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Private Group &

Special Interest Tours

Ffestiniog Travel provides travel expertise and arrangements for numerous private and special interest groups who wish to
explore destinations, railways, or pursue hobbies and activities in the UK and further afield. Numbers can range from small
parties of just 5 to up to 30 depending on destination. Visit our Private Group Tours page on our website for further information.

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Snaefell Mountain Tramway Horses at work in Praid © Ramona Cazacu

ENGLAND’S HERITAGE NORTH WALES, SNOWDONIA SPECIALIST TOURS
RAILWAYS & STEAM ENGINES TO ROMANIA
England boasts many historical railways across the Based in North Wales, we are perfectly placed to Romania is “Europe’s last wilderness” and a true
country and they provide a wonderful backdrop offer short private group breaks to this beautiful gem of a destination. It has a rich and varied
from which to create short breaks for groups and North West corner of Wales and provide an history, stunning mountain scenery and a rural
organisations that wish to tour and explore the opportunity to experience its many steam railway way of life unchanged for centuries, Attractions
various regions of England by heritage railway. gems, scenery, history and culture. include castles, unspoiled forests and mountains,
still home to bears, wolves and other rare fauna.
■ See England by Heritage Railway ■ A chance to explore beautiful North Wales
■ Experience England’s railway history ■ Spectacular scenic rail journeys by ■ Scenic journeys across the Carpathians
■ Railways of the North heritage steam and Transylvanian Alps
■ The Lake District ■ Visit Wales’s many castles ■ UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Biertan
fortified church, Sighişoara and Bucovina
■ Transport tour of the Midlands ■ Discover the history and culture of Painted Monasteries
■ North Norfolk North Wales ■ Tour the remote and stunning Maramureş
■ South East England ■ Ffestiniog Travel’s in-depth knowledge region
■ Devon & Cornwall Railways of the area ensures maximum value from ■ Experience village life and traditional
your break
■ Isle of Wight farming methods
■ Stay in comfortable homestays & guest
houses with local families
■ Enjoy traditional celebrations and visit the
EXPLORE THE ISLE OF MAN RAIL TOURS AROUND ‘Merry Cemetery’ at Sapanta
The Isle of Man is one of the British Isles hidden SWITZERLAND ■ Ride steam trains on active and former
gems with vintage transport systems that literally Switzerland has so much to offer travel groups - logging railways
take you back in time. Ffestiniog Travel has majestic mountain views, lakeside landscapes and
been running tours to the Isle of Man for over picture postcard cities and towns. We have been
20 years as it boasts wonderful, old-fashioned running tours to the Swiss Alps for 45 years and
transportation, from steam railways, trams and can prepare bespoke itineraries based on the rail SPECIAL INTEREST TOURS
even horse drawn trams. journeys, regions and cities groups wish to visit. We have a particular expertise in arranging travel
and accommodation for special interest groups,
■ Return journey on the Isle of Man Steam ■ Travel on the Bernina and Glacier Express organisations and educational institutions who
Railway from Douglas to Port Erin trains want to pursue their field of interest away from
■ Visit to Cregneash Folk Museum ■ Journey on the UNESCO Rhaetian Railway home.
■ Visits to Castle Rushen, Peel Castle, the ■ Ascend mountains by train (e.g. Rigi and Pilatus)
House of Mananan and Laxey Wheel ■ Enjoy lake cruises (Thun, Brienz, Geneva, ■ Wild flowers tour to Mallorca
■ Milntown Garden Visit Vitznau, Alpnachstad and Flüelen) ■ Geology field trips to the USA, Europe
and around the UK
■ Journey on Manx Electric Railway ■ Journey over Brünig, Furka and Gotthard ■ Music tours to Venice and Aldeburgh
between Ramsey and Douglas Passes by train
■ Journey on Snaefell Mountain Railway ■ Explore many charming historic cities including ■ Rural and farming tours to Romania
Lucerne, Chur, Interlaken, Montreux
■ University technical tours to Europe
■ Douglas Horse Tram rides ■ Stay in hotels close to city centres, railway ■ Specialist ‘behind the scenes’ in-depth
■ Private coach transfers throughout the stay stations and steamer quays rail tours

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