Europe's Imperial Cities
Explore Europe’s imperial capitals by sleeper. Wander palaces, castles and museums shaped by centuries of royal power.
An antidote to fast-food style tourism, our slow travel approach offers a more sustainable and richer travel experience for you and the places you visit.
Stitched together with heritage railways, sunset sailings and scenic bus journeys, all itineraries include transport and accommodation, neatly packaged up with free disruption replanning and in-trip support, whenever you need us.
Our team of slow travel experts specialise in everything from ski trips to honeymoons, weekend breaks by train to epic gap-year-inspired adventures. Whether you've got a clear vision or are still dabbling in ideas, our team can help craft you a bespoke itinerary to fit your taste, buget and requirements.
For UK, please call us on +44 1692 660805. For US, you can reach us on +1 608 305 8106. If the line is busy please leave a message, and we will call or email you back as soon as possible.
Customisable, scenic routes across Europe by land and sea
Chosen by you, booked by us, favouring local stays
Personalised trip guide, 24/7 in-trip support, free disruption replanning
Once you're happy with your trip, click 'continue' to select payment options. If your holiday is more than 8 weeks in the future, you can choose to pay a 20% deposit.
Proceed to fill in passenger details, and any preferences around travel times or other requirements. Next, you’ll be taken to our payment page where you will fill in your card details to make payment.
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a confirmation. Within a week, you’ll receive a full Trip Summary including travel time details. Closer to your travel date, we’ll send you a self guided itinerary including check-in details, travel tickets and recommendations for local activities.
If you wish to cancel your trip, you must complete and submit our cancellation form. If you have any questions prior to cancelling, please contact us and we will be happy to help.
Since we incur costs in cancelling or amending your travel arrangements, cancellation or amendment charges may apply. Please check our booking conditions for a full list of these charges.
If the reason for your cancellation or change is covered under the terms of your insurance policy, you may be able to reclaim charges. We therefore recommend that you secure appropriate insurance as soon as you have booked your holiday.
Most of our trips can be updated to suit a variety of accessibility needs. All of our journeys are on train, bus, or ferry routes, making it easier to get around and we try to choose hotels that are close to stations or centrally-located where possible.
If you have specific requirements, our expert Trip Design team can build a custom trip for you. Please contact us about your particular requirements.
We’re always looking for ways to improve accessibility. If you have any suggestions, please share them with us at hello@byway.travel.
Customisable, beautiful routes across Europe by land and sea
Chosen by you, booked by us, favouring local stays
Personalised trip guide, 24/7 in-trip support, free disruption replanning
