Travel by the high speed (186mph) Eurostar train and watch the scenery go by from the comfort of your reserved seat. Brussels, the cosmopolitan capital of Belgium, is our destination, and its renowned Christmas Market the main attraction at this festive time of year. With great shopping, a tremendous variety of cafes (serving those wonderful Belgian beers, and tempting continental snacks!), restaurants and night life, Brussels has something for everyone. And we’ve also included a day trip by train to explore the wonderful Christmas Market in Liege - one of Europe’s largest, which is packed full with Christmas gifts, festive food and lots of unusual goodies.

For the first time we are able to offer short breaks in the West Country featuring a direct train service with First Great Western Railways. Travelling from London’s Paddington Station, sit back in your reserved seat, relax and enjoy the stunning scenery on the way to your chosen resort. At your destination everything is taken care of, including our special ‘meet and greet’ service at the station. For the independent traveller there’s no finer way to enjoy the West Country’s finest.

For the first time we are able to offer short breaks in the West Country featuring a direct train service with First Great Western Railways. Travelling from London’s Paddington Station, sit back in your reserved seat, relax and enjoy the stunning scenery on the way to your chosen resort. At your destination everything is taken care of, including our special ‘meet and greet’ service at the station. For the independent traveller there’s no finer way to enjoy the West Country’s finest.

Astride the old 'iron curtain' between East and West Germany, the Harz National Park contains gentle forested slopes, quaint medieval old towns, a fascinating working narrow gauge steam railway that owes its survival to being in the old Communist East Germany and the legendary 'Witches of Brocken Mountain'!

Voted the top rail journey in the world 2009 by readers of 'Wanderlust' travel magazine, the West Highland Line from Glasgow to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig never fails to disappoint the traveller, whatever the season! Join us and discover for yourself - snow capped mountains, beautiful lochs, the remote void of Rannoch Moor, the islands of Mull, Iona and Skye and much, much, more.

The 'English Riviera' is the introduction to this imaginative holiday by rail and Torquay is the premier resort, with it’s exotic gardens and palm trees. Wonderful Devon scenery is enjoyed with a combination of a steam railway and River Dart cruise, before we head west again, over Brunel’s marvellous bridge linking Devon and Cornwall. The rural Cornish landscape is enjoyed on another preserved steam railway before arrival at Penzance. After a cruise to the Scilly Isles, a visit to Land’s End and St Michael’s Mount this completes our visit to the South West.