Grand Rail Tours

Rail Holidays offering wonderful destinations, culture and leisure in equal measure. Rail holidays that offer destination, culture and leisure in abundance. Experience countries via their eco-friendly railways - old and new.  These UK, European and worldwide escorted rail tours offer the right mix of cultural visits, overnight stays, rest and leisure days to ensure your holiday is perfect. See more details

Connoisseur Rail Tours

Holidays by train for rail enthusiasts who want to indulge their passion within a refined and cultured holiday. As a specialist rail travel operator our journeys take in some of the oldest and unique railways in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Enjoy the beauty of vintage locos and steam railways together with the culture and leisure benefits that our Connoisseur Tours offer. See more details

Signature Rail Tours

Holidays by rail created by you. Your very own unique rail journey – holidays that can be tailor-made for couples or groups. Bespoke rail tours for the train travellers who want to choose the rail journeys they want, when they want.  Select a destination, a famous railway or a specific rail journey and we arrange everything. We will help create your own signature tour for you, your family or a group of friends. See more details

Christmas Tours

Rail holidays that offer a perfect build-up to Christmas or provide a perfect getaway to enjoy the festive season away from home. Our Christmas tours are designed to fill you with festive spirit whilst enjoying a rail-based holiday - mixing shopping, sightseeing, good food and drink and views of magical wintry scenes from the comfort of the train. See more details

Special Interest Tours

We can plan, arrange and implement group travel based around special interests throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide. Our specialist knowledge and attention to detail, reflected within the planning process, create an ideal platform for various likeminded people to come together to tailor make a unique tour reflecting group interests. Whether you belong to a gardening society, wine club or geology study group we can arrange your tour according to your requirements. See more details

Concierge Services

We deliver a high quality personal service to ensure that all aspects of a ‘complete and enjoyable holiday’ are arranged and fulfilled. We do all the work so you don’t have to. We can advise you on how to make the very best of your holiday.  On top of organising travel tickets, accommodation and transfers we will arrange car hire, tour excursions and reserve tickets for cultural activities including the theatre, leisure parks and even book a table at a restaurant of your choice. See more details

City Breaks By Rail

A train journey away from continental cities that are bursting with culture, cuisine and entertainment. Eurostar provides a fantastic gateway to explore Europe. Take the train and discover the historic and vibrant cities of this diverse continent. We can arrange your accommodation and rail travel to popular destinations as well as the lesser known cities that also have a lot to offer weekend visitors. See more details

Rail Holiday Gallery

View our Railway Holidays through the eyes of our customers who have posted video footage via YouTube. View our video gallery.

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Ffestiniog RailwayFfestiniog Travel is owned by a charitable trust and profits go to support the world famous Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways.


AITO AssuredAs an AITO member we offer quality, expertise, peace of mind and financial protection. AITO members strive to create overseas holidays with high levels of professionalism and a shared concern for quality and personal service.


AITO Sustainable Tourism 2 star logoFfestiniog Travel is committed to responsible travel and Sustainable Tourism. The key objectives are to protect the environment, to respect local cultures, to benefit the local communities, to conserve natural resources and to minimize pollution.


Travel FoundationFfestiniog Travel fully supports the Travel Foundation which is a UK charity that cares for the people and places we love to visit. It is helping the travel industry take effective action on sustainable tourism in mainstream destinations across the world, improving quality and keeping holidays special.

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Celebrate 40 Years of Rail Holidays With Us

Preview our 2014 tours now...

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Holidays by rail and escorted train tours have been created by Ffestiniog Travel for nearly 40 years and we are delighted to give a preview of what you can expect during our special 40th Anniversary Year in 2014. The Pre-brochure gives a comprehensive outline of our 2014 tour programme which we hope will not disappoint. Headlining it will be our celebratory 'Around the World Anniversary Tour' along with some firm favourites and tours that will commemorate some other special milestones in 2014 including the 100th Anniversary of the start of WW1 and the 125th Anniversary of Switzerland's Rhaetian Railways. You will also find full itineraries of our Christmas and early 2014 tours on the website.

 

2013 Brochure

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Rail Holidays are a wonderful way to see the world and to get you started browse through our 2013 Brochure by clicking on the above image and see where you can holiday by train in the UK, Europe and Worldwide with Ffestiniog Travel this year .

The brochure is in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader so that you can read it.

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“Thank you again - it is wonderful to have the benefit of your skills and experience and to know from the trip that you arranged for us in Asia and India, that we could not put our hopes, dreams and trust in the hands of anyone better”

The Woodroffes, Devon

See our Customer Comments page to find out what others say about Ffestiniog Travel 

 

"To ensure your rail holiday expectations are met Ffestiniog Travel actively encourages direct and regular contact with our team of expert consultants prior to departure. For this reason we do not operate an online booking system and prefer a more personal approach. Travellers who book with Ffestiniog Travel are assigned the same FT travel consultant who will deal with all their enquiries and arrangements regarding their choice of rail holiday"  

Maria Cook - General Manager

 

Celebrate 150 Years of Steam

Thumbnail imageHolidays by rail today are a far cry from when working steam locos first took to the narrow gauge tracks of our sister company Ffestiniog Railway 150 years ago, but Ffestiniog Travel are delighted to celebrate this special year by offering a number of short rail holidays that honour the power of steam and railways.  The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways are marking the year with a number of special events and we have produced some rail mini-breaks to help you be part of them. See our 150 Years of Steam Specials and the Narrow Gauge Steam Odyssey pages for more information. Please don't hesitate to contact us direct to find out how you can share in the celebrations.

 

Contact us

Our friendly team of expert travel consultants are available to deal with any queries Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm or by telephone only on Saturdays between 9am and 1pm.

Call: 01766 772030

Email: info@ffestiniogtravel.co.uk

Brochure

Train holidays and escorted rail tours in the UK, Europe and Worldwide for 2013 can be viewed by ordering a copy of Ffestiniog Travel's 2013 brochure now.

Newsflash

'Inferno' Italian Rail Break
Take your own personal rail tour of Dan Brown's Florence and Venice as depicted in 'Inferno'
 
Rail Tour Experts Listed
'Best rail tour operators list' published by Daily Telegraph features FT.
 
Peru and Bolivia 2013

View video footage via YouTube of our previous tours to Peru and Bolivia, taken by Nick Edis-Blewitt, to get a real feel for what to expect from this rail holiday of a lifetime.
 
BBC Wales films 'Princess' on Move

BBC captures Ffestiniog Railway's oldest engine, 'Princess', on its  journey to Dublin to be displayed at the city's Heuston Station until mid-July as part of its 150 year Anniversary and Ireland's 'Gathering' festivities.  Join our Ireland rail mini-break to see 'Princess' and discover this country's rich railway heritage and much more....
 
Venice Music Study Tour
We are delighted to be running this Special Interest Tour which takes in the beauty of Venice and its musical history. Visit the Venice tour page to find out more.
 
Japan Rail Tour Price Reduction!
£300 reduction on our escorted rail tour of Japan departing October 2013. See Japan - North to Hokkaido for full tour itinerary and new, lower price.
 
Loco Driving and Shunting
Drive a steam engine or shunt a loco for a day as part of a special 4-night North Wales package. Visit the 'Guest Driver Experience' or the 'Guest Shunter Experience' pages to find out more.