Europe Tour Packages

The three cities every first visit to Italy is built on, in the order that works best · Three nights in Rome: the Colosseum and Forum, the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, with a private guide for each · Two nights in Florence with the Uffizi and Michelangelo's David pre-booked

Rome and Florence with the major sites pre-booked and guided, before the coast · Naples and its archaeological museum, then a full morning in the streets of Pompeii · Three nights in Positano, stacked above its beach on the Amalfi Coast

Three nights in Rome — the Colosseum and Forum, the Vatican, and the centre on foot · Renaissance Florence with pre-booked entry to the Uffizi and Michelangelo's David · Two nights on Lake Como, with Bellagio, Varenna and the villa gardens by ferry

Four nights in Paris — the Louvre, the Orsay, the Eiffel Tower and a day at Versailles · The TGV south, Paris to the Mediterranean in under six hours · Three nights in Nice with the old town, the flower market and the Promenade des Anglais

Three nights in Paris — the Louvre, the Orsay, Montmartre and the Eiffel Tower after dark · The TGV down the Rhône to Avignon and three nights in Provence · The Luberon hill villages — Gordes, Roussillon and the ochre cliffs — by private car

Three days in Paris — the Louvre, the Orsay, Montmartre and the Eiffel Tower after dark · Chamonix beneath Mont Blanc, with the Aiguille du Midi cable car to 3,842 metres · The Mer de Glace glacier by the old rack railway from Chamonix

The Acropolis and its museum with a guide, before the heat and the crowds · Four nights on Santorini with a caldera-view room where the budget allows · Oia's blue domes and the sunset it is famous for, with a place found before the crowd arrives

The Acropolis and the Ancient Agora with a guide, in two Athens days · Three nights on the Santorini caldera, with Oia, the rim walk and the volcano · The fast ferry between the islands — two hours across open Aegean

Two Athens days with the Acropolis, its museum and the Ancient Agora · Three nights on the Santorini caldera — Oia, the volcano and the beaches · Naxos, the largest and greenest of the Cyclades, with its mountain villages and the Portara above the harbour

Four regions in one loop — Lucerne, the Bernese Oberland, Zermatt and Lake Geneva — with no backtracking · Mount Titlis from Lucerne and Jungfraujoch from Interlaken, the two classic summit days · Two nights in car-free Zermatt, with the Gornergrat cogwheel railway for the Matterhorn at close range

Three bases only, each with two or three nights, so the trip never feels like a checklist · Lake-view stays where the hotel allows it, and rooms chosen for the two of you rather than for a group · A private boat afternoon on Lake Lucerne, and Mount Pilatus by the world's steepest cogwheel railway

Three countries in a single line of travel — Paris, the Bernese Oberland, then down through Italy · Paris in three days: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Montmartre and a Seine cruise · Three nights in Interlaken, with Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe and a free day in the valleys

Three nights in Prague — the Old Town Square and astronomical clock, Charles Bridge at dawn, and the castle above the river · A day out to Český Krumlov, the walled town on a bend of the Vltava · Three nights in Vienna with Schönbrunn Palace, the Hofburg, St Stephen's and the Ringstrasse

Copenhagen — Nyhavn's painted harbour, Tivoli Gardens and a canal boat through the city · Stockholm across its islands, with Gamla Stan's old town and the Vasa, a warship raised whole from the harbour · Oslo's fjord front, the Vigeland sculpture park and the polar ship museums at Bygdøy

The Golden Circle — Þingvellir's rift valley, the erupting Strokkur geyser and the two-tier Gullfoss waterfall · The south coast waterfalls of Seljalandsfoss, which you can walk behind, and Skógafoss · The black-sand beach at Reynisfjara and the basalt columns beneath Vík

Four London nights — the Tower and the Crown Jewels, Westminster, Buckingham Palace, the river and the museums · A day out west to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman baths at Bath · The east coast train from London to Edinburgh in around four and a half hours

Three nights in Barcelona — the Sagrada Família and Park Güell with timed entry, the Gothic Quarter and the sea · Montserrat, the serrated mountain and its monastery, as a half-day from Barcelona · The AVE high-speed train across Spain, Barcelona to Madrid in two and a half hours

Paris in three days: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Montmartre and a Seine cruise · The fast train north to Brussels in an hour and twenty minutes, with the Grand Place and a day to Bruges · Bruges — the canals, the belfry and the market square — as a day from Brussels

The Glacier Express, eight hours from Zermatt to St Moritz through 91 tunnels and over the Landwasser viaduct, in a panoramic car with a reserved seat · The Bernina Express over the 2,253-metre Bernina Pass, the highest railway crossing of the Alps · Two nights in car-free Zermatt with the Gornergrat railway and the Matterhorn

Mount Titlis from Lucerne and Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe from Interlaken · The train over the Arlberg into the Tyrol, one of the scenic railways of the Alps · Innsbruck under the Nordkette, with the cable car up from the old town

Two nights in Amsterdam — a canal cruise, the Rijksmuseum, and the windmills at Zaanse Schans · The fast train to Paris in about three and a half hours, city centre to city centre · Three Paris days: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Montmartre and an evening on the Seine

London first — the Tower and the Crown Jewels, Westminster, a Thames cruise and a free day for Windsor or the museums · The Eurostar under the Channel to Paris in about two and a quarter hours · Paris in three days: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Montmartre and a Seine cruise

Seven countries — France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy — with no city visited twice · Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam by fast train, with the Grand Place, the canals and the windmills · Cologne's cathedral and a cruise on the castle-lined Rhine gorge

A full day at Disneyland Paris with park tickets and return transfers included · The Eiffel Tower with summit tickets, and the Trocadéro across the river for the photograph · A one-hour Seine cruise with the bridges lit

Three nights in Vienna — Schönbrunn, the Hofburg, St Stephen's, the Belvedere and the coffee houses · A day on the Danube in the Wachau valley, with Melk Abbey and the vineyard villages · Salzburg for three nights: the fortress, the old town, Mozart, and the Sound of Music country

Three nights in Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle, with Santa Claus Village and the crossing of the line itself · A husky safari through the forest and a reindeer sleigh with a Sámi herder · A snowmobile safari across frozen lakes, with a guide and full thermal kit

Four nights in Tromsø, 350 kilometres above the Arctic Circle and one of the most reliable places on earth for the aurora · Two guided Northern Lights chases by minibus, driving to wherever the sky is clear · The Fjellheisen cable car above the city for the view over the islands and the fjord

Two nights in Zagreb, the Habsburg capital with its upper town and market · Plitvice Lakes — sixteen terraced lakes joined by waterfalls, walked on wooden boardwalks · Three nights in Split, where the old town is built inside the palace of a Roman emperor

Two nights in Ljubljana, with a day at Lake Bled and its island church below the Julian Alps · Zagreb's upper town, then Plitvice Lakes on the way to the coast · Three nights in Split — the Roman palace, and a boat day to Hvar and the Blue Lagoon

Tallinn's walled old town, the best-preserved medieval city in northern Europe, with Toompea hill and the Kadriorg palace · Riga for three nights — the largest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe, the old town and the Central Market · A day to Sigulda and the Gauja valley, and the beach resort of Jūrmala

Four nights in one central hotel, so every day starts on foot · The Tower of London and the Crown Jewels, the Thames by boat, Westminster and Buckingham Palace · A day out west to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath

Three nights in Dublin — Trinity College and the Book of Kells, the Guinness Storehouse and the Temple Bar lanes · A day to Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains, the monastic valley south of the city · The Cliffs of Moher, 200 metres above the Atlantic, with the Burren and Galway on the way

Three nights in London — the Tower, Westminster, a Thames cruise and a day out to Windsor, Stonehenge and Bath · The east-coast train to Edinburgh for the castle, the Royal Mile and a Highlands day to Glencoe and Loch Ness · A short flight to Belfast for Titanic Belfast and the Giant's Causeway

Two nights in Lucerne — the covered Chapel Bridge, the old town and a boat on the lake · Mount Titlis from Engelberg, riding the rotating Titlis Rotair cable car to the snow at over 3,000 metres · Three nights in Interlaken, between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, with the Jungfrau peaks above the town

Three full days in Paris — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Montmartre and an evening cruise on the Seine · Versailles or Disneyland Paris as your third Paris day, whichever suits the group · One fast train from Paris into Switzerland — no airport in the middle of the trip

Three nights in Rome — ancient Rome, the Vatican and the centre on foot, with timed entry booked · Three nights in Florence, with the Uffizi, the Accademia and a day out to Siena and the Chianti hills · Venice for two nights: St Mark's, the Doge's Palace, and Murano and Burano by boat

London in three days: the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels, Westminster, Buckingham Palace and a Thames cruise · A free London day for the British Museum, the London Eye, or Windsor Castle as a day out · The Eurostar from St Pancras to Gare du Nord in about two and a quarter hours, city centre to city centre