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See Europe by train: five great family summer holidays with no flying | Family holidays

March 20, 2023

Up and over the mountains to Italian lakes and cities

Heading to Italy overland from the UK suits those looking to relish the journey and give kids a once-in-a-lifetime geography lesson. The most spectacular route is on the Treno Gottardo, a revamped 19th-century railway line that skirts Lake Lucerne and creeps through snow-capped mountains in the Ticino valley between Basel and Locarno, Switzerland’s warmest town, on Lake Maggiore.

Just seven hours from London via Paris, Basel is doable in a day, though the Alsace town of Mulhouse, with its eye-popping street art and ornate central square, makes a good stopover.

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The best European train routes to try in 2023

February 6, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

Fans of train travel like me are looking toward 2023 with excitement – and a newly expanded to-do list.

The magic date on the European train calendar was December 11, when winter timetables kicked in. While not quite matching the bounty of peak summer services, the update udhered in new and reinstated routes, extended services and new adventures radiating across Europe in all directions.

Here are some of the most enticing European train journeys to take in the first half of 2023.

Take a sleeper train from Vienna to La Spezia, Italy

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The amazing new Swiss mountain train that can jump rail tracks

December 12, 2022 sNawaWebs.ADV

(CNN) — Combining elegance and comfort with 21st century technical excellence, Switzerland’s newest panoramic train journey finally starts on December 11 — three years later than planned and 150 years after it was first proposed.

The new Golden Pass Express (GPX) will directly connect three of the country’s most important tourist destinations: Montreux, Gstaad and Interlaken, a special route made possible by revolutionary new trains capable of changing the gauge of their wheels and the height of their coach bodies.

Thanks to the unique design of the new trains, passengers can remain in their comfortable seats throughout the three-and-a-quarter hour

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5 New Sleeper Train Options in Europe

November 18, 2022 sNawaWebs.ADV

Midnight Trains

Start planning (and saving) for an upscale experience with Midnight Trains, set to launch in 2024. The French start-up intends to bring its next-generation carriages, with their sleek all-private sleeper cars, private baths and premium bedding, to 13 cities from its Paris hub. Destinations will include Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Florence, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Porto, Rome and Venice. Travelers will board the train in Paris at 8:00 p.m. and arrive at their downtown destination the next morning, fresh and relaxed. The debut route will likely connect Paris to Milan and Venice, according to cofounder

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Best Ways to Beat Long Lines at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

November 14, 2022 sNawaWebs.ADV

Magic Kingdom’s most popular attraction is Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, a family-friendly roller coaster in Fantasyland based on Snow White. This Walt Disney World ride guide covers how to avoid long lines and minimize the hour-plus wait times, with strategy for successfully beating the crowds without buying an Individual Lightning Lane.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is now nearly a decade old, and its popularity hasn’t dropped much at all during that time. It remains the most popular ride in Magic Kingdom with an average daily wait time above an hour on low to moderately crowded days

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Travel across Laos on its new semi-high-speed train

November 10, 2022 sNawaWebs.ADV

(CNN) — The train is just north of Vang Vieng when the sound of a woman crying echoes through the carriage.

“I’m sorry,” sobs Ying, my seatmate on the journey north from Vientiane to Luang Namtha on Laos’ new semi-high-speed railway, tears streaming down her face.

“It’s just been so long since I saw my mom.”

Ying has been restless since the train pulled out of the station in the Laos capital, Vientiane.

She flits between apps on her phone as her feet play a skittish drumbeat on the floor.

The new train features white, red and blue stripes —

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