Take it easy on a rail holiday to Venice, stopping overnight in some stunning places en route, with shorter journeys and as few changes as possible. Hop across to Paris by Eurostar, then travel via Lake Geneva and the Simplon route to Venice, with a journey back via Innsbruck and the Brenner Pass.

Travel by train to Florence, the stunning capital of Tuscany, with a night in the cultural city of Basel en route. Then, head south for some Italian sunshine on the Sorrentine Peninsula. At the end of your holiday, return through Italy to Turin before speeding through France to Paris and on to London. Part of our Race Across the World collection.

Travel to Prague via Amsterdam and a great-quality sleeper Nightjet sleeper. Spend two full days taking in the Czech capital with its UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town, countless museums and hilltop castle, before returning to the UK via Bohemia and Bavaria.

Travel through Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Bratislava, Budapest and Bucharest on a rail journey through history, mapping the fall of the Iron Curtain that divided eastern and western Europe until 1989.