Classic Europe, 12 Days
Day-by-day itinerary
Your tour manager meets the group at Schiphol arrivals and travels with you to the hotel. Nothing scheduled beyond a late-afternoon glass-topped canal cruise through the Grachtengordel and an early Indian dinner — day one is built for the time change, not for sightseeing.
Meals: DinnerThe route
What's included — and what isn't
Where you'll stay
Summer departures in Europe run full. Hotels are confirmed the moment your departure is, and if a property sells out you move to an equivalent-category alternative in the same neighbourhood — never to a cheaper suburb.
Meals
Pricing
Per person, land only, for the summer fixed departures listed at enquiry. International flights, Schengen visa fees and Italian city tax are not included. Departures are capped at 24 travellers.
Sameer has run this route nine seasons in a row and travels with every departure from Schiphol arrivals to the Fiumicino drop-off. He speaks passable French and enough Italian to argue with a station master, which on a twelve-day rail itinerary matters more than it sounds.
Families who took this trip
“Twelve days, four countries, and not one morning where we were shouted onto a coach at 5 am. The Gotthard rail day everyone warned us about turned out to be our children's favourite part of the trip.”
Deepak Chandrasekhar · Family of 4 · June 2026“I booked mainly for the visa help and got more than that. Sameer moved our Louvre slot when my sister's knee gave trouble and found us a wheelchair at Milano Centrale in ten minutes.”
Sunita Bhargava · Travelled with sister · August 2025“Honest about what it is — a full itinerary, well run. One night each in Venice and Florence is tight and they told us that upfront rather than after we paid. Hotels were central everywhere except Venice.”
Harish Menon · Couple · July 2025