Take the Coast Starlight Amtrak route up the west coast of the USA from Southern California to Washington State near the Canadian border. Starting out from Los Angeles, you'll visit sunny Santa Barbara and San Francisco before taking a sleeper to Portland, Oregon and Seattle in the Pacific Northwest. This holiday is part of our Seat61 recommended collection.

This alpine holiday takes you from pretty Lausanne on Lake Geneva through the mountains to Chamonix aboard the Mont Blanc Express and then across to the stunning city of Annecy. There's time here to relax and enjoy this picture-perfect destination before you return home with a night in Lyon en route.

Take a festive break to Belgium for two great Christmas market destinations. Spend time in Brussels' Winter Wonders, featuring a ferris-wheel, ice rink and nightly sound and light show in the magnificent Grand Place, before moving on to lovely Bruges, with its pretty canals and central Christmas market.

Follow in the footsteps of Michael Portillo as you travel from the castles of Transylvania, through Romanian capital Bucharest and onwards to the Black Sea resort of Constanta on this Romanian rail adventure. A Seat61 recommended holiday.