Four Seasons with Railtrail 2016/17

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Railtrail has again been nominated in the 2016 British Travel Awards under the category
‘Best Rail Holidays Company’
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Thank you from the Railtrail team!
Something that is personally very important to our team here at Railtrail is
knowing that we provide you with great escorted rail holidays. I’m proud to
say that you can if you wish support us by voting for our family company in
this year’s British Travel Awards. Last year we were pleased to win Silver, but
we would be very grateful if you could help us ‘Go for Gold’ this year – please
see the bottom of this page for details on how you can ‘Vote for Railtrail’!
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Here at Railtrail our holiday planners are always
working a year ahead and with lots of new tours
and some old favourites now open for booking
right through to summer 2017, we thought now
would be a good time to send you ‘4 Seasons’ in
one brochure.
The first few pages with the yellow banner offer
a selection of our popular 2016 tours which still
have availability. Admittedly it is limited in some
cases, so best be quick! Due to space restrictions,
we could only include a ‘From’ fare, either from
the tour base (hotel) on UK tours or St Pancras
International for European tours.
The pages with the brown banner showcase
our autumn tours. Perhaps enjoy one of our
‘rail ale trails’ or take a ‘grand tour of Scotland
in miniature’ on our Golden Highlander, when
the Scottish Highlands become a patchwork of
changing colours.
The red banner depicts our biggest ever Festive
and Winter programme. Perhaps choose one
of the many festive markets on offer, including
the Rhine Valley, Dresden, Prague, Bavaria, the
Harz Mountains, Bruges & Ghent, or Winchester,
Salisbury, Durham and Yorkshire – simply the very
best of Christmas Markets in the UK and beyond.
For Christmas itself we return to Scotland for
a grand tour with all the trimmings, or how
about Christmas by Lake Lucerne, experiencing
exhilarating Swiss mountain railways in their full
wintry glory!
New Year just wouldn’t be New Year at Railtrail
without our annual trip with plenty of steam
nostalgia to the stunning Black Forest.
For early 2017 we’ve got a brand new Scottish
tour packed with content or the ‘White Pass’
Swiss Winter Snow Train Adventure. Alternatively,
February’s visit to the Harz Mountains has half-
timbered towns, steam trains, snow (we hope)
and no single supplement!
We spring into spring, repeating our circular tour
of the Scottish Highlands and our popular ‘Flower
Power & Steam’ tour to the Netherlands.
Finally, some of our popular tours are ready for
summer 2017 and, for a limited period only, you
can book these at 2016 prices. Please see pages
14-17 for further details.
Well, Jules Verne went round the world in 80 days,
but I’ve just reviewed four seasons in one page!
Thank you for your interest, your custom and
maybe even your vote. We really appreciate it and
hope to welcome you on board soon.
Dave Felstead
Founder & Managing Director