Why not stretch the leisurely months of summer into September and October with one of our rail holidays? Autumn is the perfect time to explore a range of destinations with rich changing colours and pleasant temperatures. We have a selection of holidays by train departing this autumn, and extra dates have been added to some of our most popular rail tours to ensure you don't miss out.
Click on the links below to view the tours available and book soon to secure your place!
Stresa & Lake
Maggiore
Highlights include: stopovers in Dijon - lakeside Stresa - Lake
Maggiore - Isola Bella - Isola dei Pescatori - Lake Orta Cruise -
Monferrato wine tour - Centovalli Railway - Locarno - farewell
dinner
10 days from St Pancras departing 30 August and 6, 13, 20, 27
September 2010.
Prices from £1,748 per person
Lake Garda & the Gardone Riviera
Highlights include: the pretty town of Gardone Riviera - Isola del Garda - Il Vittoriale of Gabriele d'Annunzio - Venice including a guided tour - a guided tour of Verona - lake views in the fabulous Grand Hotel Gardone Riviera
10 days from St Pancras departing 28 September and 5 October
2010.
Prices from £1,595 per person
Zell am See & the Eagle's Nest
Highlights include: Zell am See - the Grand Hotel - Hohe Tauern National Park - Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain - Salzburg including a city tour - the Eagle's Nest - Lake Königsee cruise - the Pinzgaubahn steam train - Krimml Waterfalls - lake views from your hotel room
10 days from St Pancras departing 16 August and 7, 14, 20
September 2010.
Prices from £1,485 per person
Tour highlights include: stopover on Lake Geneva - picturesque Lake Como - Villa Carlotta - colourful Varenna - Villa Balbianello - Bergamo including a tour - Lugano including a tour - Bellagio by boat - farewell dinner
10 days from St Pancras departing 23 August and 6, 13, 20, 27
September 2010.
Prices from £1,775 per person
Lindau & Lake
ConstanceTour highlights include: a walking tour of historic and beautiful Lindau - Lake Constance - Bregenzerwald Railway - Feldrich Castle - Friedrichshafen - Zeppelin Museum - Meersburg including castle tours - Mainau Island and gardens
10 days from St Pancras departing 10, 31 August and 14 September
2010.
Prices from £1,545 per person
Classic Glacier Express (Chur to Brig) and Classic Glacier Express (Brig to Chur)
Highlights include: Chur, Switzerland's oldest town - the fabulous Bernina Express - Poschiavo - pretty lakeside Lucerne/Interlaken - the iconic Glacier Express - historic Brig - Zermatt & the Matterhorn - GRJ First Class Swiss Travel Card
10 days from St Pancras departing 14, 21, 28 August, 18, 25
September and 2, 9, 16 October 2010.
Prices from £1,477 per person
The Golden Panoramic ExpressHighlights include: lakeside Montreux - Lake Geneva cruise - Château de Chillon - GoldenPass Line panoramic journeys - lakeside Lucerne - lake view rooms with a balcony in Lucerne - Mount Pilatus Railway: the world's steepest rack railway - Swiss Half Fare Card
10 days from St Pancras departing 5, 26 August and 2, 9, 16
September 2010.
Prices from £1,558 per person
Railways of the Austrian Tyrol
Highlights include: Innsbruck including a guided city tour - central 4-star hotel - Stubaitalbahn Railway - Zillertalbahn steam train - Mayrhofen - Bolzano and the Italian Sudtirol
9 days from St Pancras departing 9 August and 6, 13, 27
September 2010.
Prices from £1,275 per person
A Taste of the TyrolHighlights include: Kufstein - Rattenberg - Achenseebahn Railway - Lake Achensee cruise - Krimml Waterfalls - Zell am See - Zillertalbahn steam train - Mayrhofen
10 days from St Pancras departing 1, 15 August and 5, 26
September
Prices from £948 per person
Glacier Express & St Moritz (Hotel Monopol) and Glacier Express & St Moritz (Hotel Schweizerhof)
Highlights include: the Glacier Express - the Bernina Express - Zermatt including a guided tour - the Gornergrat mountain railway - the Matterhorn Museum - Lake Maggiore cruise to Isola Pescatore - Tirano in Alpine Italy - First Class Swiss Travel Pass & St Moritz Travel Pass - 1930s Art Deco Pullman carriages on selected dates
10 days from St Pancras departing 25 August and 26 September
2010 (Hotel Monopol) and 18 September 2010 (Hotel
Schweizerhof)
Prices from £1,838 per person
Jungfrau ExpressHighlights include: Meiringen - Reichenbach Falls - Sherlock Holmes Museum - GoldenPass Line - Lake Lucerne cruise - Rothorn steam railway - Bernese Oberland and Jungfrau Railways - Europe's highest railway station - glacier and ice caves - Swiss Half Fare Card
10 days from St Pancras departing 5, 19, 26 August and 16, 23,
30 September 2010
Prices from £1,598 per person
Highlights include: San Francisco - Alcatraz - Yosemite National Park - Las Vegas - the Hoover Dam - the Grand Canyon - Grand Canyon Railroad - LA & Hollywood - RMS Queen Mary & Long Beach - Monterey - Carmel & Big Sur
15 days from London departing 15, 29 September and 6 October
2010.
Prices from £1,875 per person
A Grand Tour of
ItalyHighlights include: overnight in Turin - Rome including a city tour & Colosseum entrance - Castelgandalfo - Palazzo Chigi di Ariccia - a city tour of Florence - a guided tour of Lucca - Venice including a guided tour - farewell dinner
13 days from St Pancras departing 22, 29 August and 10 October
2010.
Prices from £2,325 per person
Highlights include: Delhi - Toy Train rail journey - Shimla & the Shivalik Himalaya - the Palace on Wheels - Jaipur - Jodhpur - Tiger 'safari' - Chittorgarh Fort - Udaipur & Lake Pichola - the Red Fort, Agra - the Taj Mahal
15 days from London departing 15 September and 13, 20 and 27
October 2010.
Prices from £3,775 per person
India's Golden TriangleHighlights include: Delhi - Toy Train rail journey - Shimla & the Shivalik Himalaya - the Taj Mahal - Agra Fort - Fatehpur Sikri - the Pink City of Jaipur - Palace of the Winds - Amber Fort - Jaigarh Fort
13 days from London departing 11 September 2010.
Prices from £1,595 per person
Highlights include: Barcelona including a city tour - the Sagrada Familia - Montserrat including two funicular railways & Torres wine cellars - Madrid including a city tour - Madrid's Prado, bullring & Royal Palace - Toldedo including a city tour - Segovia - Salamanca including a city tour - San Sebastián - the Guggenheim Museum
12 days from St Pancras departing 23 August and 27
September
Prices from £2,325 per person
Nice & the Côte
d'AzurHighlights include: the Promenade des Anglais - Nice's Old Town including a guided tour - the Mediterranean - Monaco & Casino Square - Jacques Cousteau Oceanographic Museum - Eze - St-Paul-de-Vence & the Maeght Foundation - Grasse and its perfumeries
8 days from St Pancras departing 11, 18 September and 9, 16
October 2010.
Prices from £1,448 per person
Highlights include: Vancouver - the Canadian rail journey - the Rockies - Jasper National Park - Toronto - Niagara Falls - the Corridor rail journey - Quebec - the Ocean rail journey - Nova Scotia - Peggy's Cove & Lunenburg - Halifax
17 days from London departing 1, 22 September 2010.
Prices from £3,585 per person
Harz Mountains & Rhine GorgeHighlights include: Goslar - Quedlinburg - Harz Mountain Railway - Brocken - Selketal narrow-gauge railway - Assmannshausen - Rhine Gorge - Rhine cruise to Boppard - Heidelberg including a city tour
10 days from St Pancras departing 4, 11 August and 6, 13
September 2010.
Prices from £1,198 per person
Highlights include: historic York - the North Yorkshire Moors Railway - the Settle to Carlisle line - Hadrian's Wall - Chester's Roman fort - Alnwick Gardens - Bamburgh Castle - the Holy Island of Lindisfarne
8 days from York departing 6, 26 September 2010.
Prices from £695 per person
Highland AdventureHighlights include: Inverness - journey on the Strathspey Steam Railway - cruise on the Caledonian Canal - Loch Ness - Urquhart Castle - Journey on the Kyle Line
6 days from Inverness departing 16, 7, 23 September 2010.
Prices from £478 per person
Highlights include: Chenonceaux - Château of Chenonceau including a guided tour and lunch - Fontrevraud Abbey including a guided tour - Loire Valley wine tasting - Clos Lucé Manor - Château Amboise including a guided tour
6 days from St Pancras departing 4 October 2010.
Prices from £998 per person
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