This Genius New Tool Helps You Design the Ultimate European Rail Journey

Built by flight-free travel specialists Byway, this interactive route-planning map is designed to help you effortlessly plan a perfect, seamless rail trip around Europe by land and sea. After entering your starting location and timeframe, the map pulls up every destination across the continent that can be reached within your chosen dates – for example, travelling from London for two weeks in May returned 147 options. From there you can pick destinations, and the tool auto-generates a full multi-day itinerary that not only includes train routes but also accommodation and recommendations of things to do in each place. It allows personalisation at any point, such as adjusting the number of nights in each city and selecting alternative accommodation. Created to make wonderful multi-stop, flight-free journeys easy to plan, it draws on Byway’s two million miles of expert knowledge combined with cutting-edge routing technology and currently covers locations in 20 countries, with more to come. - Liv Kelly