Premium Escorted Tours

At Great Rail Journeys, we believe that all of our holidays are of fantastic quality and represent brilliant value for money. But we know that sometimes, our customers prefer something extra special, and our Premium Collection offers exactly that.

Our Premium Collection features all of the components that have made our holidays so successful, but generally operates at a higher overall level with more inclusions. These tours feature First Class rail travel from the beginning of the tour through to its conclusion as standard - ensuring that you will always be in the very best seating available on the train, regardless of the length of your journey.

Similarly, the hotels used on our Premium tours all offer outstanding 4 or 5 star accommodation, with impeccable service levels. As with all of our tours, each of the hotels featured has been carefully selected for their excellent locations. But these hotels have also been hand-picked for other unique qualities.

In addition to the fantastic First Class rail travel throughout the holiday, many of the tours in our Premium Collection also feature journeys on some of the world's most famous trains, such as the iconic Glacier Express. Others feature journeys - sometimes for several days - on glamorous private trains, like the luxurious Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, or El Expreso de la Robla. The Great Rail Journeys Premium Collection covers a varied array of destinations, but one constant across the programme is that each tour includes a great level of inclusive sightseeing, combined with other unique excursions to uncover the very best that the region has to offer.

Our customers love our Premium Tours tours

Sirmione on Lake Garda

26/Apr

Alison

“Well what an amazing holiday in Sirmione on Lake Garda, perfect from start to finish !! A professionally ran company giving 5* customer service, a well planned and executed holiday, the tour manager 'Tim' who accompanied us on our holiday was well organised, friendly but never intrusive, his fluency in several languages definetly helped from time to time !! An amazing hotel in Sirmione gaurenteed us a fantastic time away with a lovely group of people, I cannot wait to book again with Great Railway Journeys !!

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Berlin, Dresden and Prague

Oct 22 2019

Mr M Arnold

“The tour manager was brilliant and the group made up of interesting and nice people who geld as a group of travellers. Hotel were very nice and the Eurostar was a great experience as was the German rail network.

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Grand Imperial Cities

Oct 11 2019

Ms A Townsend

“Excellent service and value for money. A full action packed holiday with lots to see and do. We experienced a problem with the trains one day and our agent was superb dealing with everything in an efficient and professional manner. This is our 5th hol with GRJ and would definitely use them again

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Discover Southern India and Kerala

19 Apr 2019

Mrs P Emmett

“Very well planned itinerary with lots of interesting places and happenings.

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Grand Tour of South Africa

08 Dec 2019

Mrs R Buckland

“Great experience especially the train.spoiled only by BA.

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Stresa and Lake Maggiore