Jungfraujoch Railway Station, Swiss Alps.
Fancy a Christmas rail vacation? The number of travelers opting for a Christmas or New Year break is increasing, says rail vacation specialist Great Rail Journeys.
The company specializes in rail-inclusive, escorted group tours to Europe and throughout the world. Their passengers travel in groups of 30-40 people with a tour manager.
If you’re a mountain traveler who loves taking trains, then check out Amtrak’s new connections to U.S. National Parks.
Amtrak has launched the new website Amtraktoparks.com, which is designed to show travelers how they can travel by train to visit the country’s national parks.
Train travelers can find the nearest Amtrak route to the featured national park sites which are accessible via public transportation from an Amtrak station. Users can search based on geographic location and personal interests ranging from Monuments/Memorials, Water Activities to Revolutionary History. Camping site and hotel information and booking rail travel is also available on the site.
Says Dean Reeder, national tourism director, National Park Service:
“Passenger rail and national parks have rolled through history in tandem since the 1880s. By facilitating visitor access to the many wondrous experiences available in many of our nation’s parks, Amtrak helps us advance the values of sustainable tourism.”
For more info, check out Amtraktoparks.com.
Image courtesy of Amtrak.
Are you looking for an unforgettable train vacation (and greener travel)? Then you could head to the Canadian Rockies and take the Rocky Mountaineer through the mountains.
Recently, the rail vacation was recognized as ‘Best Rail Vacation’ in the seventh annual Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards. The US travel industry publication presents the Readers’ Choice awards to industry members who have achieved excellence in product and service during the year.
In 2009, Rocky Mountaineer was also named one of the “World’s Greatest Trips” by National Geographic and ranked as the number one train experience in the world by The Society of American Travel Writers.
Rocky Mountaineer features Canadian vacation packages and four rail routes through British Columbia and Alberta. The company is best known for the Rocky Mountaineer train, a two-day, all daylight rail journey through Canada’s West and the Canadian Rockies.
For more info, visit Rocky Mountaineer online.
Image courtesy of Rocky Mountaineer.
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