Salzburg old town with cathedral domes and Hohensalzburg Fortress© Pexels

OUR EUROPE.

The stories you grew up with are real. And they’re waiting for you.

The castles from the books you read as a child. The palaces from the films you never forgot. The cities where emperors ruled, where music was written that still moves the world, where history isn’t behind glass but under your feet. Somewhere in this corner of the world are your roots, your favourite stories, the places you always promised yourself you’d see one day.

And when you need silence instead of cities, the same rails carry you into the most beautiful landscapes on earth. Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy: glaciers above turquoise lakes, valleys untouched for centuries, mountain villages where time simply moves slower. This is the region of dreams, and it’s all connected, city to mountain, country to country, one window seat at a time.

We live right in the heart of it. We know how it all fits together, and we build every journey around one thing: you. Your pace, your stories, your dream. Not a tour. Your grand tour.

Your grand tour

You’ve read about it all your life. Now you’re going to live it.

Thank you for dreaming of this part of the world with us. Some people come for the great cities, some for the silence of the mountains. The best journeys have both, and here, they’re only a train ride apart.

The citiesWhere history happenedImperial palaces, opera houses and old towns where the stories from your books and films really took place.
The wildWhere time slows downGlaciers, turquoise lakes and mountain villages in Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy. Room to breathe.
The journeyWhere it all connectsSome of the most beautiful railways in the world, linking it all together. Every connection sorted.

Two countries or six. Grand cities, quiet valleys or both. Tell us the stories you’ve always wanted to step into. We’ll build the journey around you.

Share your dream journey with us

No packages. No templates. Just a conversation.

With love from the heart of the Alps,Debora
Grand European tour through Europe's most iconic places

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Our summer, your way

Six places we’d take our own family, and the little things only locals know about them.

Glacier viewing platform on the Kitzsteinhorn above KaprunKitzsteinhorn glacier

Snowballs at breakfast, swimming by lunch.

Up to 3,000 metres, snow under your feet in July, then back down to the lake for the afternoon. The kind of day you’ll be telling people about for years.

Local secretGo up the glacier first thing. Clouds like to build after noon, and the morning view from the Top of Salzburg platform is the one you want.
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The Grossglockner High Alpine Road winding through the Austrian AlpsGrossglockner

36 bends, one glacier and a marmot who wants your carrot.

Built by hand in the 1930s, through the toughest years Austria knew. Opened in 1935, and still the most beautiful drive in the Alps.

Local secretPack a carrot. The marmots at Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe know the drill. Then take the cobbled side road up to the Edelweißspitze for the best view on the whole road.
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The Krimml Waterfalls in the Hohe Tauern National ParkKrimml Waterfalls

You’ll hear it before you see it.

380 metres of water in three drops, the highest falls in Austria. The trail climbs right beside the falls, close enough to feel the spray on your face.

Local secretWalk it if you can, at least to the first viewpoints. That’s where you really feel it. Not up for the climb? The lower falls are close to the bottom, and the water world museum there shows you everything without the uphill.
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Hallstatt Skywalk viewing platform above the lakeHallstatt

So pretty, China built a copy.

True story. But nothing beats the original: 7,000 years of salt, a lake like a mirror and the Skywalk hanging above it all.

Local secretBe there before 9 or after 5, when the day buses have gone. Come by train and take the little ferry across the lake. That’s how Hallstatt should first appear.
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Mirabell Gardens with the Hohensalzburg Fortress in SalzburgSalzburg

Mozart, gardens and a hundred terraces.

Baroque squares, Mirabell’s flowers, the fortress on the hill and more cafés than you have days. Sachertorte by the river, Salzburger Nockerl for two. Tradition you can taste.

Local secretSkip the tourist beer halls. Go to Augustiner Bräu in Mülln: monks’ beer poured from wooden barrels into stone mugs, under old chestnut trees. Pure Salzburg.
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Dinner by the lake in Zell am See at sunsetFood & stay

Dinner by the lake. Then dessert. Obviously.

Kasnocken in a cast-iron pan, fresh lake fish, a glass of Austrian white as the sun goes down. Hosts who remember your name. This is how we live.

Local secretAsk about the guest summer card when you book. Many hotels here include it: cable cars, lake boats and pools, all covered. We know which ones.
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