 Every so often we give our hard working staff a day off to get a taste of some of the European trains and destinations they spend their days arranging travel to.
Here Tracey Reid experiences the new Eurostar Standard Premier service on a trip to Brussels.
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 Although you’ll find hundreds of great European destinations on the Rail Europe website, we wouldn’t expect you to spend all of your time scouring its thousands of pages for holiday ideas and inspiration. Why not take time out and have a look at a few of these other fantastic websites which get our seal of approval?
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It was 30 years ago this autumn that Britain lost its last direct night sleeper trains to and from the continent. Yes, there really was a time when affluent Brits could join The Night Ferry at London’s Victoria Station and travel overnight to France or Belgium.
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A hundred little adventures as Global Cool CEO Caroline Fiennes crossed an entire continent by rail and ferry – on the way dropping in at a conference about international rail travel! We join her as she picks up the train in Spain after crossing the water from Morocco.
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Since its inception back in 1977, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has done wonders for some of the world’s finest buildings, mountains, monuments and cities by listing them as places of special cultural or physical importance and universal value.
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 While festive thoughts are probably keeping you occupied at the moment, all the lovebirds among you will be well aware that Valentine’s Day is never far behind Santa’s sleigh. And it’s the forward-planning Romeos and Juliets who bag the best fares to Europe’s most romantic cities.
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The pungent prospect of 50 tonnes of onions being wheeled into the Swiss capital perhaps doesn’t sound all that enticing, but Bern’s annual Onion Market will do much, much more than make your eyes water.
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 Long-suffering British commuters would’ve been forgiven for weeping into their morning papers yesterday. UK train travel already makes being a tinned sardine look like an appealing prospect on occasion, but a new report has revealed that things are set to get even worse.
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