USA & Canada Rail Holidays
Sample itineraries
A taste of Texas - 8 night Rail Discovery
From £1195
Highlights:
- JFK Kennedy Memorial
- City of Dallas
- Historic Fort Worth
- The Capital Austin & the famous bats of Congress River Bridge
- Austin’s famous music scene on 6th Street.
- The Alamo
- San Antonio and the delightful River Walk
- San Antonio SeaWorld
- Cowboys!
Price per person includes:
- Return flights into Dallas and home from San Antonio
- Airport taxes
- 8 nights hotel accommodation
- Rail travel
Time of year to visit: Year Round
Prices are based on off-season travel. Please call or email for costs for your preferred date of travel.
Days 1-2 Arrive Dallas
Arrive early evening into Dallas.
Enjoy the sights of Dallas at your own pace, downtown you will have the opportunity of enjoying this cosmopolitan city. Stroll through the arts district, visit the JF Kennedy Memorial and the museum commemorating his life and death at "The Sixth Floor" on Elm Street.
Lunch at the West End Marketplace, an indoor food court and shopping centre. Dallas is home to the original Neiman Marcus store opened in 1907 or go even further back to the Old City park to see how Texans lived between 1840 and 1900.
Be sure to visit the Fort Worth Stockyards historic district of Dallas, mix with the cowboys, drink in bars that have staddles for seats! If you are old enough to remember the series Dallas, then you may enjoy at visit to the set just outside of the city?
Days 3-5 Arrive Austin
Board the Texas Eagle rail service for your afternoon trip to Austin.
Austin, the capital, is a hot spot for creativity and embraces its community of musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and progressive thinkers.
As the gateway to the Texas Hill Country, rolling hills and sparkling waterways abound in Austin. And each night during the summer, you can gather to watch 1.5 million bats take flight from underneath the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge.
The kitchens of some of the country's best Tex-Mex and barbecue restaurants can be found here. As can a wide selection of local and organic specialties
Train Journey:7 hrs
Days 6-8 Arrive San Antonio
Board the Texas Eagle for an early evening trip to lively San Antonio.
Train Journey: 3 hrs
San Antonio is a beautiful old city filled with colourful shops and sidewalk cafes. The city's dominant monument is the Alamo, the mission where many thousands lost their lives fighting for independence for Texas.
Understand its significance by first visiting the Alamo IMAX theatre in the downtown area where the story is recounted in graphic detail. Then journey out to the Alamo itself and contrast today's tranquillity with the bloodshed of yesteryear.
Cross from here to the San Antonio Riverwalk and Rivercentre. There are cruises along the San Antonio River which take you through Paseo del Rio and its endless assortment of shops and restaurants. Other attractions include SeaWorld of Texas and the Hertzberg Circus Collection.
If you fancy a day on a ranch, you're in the right place....an hour from San Antonio is Bandera, the self proclaimed Cowboy capital of the USA, here you can spend a day on an authentic ranch, riding with the cowboys, singing round the campfire and enjoying good old Hay Rides! Yeee haaaahhh
Day 9 Depart San Antonio
Depart San Antonio for your mid afternoon flight home.
Fancy extending your stay? Why not consider a side trip to New Orleans or a journey thorugh New Mexico to the Old West town of Tucson and onto the seaside city of San Diego.....Call Bon Voyage to discuss the options available to you.
