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The best train tours in Netherlands

48 hotel-based trips in Netherlands 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.
  1. 172.7

    Self-guided rail journey through 11 European cities in 29 days

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    90
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    29 days · from $4,321 ($149/day)

  2. 2
    Prague Without Flying

    Tailor Made Rail

    71.1

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

    Rail share
    90
    Value
    73
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    6 days · from $1,147 ($191/day)

  3. Rotterdam-based rail tour to Dutch steam railways and the Dordt festival

    Rail share
    88
    Value
    50
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    8 days · from $2,364 ($296/day)

  4. 468.1

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

    Rail share
    78
    Value
    79
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,592 ($177/day)

  5. Seven-day rail loop from London through Amsterdam, Luxembourg, and Brussels

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    67
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    7 days · from $1,485 ($212/day)

  6. Five-day festive rail tour to The Hague and Gouda

    Rail share
    80
    Value
    54
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    5 days · from $1,417 ($283/day)

  7. 7
    Dutch Delights by Rail

    Tailor Made Rail

    64.9

    Nine-day self-guided Dutch rail loop from London through Amsterdam, Utrecht, Breda, The Hague.

    Rail share
    70
    Value
    77
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,687 ($187/day)

  8. Ten-day rail loop from London through Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague to Paris

    Rail share
    70
    Value
    75
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    10 days · from $1,890 ($189/day)

  9. 963.5

    First Class rail loop through five Central European capitals, Amsterdam to Cologne

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    44
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    13 days · from $4,051 ($312/day)

  10. Venice to Amsterdam on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express with Alpine rail

    Rail share
    100
    Value
    4
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    7 days · from $7,963 ($1,138/day)