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The best train tours in Italy
331 hotel-based trips in Italy 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.
London to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express with Alpine rail and three nights in
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 16
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
- 283.2
London to Venice and back aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 16
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
Seven-day escorted rail journey through Italy: Venice, Bologna, Florence, Pisa, Rome
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 40
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
7 days · from $2,735 ($391/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)
London to Venice by train, return on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 11
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
5 days · from $6,347 ($1,269/day)
Historic Alpine rail line from Bern to Italy via mountain passes
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 98
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
2 days · from $271 ($136/day)
Swiss and Italian rail loop via two panoramic mountain trains
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 98
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $419 ($140/day)
Alpine rail loop on the Bernina Express from St. Moritz through Tirano to Chur
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 98
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $439 ($146/day)
Alpine rail journey on the Bernina Express from Chur to Tirano
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 94
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $530 ($177/day)