Spoiler alert: most Intrepid journeys don’t begin from proper outdoors your entrance door. But we predict attending to and out of your journey’s begin and finish factors ought to be a part of the journey, and now you are able to do that whereas lowering your footprint, too.
We’ve partnered with Byway, a UK-based gradual journey firm and fellow B Corp, to assist our travellers cut back or get rid of flights to and from their journeys by taking the prepare as a substitute. Byway runs a spread of unimaginable prepare journeys all through Europe, lots of which join up completely to Intrepid journeys, particularly between London, one in all our prime gateway cities, and a few our prime European locations, Italy and Spain.
Why join by prepare?
It’s higher in so some ways. On common, travelling by prepare from London to Venice leaves an environmental footprint of about 7 kg CO2 per passenger, whereas by airplane that very same journey generates 177 kg CO2. Emissions are almost 96% decrease for this one-way prepare journey! While there aren’t any intercontinental trains (but!), eliminating connecting flights is a very nice step to decreasing your affect.
But driving the rails can be such an unimaginable solution to get round – slightly slower, extra relaxed and the views from a prepare window as you weave your means via new landscapes, far-off from the roads… you possibly can’t beat it.
Whether you’re primarily based within the UK or flying into Gatwick or Heathrow from overseas, Byway affords a complete bunch of planet-friendly routes to get you to a few of Intrepid’s hottest journey beginning factors in Italy and Spain and again once more after your journey.
Extendable journey highlights in Italy and Spain
London to Venice – Hiking the Dolomites – Venice to London
This 8-day mountaineering journey via Italy’s Dolomites begins and finishes in Venice. You can get between London and Venice – there and again – by way of prepare with out retracing your steps. On the best way there, spend 4 days travelling via Brussels, Ulm and Innsbruck. On your means again, spend one other 4 days driving the rails residence via Milan, Chur and Zurich.
London to Rome – Premium Tuscany – Venice to London
See the very best of Tuscany on an 8-day Premium Tuscany journey from Rome to Venice, and prolong your journey on both finish with a 3-day rail journey from London to Rome by way of Cologne and thru the Rhine Valley and a 4-day journey again to London by way of Milan, Chur and Zurich, via the spectacular Swiss Alps.
London to Venice – Italy Real Food Adventure – Rome to London
Pair an 8-day Italy Real Food Adventure from Venice to Rome with two very totally different rail journeys to and from London. First up, spend 4 days travelling via Paris, Zurich, Chur, Tirano and Milan. After your Intrepid journey, head again to London by way of Munich, Cologne and Brussels.
London to Seville – Highlights of Andalucia – Granada to London
Discover the Highlights of Andalucia on an immersive tour from Seville to Granada and bookend your journey with a 3-day commute from London to Seville by way of Lille, Avignon and Madrid. Stretch out your travels with a 4-day return journey to London from Granada by way of Madrid, Barcelona, Girona and Paris.
When you e-book an Intrepid journey in Italy or Spain, we’ll let you already know about good Byway connections after you e-book. Learn extra about travelling with Intrepid and Byway.