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The best train tours in Spain
99 hotel-based trips in Spain 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.
Luxury rail journey from London through Spain's northern coast aboard El Transcantábrico
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 5
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $13,366 ($1,114/day)
Escorted 10-day rail and ferry journey from London to Marrakech via Spain
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 75
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
10 days · from $2,160 ($216/day)
First Class rail across Spain: Barcelona, Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Madrid, Girona
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 72
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
14 days · from $3,100 ($221/day)
16-day rail journey London to Girona via Portugal's coast and cities
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 94
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
16 days · from $2,295 ($143/day)
London to Barcelona via Bordeaux, Spain's pilgrimage route, 10 days
- Rail share
- 90
- Value
- 85
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
10 days · from $1,890 ($189/day)
Twelve-day rail loop from London through Spain and Portugal, ending Barcelona
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 87
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
12 days · from $2,160 ($180/day)
First-class rail loop from London through Andalucia's Moorish cities to Girona
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 79
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
13 days · from $2,695 ($207/day)
Seven-day rail journey from London to Barcelona via Toulouse and the Pyrenees
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 77
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
7 days · from $1,485 ($212/day)
13-day independent rail loop Paris to Girona via Galicia and Douro Valley
- Rail share
- 75
- Value
- 89
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
13 days · from $2,295 ($177/day)
Flight-free Barcelona city break from London via Eurostar and TGV trains
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 71
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
6 days · from $1,349 ($225/day)