Ffestiniog Travel Traveller Reviews

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Our holiday took us up cable cars to view Mont Blanc, then down to walk inside ice caves. We travelled to Carcasonne to see amphitheatres onto Pont Du Gard and then steam trains up and down the side of the most beautiful gorges with their tints of autumn colour just showing. It was like three holidays in one. Brilliant. Especially as it was an escorted tour with Ffestiniog Travel so we had nothing to worry about as everything was taken care of.

All the tickets arrived in good time before we left England. We had a detailed list with the names and addresses of our hotels, and where we would be on each day. What time we would be leaving and arriving and where meals would be provided. We had a direct contact number for our Tour Guide in case of emergencies.

Swiss Alpine holiday with 2 weeks in various regions of Switzerland. 1st class rail travel throughout, small compact group lead by excellent knowledgable tour leader who provided excellent advice and information. This felt a very personal holiday, well organised and with flxibility to do your own thing and not be herded around in a large group. Thoroughly recommended with most of the rest of the group having taken many holidays with Ffestiniog

Ffestiniog Travel is small tour operator speciallising in rail holidays, this was our first trip and the organisation and support was first rate from beginning to end.Nothing was too much trouble from the organiser and the support and advice given by the tour leader was excellent, this made it one of the most enjoyable holidays I have been on

A holiday by train from St Pancras to Switzerland Small friendly group Very Knowledgeable Guide who had plenty of ideas from heritage to trains Hotel Choice excellent Included first class Swiss pass Free trains boats buses trams trolley buses And reduced fares to museums for full time in Switzerland. Also included a trip on the Glacier Express And Bernina Express

Tempting range of tours Pleasure to do Business with knowledgeable staff

We had an experienced overseas traveller with excellent knowledge of the area as our tour leader. He was happy for us to ask for his advice on travel arrangements, letting us do our own thing or we could join in to the optional excursions he had arranged. This is a very different approach from that of some other railway holiday companies who herd you around and at times you have but a couple of hours of 'me time' on the whole trip and at other times are treated as a class of naughty school children.

Ffestiniog Travel Penrhyndeadraeth Wales. Nothing you ask is too trivial. They are happy to modify your outward and return travel arrangements and extend your stay to tailor your holiday to your exact requirements. They use only experienced travellers as their tour leaders and give value for money.

Rail touring in Germany, based at Hamburg (4 nights) and Dresden (1 night).

Ffestiniog Travel booked me with two weeks and two days until departure date, to join friends who had booked some time previously. I got exactly as I requested organised by return.

We had a 4 city holiday flying into Warsaw and then by train to Gdansk onto Poznan and finishing in Krakow flying back home to Birmingham. We had roughly a day and half in the first three cities and a couple of days in Krakow. We greatly enjoyed the trip - people extremely helpful and the standard of the hotels and the cuisine much above expectation. We travelled unescorted which meant we didn't feel quite so touristy. Highly recommended.

Ffestiniog Travel organised the whole trip booking our flights, accommodation and train tickets plus transfers to and from the airport. We chose the cities we wanted to visit and they did the rest.

This was a holiday arranged by Ffestiniog Travel to Luzern travelling by Eurostar to Paris, TGV/Lyria to Basel and IR train to Luzern. The actual holiday time was 6 days and much was achieved in those days thanks to the Swiss Rail Pass. The travel arrangements by Ffestiniog Travel were particularly good (and meticulous!) Having mostly travelled by air in the past, it was refreshing to watch the world go by and quite astonishing to accomplish St Pancras to Luzern in one day! We were blessed with good weather and stayed in a very good hotel thanks to Ffestiniog Travel. We would definitely contemplate another holiday by rail in the future.

Ffestiniog Travel organizes trips by rail around the world and operates from Machynlleth in Wales.I have known of the company for some years now but my wife and I have usually taken holidays by air. This was the first time we used rail exclusively and clearly Ffestiniog Travel know their business. We would recommend the company wholeheartedly.

Using trains for environmental reasons we travelled from York to Germany and back with a week's self-planned excursion into Alsace. Within Germany we stayed in hotels and with friends and did a mixture of forest hiking and city sightseeing, with one of us also attending a conference. We had major journeys on 9 of our 24 days away.

We gave them an outline itinerary with suggestions and alternatives and they came up with a very well planned timetable plus two very good and convenient hotels. They were very helpful when we had dialogues about the best routes and timings. They were very courteous and came up with the answers pretty quickly given the complexity. Using trains for environmental reasons we travelled from York to Germany and back with a week's self-planned excursion into Alsace. Within Germany we stayed in hotels and with friends and did a mixture of forest hiking and city sightseeing, with one of us also attending a conference. We had major journeys on 9 of our 24 days away.

We travelled by rail from London to Austria with a party of 18 in total. We visited the principal tramway systems and mountain railways in Austria. The travel arrangements and excursions were excellent. The tour leader was knowledgeable, and quietly efficient. The party of like minded enthusiasts gelled well together. Unfortunately we were badly let down by german railways on the return journey from Frankfurt to Brussels with an unscheduled change of trains, together with the train terminating one station short of its destination in Brussels, making it a panic to catch our Eurostar train home. We understand this is a fairly common occurrence.

This is the third holiday we have undertaken with Ffestiniog Travel who offer something that little bit different. We have enjoyed all three holidays without reservation, and hope to travel with them again soon. We would not hesitate to recommend them to our friends.