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The best train tours in Belgium

69 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 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

    77.9

    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. Eight-day train journey through Rhine and Moselle Valleys from London to Cologne

    Rail share
    95
    Value
    97
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    8 days · from $1,205 ($151/day)

  3. 14-day London to Kraków rail journey through German and Polish WW2 and post-war history

    Rail share
    100
    Value
    84
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    14 days · from $2,821 ($202/day)

  4. 474.8

    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 $1,059 ($118/day)

  5. 5
    Prague Without Flying

    Tailor Made Rail

    74.2

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

    Rail share
    90
    Value
    88
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    6 days · from $1,138 ($190/day)

  6. 6
    Ardennes Explorer

    Tailor Made Rail

    73.9

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

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    96
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    8 days · from $1,245 ($156/day)

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

    Rail share
    100
    Value
    62
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $2,405 ($267/day)

  8. 8
    Classic Austrian Alps

    Great Rail Journeys

    71.3

    Nine-day Austrian Alps escorted tour from London via Eurostar and First Class rail

    Rail share
    65
    Value
    30
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    88

    9 days · from $3,081 ($342/day)

  9. 970.6

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

    Rail share
    78
    Value
    91
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,623 ($180/day)

  10. 10
    Harz Mountains & Rhine Gorge

    Great Rail Journeys

    70.3

    Nine-day escorted tour through Harz Mountains and Rhine Gorge by rail and coach.

    Rail share
    65
    Value
    38
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    75

    9 days · from $2,813 ($313/day)