Rail Europe specialises in selling tickets and passes for travel throughout Europe by train. Available to buy online or via their call centre, you can find some excellent deals on Eurostar, TGV and the French internal SNCF trains, overnight services to cities including Barcelona, Rome and Florence, French Motorail, InterRail passes and the snow trains which deliver you right into the heart of the French Alps. The site is extremely easy to navigate so take a look here before you consider travelling anywhere in Europe by train.

If you haven’t already tried it this is a great way to cross the Channel. Eurotunnel will take you and your car from Folkestone to Calais (as well as other European Destinations) and make the crossing in just 35 minutes. If you're slightly late for your train you can usually get onto the next one (except in peak times) as they leave every 20 minutes. A word of warning. Don't forget your roofbox is on top when you drive towards the train. It's really not a good idea!

The next time you want to travel across New Zealand, the US, Canada, Australia or Japan by rail you'll need this excellently laid out website which tells you exactly how to go about it, how much your rail pass (whichever you choose) will cost and then you can order it online. They also cover Europe, with EU country passes and City to City tickets, offer UK and EU timetables and country maps of Europe. Don't even think of getting on a train without visiting here first.

Eurostar will take you (without your car) not just to Paris or Lille at high speed but will also connect you to over 100 destinations across Europe. There are special offers on the site and information about new connections plus guides to all the core destinations.

This is one you’ll definitely have heard of, with the famous Venice Simplon-Orient-Express offering to transport you in the style of a bygone era to exciting cities such as Venice, Paris, London, Budapest, Prague, Istanbul, Vienna and Rome. Now through Orient Express you can also book The Royal Scotsman, The Eastern and Oriental Express in South East Asia, and PeruRail – one of the highest rail routes in the world. With luxury hotels and fabulous river journeys as well this is an extremely seductive site to visit.