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The best train tours in France
366 hotel-based trips in France 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.
23-day rail journey from Paris to Venice through Alps and Italian Riviera
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 62
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
23 days · from $6,795 ($295/day)
Eight days from London to Lake Maggiore via Gotthard Pass, first class rail
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 75
8 days · from $1,607 ($201/day)
London to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express with Alpine rail and three nights in
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 14
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,693 ($1,116/day)
- 482.8
London to Venice and back aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 14
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,693 ($1,116/day)
- 582.4
London to Venice and back on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in first class
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 12
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $7,229 ($1,205/day)
Ten-day escorted rail journey from London to Lake Garda and Venice
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 54
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
10 days · from $3,349 ($335/day)
Independent rail from London through Alps to Rome via Umbria
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 91
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
12 days · from $2,076 ($173/day)
Luxury rail journey from London through Spain's northern coast aboard El Transcantábrico
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 16
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $13,259 ($1,105/day)
Nine-day Swiss Alps rail tour from London via Glacier and Bernina Express trains
- Rail share
- 75
- Value
- 33
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
9 days · from $4,153 ($461/day)
Nine-day First Class rail circle through Swiss Alps from London via Glacier and Bernina
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 26
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 88
9 days · from $5,091 ($566/day)