's steam railways and Harz Mountains

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    72
    Completeness
    85
    Departures
    13

    11 days · from $2,310 ($210/day)

  10. 1067.8

    Seven-day rail loop from London through Amsterdam, Luxembourg, and Brussels

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    65
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    7 days · from $1,485 ($212/day)