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The best train tours in Italy
340 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 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
- 61
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
23 days · from $6,795 ($295/day)
Seven-day escorted rail journey through Italy: Venice, Bologna, Florence, Pisa, Rome
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 43
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
7 days · from $2,633 ($376/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 $6,693 ($1,116/day)
London to Venice and back aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 15
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,693 ($1,116/day)
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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)
London to Venice by train, return on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 11
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
5 days · from $6,297 ($1,259/day)
Historic Alpine rail line from Bern to Italy via mountain passes
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 98
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
2 days · from $276 ($138/day)
Swiss and Italian rail loop via two panoramic mountain trains
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 97
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $428 ($143/day)
Alpine rail loop on the Bernina Express from St. Moritz through Tirano to Chur
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 96
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
3 days · from $448 ($149/day)
Independent rail from London through Alps to Rome via Umbria
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 94
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
12 days · from $2,076 ($173/day)