Europe Grand Tour,
six countries, sixteen days, not one internal flight.
This is the itinerary people mean when they say they want to see Europe. It starts in the tulip fields outside Amsterdam and ends under the Duomo in Milan, and in between it crosses six countries by coach and train — Köln's cathedral, Brussels' Grand Place, three days of Paris, five in the Swiss Alps, and Venice, Florence and Pisa as day trips out of Milan. Nobody flies inside Europe on this trip, because the trains are the good part.
This is the itinerary people mean when they say they want to see Europe. It starts in the tulip fields outside Amsterdam and ends under the Duomo in Milan, and in between it crosses six countries by coach and train — Köln's cathedral, Brussels' Grand Place, three days of Paris, five in the Swiss Alps, and Venice, Florence and Pisa as day trips out of Milan. Nobody flies inside Europe on this trip, because the trains are the good part.
- ● Keukenhof tulip gardens the evening you land
- ● Zaanse Schans windmills and an Amsterdam canal cruise
- ● Both Disneyland Paris parks in one full day
- ● Jungfraujoch or Grindelwald First, then Lauterbrunnen at dusk
- ● Mount Titlis, Lucerne and the Rhine Falls by boat
- ● Venice, Florence and Pisa from a Milan base
“Sixteen days and six countries sounds relentless, and it would be by car. It isn't by rail. Four bases across the whole trip means you unpack four times, and every long leg is something you sit back on and watch out the window.”
Rohan Mehta
Europe & Mediterranean Designer · 180+ journeys designed
Sample journeys to Europe Grand Tour
Every sample is fully customisable — yours will be unique.
Often paired with
12 Nights / 13 DaysInterlaken · Zurich · Milan · Florence · Naples · Rome
Switzerland & Italy — Alps to the Amalfi Coast
11 Nights / 12 DaysParis · Nice · Interlaken · Zurich
France & Switzerland — Paris, the Riviera & the Alps
14 Nights / 15 DaysPrague · Innsbruck · Vienna · Budapest · Zagreb · Split · Dubrovnik
Czechia, Austria, Hungary & Croatia — Prague to the Adriatic
When to visit
Tulip season — Keukenhof is only open roughly late March to mid-May
Peak — long evenings and everything open, but the busiest and priciest
Our pick — warm days, thin crowds, and the Alps still clear
Cold and short-dayed; some mountain excursions close. Avoid unless you want the Christmas markets.
Things to do in Europe Grand Tour
Keukenhof, on landing day
Seven million bulbs, and it opens for about eight weeks a year. We build the arrival day around it rather than leaving it to chance.
Zaanse Schans and Zaandam
Working windmills, green timber houses and a clog workshop, forty minutes out of Amsterdam. The half-day everyone underrates.
Disneyland Paris — both parks
One full day covers Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios if you start early. We book the tickets and set the running order.
Jungfraujoch or Grindelwald First
The Top of Europe at 3,454 metres, or the cliff walk and ridge trail at Grindelwald First. You pick; we book whichever.
Rhine Falls by boat
Europe's widest waterfall, with the boat that takes you to the rock standing in the middle of it.
Venice and Florence from Milan
Two of Italy's great cities as day trips, without repacking. Florence pairs with Pisa on the same run.
Why travel Europe Grand Tour with AVR
Designed for you
No fixed packages. Every itinerary is built around your family, your pace, and your preferences — from flights to floor of the hotel.
Planned by experts
Trip designers who have personally travelled where they plan. Twenty hand-selected hotels per destination, not two thousand search results.
With you every step
From the first call until you are home, your dedicated coordinator is one WhatsApp message away. Real humans, twenty-four hours.
What families say about Europe Grand Tour
“Twenty-fifth anniversary. Rohan put together a fifteen-day Grand Tour that we'd been dreaming about for years. The Venice gondola at sunrise, the Vatican private morning, the train through the Swiss Alps — every detail handled. No flights inside Europe was the right call.”
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