On track for great break

Let the train take the strain. Treyn has added 16 new escorted tours to its European and worldwide programme.

They include trips to Madrid & Barcelona, Switzerland, the Rhine Valley, Isle of Man, Edinburgh Tattoo and Venice.

Holidays include rail travel, hotels, meals, excursions and the services of a tour manager.

Prices in the 2013 brochure start from £295 per person for the popular five-day Yorkshire by Steam tour.

The new Edinburgh Tattoo is a five-day break departing on August 5, 9 and 14 from £398pp including four nights’ B&B, two dinners, excursion to Queens View, guided tour of Edradour Distillery, visit to the Edinburgh Tattoo, rail excursion to Aviemore and a journey on the Strathspey Steam Railway.

If you want to splash out and have three weeks to spare, the Trans-American Rail Tour priced from £3,098pp is an unforgettable trip. You’ll visit San Francisco with excursions to Alcatraz, Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National Parks, Chicago and New York.

The price is based on April 17 and 24 departures.

For further details see www.railholidays.com