Ffestiniog Travel Traveller Reviews

"Snow on the Alps" was a 10-day rail-based holiday startgin at London St Pancras, with overnight stays in Cologne, several days each in Chur and Lucenre, and including trips on the Bernina Express and Glacier Express. It was extyremely well organised and the tour leader was excellent.

What I like about Ffestiniog travel is that they combine three things: 1. great efficiency in admin. 2. considerable flexilibyt for each indididual traveller, partly because they give everyone a rail pass - in this case a first class pass valid throughout Switzerland. 3. they have very friendly and knowledgeable tour leaders

We had a good group leader, and had the opportunity of exploring Norway by train, ship and coach. Good excursions added value.

Good pre-holiday admin, good holiday briefing documents, and well planned admin arrangements.

10 day escorted railway based holiday in Switzerland. Brilliant experience led by an experienced, knowledgeable and supportive escort who went out of his way to ensure we had a fulfilling experience.

Tour arrangements were faultless

We had a fantastic time during the Snow on the Alps tour, every aspect of the trip from London St. Pancras via Cologne to Chur and then Lucerne was well planned and organised. The highlight of the trip for us was the Bernina Express - near perfect conditions for such a beautiful journey with its bridges, spirals and fresh, crisp snow. David, our tour leader, was very friendly and knowledgeable, his interest in the Swiss railways and region was clear to see and we definitely enjoyed and appreciated his enthusiasm. Throughout the tour David made suggestions and recommendations as to things to do and see, really helping us make the most of our rail tour.

The tour organised by Ffestiniog Travel surpassed our expectations, every aspect of the tour was well planned and organised, with excellent communication from Awel; from the initial enquiry, subsequent booking, receiving the itinerary documents and the holiday itself. We will definitely be recommending Ffestiniog Travel to our friends and family and hope to book another trip soon.

We had more snow this year.

Ffestiniog Travel - 'nough said!!

'Snow on the Alps' with Ffestiniog Travel. This was a holiday by Eurostar to Brussels, then to Cologne with overnight stay. Next day to Chur for four nights, then Lucerne for three nights, ending with return by the outward route, again with overnight in Cologne. All travel was very well organised, with seat reservations. where possible. The hotels were located conveniently close to the stations and all were welcoming, clean, comfortable and served very good breakfasts. We chose to go on all the optional excursions organised by tour leader David, as well as the included excursions. All were interesting and well-organised. However, the meal included on Glacier Express tour was somewhat disappointing in quality and the seating for it was very cramped.

We have travelled with Ffestiniog several times. The holidays have always matched brochure descriptions, booking has always been easy and communications always excellent. The tour leaders have always been friendly and helpful, available when needed, but never intrusive. David Stowell's leadership of 'Snow on the Alps' was brilliant-he could not have been better in any way.

This was an escorted rail tour in Switzerland lasting 10 days.

A very organised and efficient operator whom we have used for many years .

We had a four day break in Hamburg for the Christmas markets, travelling by train from London. This worked well apart from some travel disruption (see below). We had an ideally placed hotel opposite the Hauptbahnhof in Hamburg, from which we were able to visit the Christmas markets and do some most enjoyable sightseeing, which included a trip round the harbour, the Speicherstadt and Miniatur Wünderland - the world's largest model railway. We did all we had hoped to do and the weather was kind to us.

Ffestiniog Travel were very efficient and gave us a quote and suggested itinerary within 24 hours of our enquiry. Travel documents arrived about 10 days before departure, which was reassuring. We were very impressed that they phoned us during our outward journey to warn of a derailment between Aachen and Köln of which we were previously unaware. We were able to travel by an alternative route with two hours delay, which did not affect what we had planned for our holiday.

Train to Venice taking in Switzerland's Bernina Express.

Helpful and thorough, gave us confidence in negotiating a multi-stage holiday such as ours.

A coast to coast tour from Argentina through Bolivia to Peru using mainly trains, buses and planes.

A well organised company, very approachable and receptive to accommodate minor personal changes to the basic itinerary. We were provided with a great and very helpful tour guide. The operator provided plenty of timely and useful information beforehand. The tour went exactly as described in the tour brouchure.