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2024 Tour code: 24TAS
About the tour
Experience amazing alpine views of mountains and lakes on a fantastic rail adventure based in the charming Tyrolean town of Kirchberg.. Enjoy a tour of the musical city of Salzburg, the hometown of Mozart, and journey to a dramatic mountaintop retreat that played an infamous role in 20th-century European history.. Travel by train through the gorgeous Ziller Valley to the quaint town of Mayrhofen and take a short boat ride on the emerald waters of Achensee, the region's largest lake.
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Your holiday begins at London St Pancras International as you meet your Tour Manager and fellow travellers, ready to board the Eurostar to Brussels. In the Belgian capital, you transfer to a train to Mannheim.
The German city of Mannheim is located on the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers and is renowned for its expansive Baroque palace. Completed in 1760 and now housing the city's revered university, the terracotta and ochre Mannheim Baroque Palace is one of the largest in Europe and is just a short walk from your 4-Star hotel.
This evening your group gathers for your first dinner together in your hotel near the station.
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4.1 / 5 · 47 reviews
Alison Hodgson
Submitted 22/Jul
Excellent value. Spacious comfortable accommodation at the Lift Hotel. Delicious food. Well organised trips and also some valuable free time. Highly recommended.
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Paul
Submitted 21/Jul
Holiday was good. The BIG downside was the hotel. The hotel is family friendly which means that children can make as much noise as they like up until 10pm, as we were told by hotel staff. And boy do they make a noise, football being played under your balcony, shouting and blowing whistles right up until 10pm. Children running up and down corridors outside your bedroom door, running in the dining rooms even jumping from table to table in the afternoons when dining rooms were not being used. I would have thought that most people doing this type of holiday with this company would be looking for a more peaceful hotel. We had at least 3 more tours we would like to have done with Rail Discoveries but have decided not to book these yet and look at other companies. We have already booked another tour with another company in the same village as this tour for later this year. One other problem was that Couples were sat next to each other side by side which is good but not always with a window, where as the 3 single people in our group were always on their own and next to a window, so I think more thought should have been put into seat planning. Overall it's a real shame as we were hoping to book more tours to save us the hassle of planning routes and hotels which we have done now for many years. Will just have to hope the other company we are trying is better.
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CLewis
Submitted 21/Jul
Beautiful scenery, excellent accommodation and food throughout.
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Mrs Whalley
Submitted 21/Jul
Just thought there was to much travel
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Stephen Brooks
Submitted 21/Jul
The groups are too big to use onn a scheduled train each with a large suitcase. Using coaches for each days outing a big advantage.
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Ian
Submitted 21/Jun
Thoroughly enjoyable. Well organised. Breathe taking scenery. Lovely hotel.
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