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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

UNESCO's World Heritage mission encourages the protection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage throughout the world, that is of outstanding value to humanity. With Rail Discoveries, you get to explore a great number of UNESCO-listed attractions, including unmissable sights and surprising attractions.

Halong Bay

Halong Bay is an area of outstanding natural beauty as well as an UNESCO World Heritage site, thanks to its deep turquoise waters and unusual rock formations. Here, you can visit some of the stunning caves and grottoes that pepper the landscape.

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Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia

Halong Bay

Taj Mahal and Agra Fort

India's most famous monuments, the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, are both UNESCO World Heritage sites. The white marble of the Taj Mahal and the imposing red sandstone of Agra Fort introduce you to bygone dynasties as well as some seriously impressive architecture.

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Ranthambore & India Golden Triangle

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Discovering India and Nepal

Jaipur

Affectionately known as the 'Pink City', Jaipur was recently given UNESCO World Heritage status. The beautiful hue of the buildings within the Old Town are beautiful, and the sandstone Amber Fort and City Palace are well worth experiencing.

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Discovering India and Nepal

Ranthambore & India's Golden Triangle

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Hiroshima

The city of Hiroshima encountered a devastating nuclear bomb attack by the United States Army Air Forces on August 6th 1945. To this effect, most of the city was destroyed but has since been rebuilt, becoming the largest city in the Chugoku region. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (now a UNESCO World Heritage site) serves as a memorial to this historic event.

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Adventures through Japan

Hiroshima

The Great Wall of China

The iconic Great Wall began as a defence system against invasions from the north. It became the world's largest military structure and border control, as well as encouraging trade under the Ming dynasty (1368- 1644). Today, it is an extremely popular UNESCO World Heritage site with the entire structure measuring an incredible 13,171 miles in length.

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Discover China

Great Wall Of China

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway runs for 30 miles through the slopes of the Nilgiri Mountain range, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. One of 3 mountain railways of India, it enjoys coveted UNESCO World Heritage status. The train, mostly hauled by steam engine, travels from Mettupalayam to Ooty, and is the only rack railway in India. Plans for construction began in 1854 when the British started frequenting Ooty to get some respite from India's tropical summers, and the views have changed little since then; passing the verdant forests of the Blue Mountains, so-called because the entire range turns blue when the Kurinji flowers bloom once every 12 years.

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Spectacular Southern India

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

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Imperial Capital Cities
24/May
Carole
5 stars
“Excellent holiday. First class tour guide. Hotels and food all very good. The first rail journey from Berlin to Prague was in a very crushed compartment with not enough room for everyone's cases. The other thing to mention is that the walking tour in Prague was too long.
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Wonders of Tuscany
23/May
Nigel
5 stars
“Great location, great trips, great people with good food and drink what else can you ask for
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The Harz Mountains
30/Apr
M Llewellyn
5 stars
“Excellent tour with a capable knowledgable and friendly tour guide. Good size group who were enjoyable company, important to me as a solo traveller. Hotel was in a good location and whilst it might be stretching it to call it 4star it had everything needed to make the stay enjoyable. I particularly liked free time to explore the various places after the guided tours.
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Glacier Express All Inclusive in Winter
18/Mar
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“Excellent and well organised tour from beginning to end. Very knowledgeable and supportive guide.
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Glacier Express All Inclusive
28/May
Mr Alan Camp
4 stars
“Very good holiday marred slightly by rail strikes here and in France
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Puglia All Inclusive
27/May
Kathleen Lippoldt
4 stars
“My friend and I had a lovely time .However the hotel rooms were in need of updating while the dining conditions resembled a canteen although the food was excellent. The wine provided was not very high quality. The tour manager spoke no Italian and she wasn't well organised.
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Vienna, Prague & Berlin
24/May
Geoff Pratt
4 stars
“Very enjoyable holiday
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Treasures of Andalucia
8/May
Mazyar Koolaian
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“I strongly recommend this tour to my friends.
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Jungfrau Express All Inclusive in Winter
27/Mar
Keith Franklin
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“It was a wonderful holiday, well organised but there were times when we had to rush to catch some of the trains. Long walk to the hotel. Tour manager was excellent. It would have been nice to know the cost of the extra trips & availability before leaving England
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