Spain by Train: Book Your Spanish Rail Holiday
With its high-speed trains that whisk you to dozens of historic cities and beach resorts, Spain is a great destination for a rail holiday.
Spain boasts the largest high-speed rail network in Europe, connecting cities such as Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and Valencia, with trains often quicker than flying when considering travel time from city centre to city centre.
Even beyond the high-speed lines, travelling by train across Spain is a real pleasure, with many slow-travel options available, particularly on the narrow-gauge railways along the lush, green northern coast in regions such as the Basque Country, Asturias, and Galicia.
For these reasons, a rail holiday in Spain offers a truly wonderful experience, providing the best way to explore the country’s famous sights, stunning landscapes, and outstanding cuisine.
Spanish rail holiday packages
In partnership with the specialist rail travel agency Byway, we provide a wide range of fantastic train holidays throughout Spain.
With any of these rail holiday packages, you depart from your local railway station, and each package includes train tickets, hotel accommodation, and full customer support.
You can explore all available Spanish rail packages above by scrolling through the feed, entering your preferred destination, or filtering the results by duration, price, or other criteria.
These pre-configured Spanish package holidays can be fully customised as well, if you want to make some adjustments.
Prefer Madrid over Barcelona? Want to spend a couple more days in Granada? Fancy adding places like Girona or Alicante to your Spanish rail trip, or a few days at a beach resort near Malaga towards the end of your holiday? It’s all possible!
Simply get in touch with Byway by email, telephone, or WhatsApp, and their travel specialists will be happy to assist you in designing your ideal rail holiday. Of course, they will also gladly answer any questions you may have.
Byway handles every aspect of your holiday, from securing train tickets to arranging hotel stays, so you can relax and fully enjoy your rail trip to Spain.
If a train is delayed or cancelled, potentially disrupting your holiday plans, a dedicated out-of-hours emergency line is available to offer advice and assist with rebooking. This support is included as part of your holiday package.
Combine Spain with other countries!
Your Spanish train travel adventure starts from your local railway station, and you have the flexibility to customise the rest of your trip according to your own preferences.
If you are starting your journey in the UK or elsewhere in Western Europe, you can travel non-stop to Spain via France, or make stopovers in a few French cities if you wish.
As you can see from the range of rail package holidays available on Byway, there is a wide variety of routes within Spain to choose from.
There are grand tours of Spain covering almost the entire country, as well as holiday packages with a specific focus, whether on a particular region like Andalusia, on history, or on culinary destinations.
If you wish, you can extend your train trip beyond Spain, as Byway also offers rail holiday packages that include Portugal, or even a ferry across the Mediterranean to Morocco with onward trains all the way to Marrakech!
Byway can take into account any route preference you may have, and you are always free to customise not only the Spanish part of your holiday, but also the trip there.
Customised rail holiday packages
If you want to arrange a customised Spanish rail holiday tailored to your wishes, or if you have some questions you want to have answered before booking your trip, do get in touch with Byway.
You can contact Byway via the contact form on their website or by calling +44 1692 660805 for UK and European customers, or +1 608 305 8106 for US customers. Do mention that you heard about them from DiscoverByRail!
Organise and book a rail holiday yourself
Byway is an ideal option if you prefer to book your Spanish rail holiday as a complete package, with all train tickets, accommodation, and support included. It’s the perfect option for travellers who enjoy train travel but find organising every detail themselves overwhelming.
However, if you prefer to organise and book a rail holiday yourself but struggle with creating an itinerary or finding where to book all the required train tickets, DiscoverByRail’s travel architect service is worth considering.
Also take a look at our Spanish rail passes if you are simply looking for a convenient way to travel around Spain by train.