15 Nights / 16 Days
The Grand European Tour — Six Countries by Rail
Amsterdam · Köln · Brussels · Paris · Interlaken · Zurich · Milan
Bespoke · Fully customisable
“This journey will be customised to your family, your pace, and your budget. Treat it as inspiration, not a fixed package.”
Sixteen days from the tulip fields outside Amsterdam to the Duomo in Milan — six countries, and not one internal flight. Coaches and trains do the moving; you do the looking.
Duration
15 Nights / 16 Days
Pace
Active
Activity
Moderate
Route
Amsterdam · Köln · Brussels · Paris · Interlaken · Zurich · Milan
Ideal for
Journey highlights
- ● 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 and Lucerne from Zurich
- ● Rhine Falls by boat, then Lindt Home of Chocolate
- ● Venice, Florence and Pisa as day trips from Milan
Day-by-day
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Day 01
Land in Amsterdam — Keukenhof
Arrive at Amsterdam Schiphol in the morning and transfer to your hotel. Check in, shake off the flight, and head out in the evening to the Keukenhof tulip gardens. Overnight Amsterdam.
Comfort tier
Central Amsterdam, 3–4★
Premium tier
Canal-district 5★
Day 02
Amsterdam — Canals, Dam Square, Zaanse Schans
Day 03
Amsterdam → Köln
Day 04
Köln → Brussels
Day 05
Brussels → Paris — Eiffel Tower & the Seine
Day 06
Paris — Versailles, the Louvre & Sacré-Cœur
Day 07
Disneyland Paris — Both Parks
Day 08
Paris → Interlaken — Lake Brienz
Day 09
Jungfraujoch or Grindelwald First — Lauterbrunnen
Day 10
Harder Kulm → Zurich
Day 11
Lucerne & Mount Titlis
Day 12
Rhine Falls & Lindt Home of Chocolate
Day 13
Zurich → Milan — Duomo & the Galleria
Day 14
Venice Day Trip
Day 15
Florence & Pisa Day Trip
Day 16
Departure from Milan
What’s included
Everything below applies. We send a final, itemised inclusion list with your custom proposal.
What’s Included
- Return international flights
- Visa application support and fees
- Central hotels, hand-picked (Comfort or Premium tier — your choice)
- Daily breakfast and dinner
- Every intercity train, coach and ferry on the route
- All sightseeing, entry tickets and guided tours listed day by day
- Airport and station transfers
- 24/7 WhatsApp concierge for the whole trip
Not Included
- Lunches
- City tourist tax, payable at the hotel
- Personal expenses, tips and laundry
- Travel insurance
- Optional experiences not listed in the day-by-day
- Anything not explicitly listed in inclusions
Sample upgrades you can add
+ Jungfraujoch and Grindelwald First
Day 9 is one or the other. Add a night in Interlaken and do both properly.
+ Add Rome and the Vatican
Three more nights on the end — Milan to Rome by fast train, Colosseum and Vatican City.
+ Business-class flights
Lie-flat on the long sector out and back. We book through your preferred alliance.
+ First-class rail
Upgrade every intercity leg — more luggage space, quieter carriage, seat reservations included.
+ Private guides instead of group tours
Swap any small-group day tour for a private guide and vehicle, at your own pace.
“Sixteen days and six countries sounds relentless, and it would be by car. It isn't by rail — every long leg is a train or a coach you sit back on, and the two Swiss bases and the Milan base mean you unpack four times, not twelve. If you have children under seven, tell us; we move Disneyland earlier so it isn't landing on tired legs.”
Rohan Mehta
Europe & Mediterranean Designer · 180+ journeys designed
From families who travelled this journey
“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.”
Make this Europe Grand Tour yours
Every element — hotels, dates, drivers, experiences — is yours to shape. Start with a free 30-minute planning call.