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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 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.
  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 $4,287 ($148/day)

  2. 2
    Prague Without Flying

    Tailor Made Rail

    70.7

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

    Rail share
    90
    Value
    71
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    6 days · from $1,138 ($190/day)

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

    Rail share
    88
    Value
    54
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    8 days · from $2,345 ($293/day)

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

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    69
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    7 days · from $1,473 ($210/day)

  5. 567.7

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

    Rail share
    78
    Value
    77
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,623 ($180/day)

  6. 664.8

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

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    50
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    13 days · from $4,019 ($309/day)

  7. 7
    Dutch Delights by Rail

    Tailor Made Rail

    64.5

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

    Rail share
    70
    Value
    75
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,674 ($186/day)

  8. Six-day escorted spring tour through Dutch gardens, canals, windmills from London

    Rail share
    65
    Value
    46
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    38

    6 days · from $1,942 ($324/day)

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

    Rail share
    70
    Value
    73
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    10 days · from $1,875 ($188/day)

  10. 1063.3

    Swiss Alps rail to Jungfraujoch, then seven-night Rhine river cruise

    Rail share
    75
    Value
    23
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    38

    11 days · from $5,091 ($463/day)