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The best train tours in France
331 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 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.
Eight days from London to Lake Maggiore via Gotthard Pass, first class rail
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 80
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 75
8 days · from $1,620 ($203/day)
London to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express with Alpine rail and three nights in
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 15
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
- 383.1
London to Venice and back aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 15
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
- 482.4
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 $7,288 ($1,215/day)
23-day rail journey from Paris to Venice through Alps and Italian Riviera
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 37
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
23 days · from $9,317 ($405/day)
Luxury rail journey from London through Spain's northern coast aboard El Transcantábrico
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 17
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $13,366 ($1,114/day)
Independent rail from London through Alps to Rome via Umbria
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 90
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
12 days · from $2,092 ($174/day)
Seven-day rail loop from London to Rome via Swiss Alps and Bern
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 79
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $1,444 ($206/day)
Five-day narrow-gauge steam railway tour to Northern France via Eurostar from Amiens
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 65
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
5 days · from $1,277 ($255/day)
16-day rail journey London to Girona via Portugal's coast and cities
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 97
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
16 days · from $2,295 ($143/day)