Just like any Explore trip, our rail tours include a range of excursions, each one designed to give you the best overview of the food, culture and history of a region. The nature of rail journeys is that you travel to major transport hubs (normally within big towns or cities), so we have carefully chosen excursions that will get you out to some more unusual destinations. Simply put, without the local knowledge of our Tour Leaders and local guides, some of these locations would take a lot of research to organise. Some of these excursions are undertaken by bus rather than train.
On our London2 trips, we have endeavoured to leave free time in some key destinations (eg Venice, Krakow, Milan), so that those who have previously visited these cities can explore privately, rather than covering the same ground again.