What to expect from an escorted group holiday
14/06/2023 · By Sam Preece
Dive into the world of escorted group holidays with our blog. Discover everything you can expect on a guided group holiday and start your adventure.
Read more2024 Tour code: AIS24
About the tour
Explore the mighty Austrian Alps from your base in the enchanting Tyrolean town of St Johann, where you enjoy dinner and drinks each evening.
Indulge in a special alfresco breakfast on a mountainside while taking in the breathtaking alpine scenery.
Marvel at views of Austria's tallest mountain and its atmospheric glacier, before visiting a former gold-mining town on a journey over the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.
View the beautiful Austrian Alps on a steam-hauled journey through the Ziller Valley to Mayrhofen and a leisurely cruise across sapphire-blue Lake Zell. Enjoy a tour of the musical city of Salzburg, the hometown of Mozart, which boasts a captivating collection of classical architecture.
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Itinerary
We gather at London St Pancras International, where we meet our fellow travellers and Tour Manager ahead of this all-inclusive tour to the beautiful Austrian Alps. Journeying to Belgium in the Standard Premier Class on the Eurostar, we enjoy a light meal at our seats before arriving in Brussels. From here, we change to the First Class service to the German city of Cologne. Standing on the regal Rhine river, this grand city is dominated by its Gothic cathedral with two spires. We check into our hotel near the station and have our first dinner together as a group.
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4.3 / 5 · 100 reviews
Alan Bowles
Submitted 28 Oct 2023
We very much enjoyed this mini adventure, The hotel was typically Austrian - good food and comfortable. We liked the tour manager and delighted in the wonderful hotels in Mannheim and Cologne on the journeys. We think that it was a very busy holiday; we realised this I’m advance but good to know.
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Jeremy
Submitted 26 Oct 2023
Very good trip.Lovely scenery and friendly co passengers. Will certainly use this company again.
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John Tanner
Submitted 22 Oct 2023
Brilliant weather, some poor logistics
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Elizabeth Cameron
Submitted 05 Oct 2023
The overall experience was good.The scenery,excursions hotel and food were very good.The stopover on the last day in Germany was not good as we were rushed and the beer cellar where we had our meal was awful.Possibly an improvement would be to have a rest day at saint johann before we returned.I would definitely at some point do another great rail journey hoping that the country I visit was as beautiful as Austria.
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UK
Submitted 05 Oct 2023
Beautiful scenery and comfortable hotel
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Nigel Pollard
Submitted 02 Oct 2023
We really enjoyed our holiday and would recommend it. However, it falls short of 5-stars as the bed frames in the Hotel Park were very creaky, which affected sleep quality, and our GRJ leader was surprisingly not a German speaker, which led to some moments of confusion! We were also quite shocked at the number of Deutsche Bahn delays, which meant some of the rail connections were more stressful than we expected.
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