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Be they multi-centre breaks or cross continent journeys, Grand Tours are the trip of a lifetime. Some tours favour breadth, covering vast tracts of land across a wide region, while others focus on more detailed explorations of smaller areas. We offer both types from the longest railway line in the world, to music-centric tours of the USA's Deep South.

The traditional Grand Tours became a trend in Britain around the seventeenth century but was the preserve of the super rich. With the introduction of train travel the Tour became open to the upper middle classes. Unfortunately the number of people taking the Grand Tour has declined in recent years as more and more young people are taking gap years in exotic locations rather than learning more about their own part of the world. In honour of the original Grand Tour we have compiled a selection of train journeys which are in keeping with the ideals of education and enlightenment as well as reflecting the make up of the modern world.

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A Grand Tour of Italy
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4.2 stars(50 reviews)
2024MayJunSepOct
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Andalucian Explorer
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4.5 stars(34 reviews)
2024AprMaySep
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£3,145 pp £2,995 pp
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Grand Alpine Explorer
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4.5 stars(16 reviews)
2024MayJunJulAugSep
14 days from
£3,895 pp £3,795 pp
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Marrakech
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4.4 stars(24 reviews)
2024MaySepOct
13 days from
£3,645 pp £3,495 pp
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Portugal & the Douro
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4.2 stars(60 reviews)
2024MayJunAugSep
15 days from
£3,745 pp £3,595 pp
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Girolata Bay
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2024AprMayJunAugSep
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Top to Toe of Italy
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4.1 stars(20 reviews)
2024MaySepOct
16 days from
£4,545 pp £4,395 pp
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Taj Mahal, Agra
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4.7 stars(187 reviews)
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  • DestinationIndia
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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Grand Imperial Cities
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4.6 stars(118 reviews)
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  • DestinationAustria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary
  • Starts / EndsSt Pancras International
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  • TransportRail
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Discovering Japan
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4.4 stars(47 reviews)
2024MayAugSepOct
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  • DestinationJapan
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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Tracks of the Deep South
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4.2 stars(95 reviews)
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  • DestinationUSA
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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The Northern Lights & Lapland
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4.4 stars(202 reviews)
2024Dec
2025JanFebMar
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  • DestinationNorway, Sweden
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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  • TransportFlight, Rail, Coach
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A Grand Tour of Italy
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  • DestinationItaly
  • Starts / EndsSt Pancras International
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Canada Coast to Coast rail holiday
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4.1 stars(44 reviews)
2024JunSepOct
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  • DestinationCanada
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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Grand Alpine Explorer
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4.5 stars(16 reviews)
2024MayJunJulAugSep
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  • DestinationAustria, Germany, Switzerland
  • Starts / EndsSt Pancras International / London Heathrow
  • AccommodationHotel
  • TransportRail, Coach
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Grand Tour of India & Nepal
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4.2 stars(28 reviews)
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  • DestinationIndia, Nepal
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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Milford Sound
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4.5 stars(44 reviews)
2024SepNov
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  • DestinationNew Zealand
  • Starts / EndsLondon Heathrow
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Arctic Circle Express
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4.1 stars(47 reviews)
2024JunJulAugSep
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  • DestinationNorway, Sweden
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Vietnam, Cambodia & the Mekong Delta
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4.7 stars(101 reviews)
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  • DestinationCambodia, Vietnam
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Our customers love our Grand Tours tours
Sri Lanka's Leopards and Temples
27/Mar
Cp
5 stars
“An amazing holiday well organised with Harry our Sri Lanka guide whose knowledge enhanced the whole trip.A very good tour leader in Sheila. Lovely hotels and food, great scenery and the tea picking was great fun. Highly recommended Great Rail Journeys.
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Highlights of India, Mumbai and the Golden Triangle
26/Mar
Dance 10
5 stars
“Very well organised
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Ultimate Australia
24/Mar
Danny Rodwell
5 stars
“Saw and learned a lot about Australia and its people and history. Enjoyed the train travel available at the time we toured. Our tour manager was very efficient and fun. Local guides/drivers added to the experience.
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Grand Tour of Vietnam and Cambodia
19/Mar
M Hawkins
5 stars
“Excellent Tour, You are Well looked after with great hotels and good varied quality food. The trains and Boat are fine although long days, but they are worth it to see country and river life.
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Grand Tour of New Zealand
14/Mar
Donald Kroll
5 stars
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Darjeeling and the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan
6/Mar
M Richards
5 stars
“Great Rail has done it again! Another fabulous holiday. Everything I could have wished for. The service of our Tour Manager was first rate, especially when we had to relocate to another hotel in Darjeeling at very short notice. The work she put in to ensuring a great adventure was deeply appreciated by all. Thanks also to the team at GR who put together the itinerary - whilst we added a few excursions when time permitted, I really felt that they had given us the best insight, especially in Bhutan. Keep both the Tour Guides as well - excellent friendly service, imparting as much knowledge as they could. You are a great company GR, thanks are not enough, but I highly recommend you whenever there is an opportunity.
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Highlights of Vietnam and Cambodia
2/Mar
Mrs Moore
5 stars
“Well organised tour with interesting visits interspersed with free time to relax and explore. Group size ideal we loved both Vietnam, Cambodia and their peoples.
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Victoria Falls, Cape Town and Botswana Safari
27/Feb
Angela M
5 stars
“This was a unique and memorable tour full of interest and diversity from the urban setting of Cape Town visiting Robben Island and enjoying the views from the top of Table Mountain on a clear day, travelling across South Africa in comfort by road and luxury rail, seeing wildlife including lions, elephants and hippos at close quarters in their natural environment in Botswana and walking around the iconic Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Throughout we travelled and stayed in very good quality, comfortable and secure transport and hotels accompanied throughout by an expert tour manager and informed at each location by local guides. The complex itinerary travelling by road, air and train and making three border crossings all worked like clockwork. Another wonderful experience by Great Rail Journeys.
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Grand Tour of India, Nepal and the Himalayas
08 Dec 2023
Sawyer Family
5 stars
“Wonderful exciting and full on trip - very interesting and John Gillian our tour leader was truly great.
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