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Welcome to 6 o'clock train
Not just about trains
On 6 o’clock train you’ll find all types of travel ideas not just train trips. We love all kinds of travel and will use lots of different forms of transport.
We particularly like overland travel as it lets us see so much more of a country and we’ve even been around the world without flying once.
Still, we don’t always have the time for such long trips and flying is a useful way of getting around the globe so we do that too.
Travel your way
Do you want to plan your own trips but aren’t sure where to start? Do you have a great idea for a trip but can’t find anyone who offers that exact itinerary?
You’re in the right place. Don’t compromise with your travel planning.
Create tailor-made itineraries which allow you to stretch your budget or splash out – whatever you choose.
Get Planning
We do the hard work so you don’t have to.
On this blog you’ll find detailed guides on everything you need for travel planning. But more than that – you’ll also find detailed itineraries to some of the most fascinating places in the world.
You can use them as they come or use them as a base for designing your own tailor-made trip.
Read all about our travels and get inspiration for your next trip.
Get travel inspiration
Trip Reports
Follow Our Travels
The Balkans
Read all about our road trip
Road Trip to Spain
Our driving tour of Spain
Italy
Our fabulous tour of Italy by train
India by Train
Across India by train from Kolkata to Mumbai
Around the World Without Flying
Our bucket list adventure
“Live life with no excuses, travel with no regrets”
Oscar Wilde
Around the World Without Flying
Around the World Without Flying
Follow our journey around the world in 75 days
London to Moscow
Across Europe by Train
Cologne
Top Things to Do
Warsaw
Discover Poland’s Capital City
Moscow
Fabulous Sightseeing
On the Moscow to Beijing Train
Across Siberia
Beijing
Explore China’s Capital City
Beijing to Xian
On the overnight sleeper train
Xian
Home of the Terracotta Warriors
Nanjing
Discover Chinese History in Nanjing
Shanghai
Discover Modern China
Shanghai to Japan Ferry
Take a slow boat from China
Osaka
Top Things to Do & See
“The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to”
Alain de Botton
Planning Guides
Step by step advice to plan a successful trip
Drive the Balkans
Plan your Balkans road trip
Tour Italy
Plan an Italian trip
Tour Spain
Plan your Spanish Road Trip
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.”
Hans Christian Anderson
Incredible India
Kolkata
City Sightseeing
Varanasi
Sightseeing
Sarnath
In Buddha’s Footsteps
Delhi Food Tour
A Taste of Delhi
Delhi’s Red Fort
Lal Qila
Qutub Minar
South Delhi
Coral Court Homestay
A Review
Delhi
Top Sights
Agra
Home of the Taj Mahal
Umaid Bhawan Heritage Hotel
A Review
Jaipur
The Pink City
India
Our Trip Report
Mumbai
Top Sights
“The journey not the arrival matters”
T.S. Eliot
Travel by Train
Scenic Bernina Express Railway
Is this the most scenic railway in the world?
Travel to Italy by train
Easily plan a trip to Italy by train
Travel by Eurostar
Take the train to Europe
At the railway station
Read our handy guide
“Not all those who wander are lost”
J. R. R. Tolkien
Explore Italy
Naples
Visit the historic centre
Turin
Top things to do
Florence in a day
Top sights
Firenze Card
Get great value
Galileo Museum
What to see
Italy by train
Plan your trip
Pompeii
Amazing sights
Do you want to tour Italy like an expert?
Use our planning guide
Florence
Things to do
“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list”
Susan Sontag
Drive the Balkans
Driving in the Balkans
Top Tips
Drive the Balkans
Plan the perfect trip
Detailed Balkan Itinerary
Day by day schedule
Day trips from Munich
Nearby attractions
One Day in Munich
Top things to see and do
Our Balkan Tour
Read all about our trip
Ljubljana
Top 10 things to do
Zagreb
Top things to do
Dubrovnik
Game of Thrones
Kotor
Top things to do
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends”
Maya Angelou
Plan a Spanish Road Trip
Driving in Spain
Know the rules
Tour Spain
Plan the perfect trip
Road Trip to Spain
Our driving tour of Spain
Spain Itinerary
Day by Day Details
Bilbao
Top things to do
Barcelona
Plan the weekend
Barcelona Day Trips
Explore Catalonia
“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been to before”
Dalai Lama
Travel Advice & Tips
Check your documents
Passports, visas and more
Perfect Packing
Tips for packing light
Get more space
Tips for renting an apartment or house
Suitcase or backpack?
Read our guide to help you choose
Hotel or hostel?
What type of accommodation should you choose?
Tips for first time flyers
What to do at the airport
How to read reviews
Learn to read between the lines
Travel Smart
Read our expert advice & tips
At the railway station
Read our handy guide
How to cross the channel
Cross channel ferry or eurotunnel?
Driving in Europe
Keep it legal
Find the perfect hotel
How to search for the right hotel
“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”
Michael Palin
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Wandertooth
Planetdreaming
Triptipedia
About
Come and join us at 6 o’clock train as we travel around the world. Plan your own trips and get the most out of travelling with our expert tips and advice.
Let’s get ready to travel!
Join us on our travels
Angela
Paul
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