Multi-City Tours & Itineraries 2026/27

Are these escorted tours?

No, and it matters enough to say before anything else.

There is no tour manager, no group and no coach. What we book is the structure: your flights out and back, every hotel, and the connections between each stop — high-speed trains across Italy and Spain, internal flights across North America, private transport in Sri Lanka. You then travel through the itinerary independently, at whatever pace suits you.

That suits people who want the logistics of a multi-stop trip handled without being put on a timetable with thirty strangers. It does not suit anyone who wants a guide explaining what they are looking at, or the company of a group. If that is what you are after, these are the wrong holidays and we would rather tell you now.

The itineraries below are the routes we run most often. Every one can be reshaped — different cities, different nights in each, a different order — because the underlying product is tailor-made.

What does each itinerary cost?

All ten, cheapest first. Prices are per person and include return flights from London, your hotels, and the internal flights or train connections between stops. Regional UK departures are available on every one at a supplement confirmed when you enquire.

Europe, from £359pp

Asia, from £1,149pp

North America, from £1,199pp

The last of those is also on the all-inclusive hub, because half its nights are. Shorter two- and three-stop trips, where each place gets a longer stay, are on the multi-centre holidays hub.

When is a multi-city tour cheapest?

The two regions run on opposite calendars, and one of these is the widest price spread on the whole site.

European itineraries are cheapest in January and dearest in July. The Italy Grand Explorer is £359pp in January against £599pp in July — nine nights, the same route, and no package we sell moves further between its best and worst month. Ultimate Italy runs £799pp to £969pp, Grand Europe Capitals £1,049pp to £1,339pp, Ultimate Europe Explorer £1,499pp to £1,749pp, and the Spanish route £709pp to £839pp.

January is also, for this particular kind of holiday, a genuinely good month. You are moving between cities and spending your days in galleries, churches and cafés rather than lying on a beach. Rome, Florence and Prague in January are cold, quiet and close to empty — the queues that define them in July simply are not there.

The Asian itineraries are cheapest in June and dearest in December. Sri Lanka is £1,149pp against £1,449pp, Vietnam and Cambodia £1,299pp against £1,649pp. June falls before the European school holidays and long before the Christmas long-haul rush.

How many nights does a multi-city trip need?

The arithmetic that matters is nights per stop, not nights in total.

Two nights per city is the floor. Below that you arrive, sleep, and leave — you have visited the hotel rather than the city. Ultimate Italy gives twelve nights across four cities, and the Spanish route seven across three, which is why both work.

Rail routes need fewer nights than flight routes. A train between Rome and Florence costs you a morning; a flight between New York and Toronto costs the best part of a day once you add the airport at both ends. That is why the European itineraries here run seven to twelve nights while the North American ones run eight to fourteen, and the four-city USA route fits into eight only by giving each city two nights.

Nine nights is the practical minimum for a European grand tour covering four or five countries, and twelve is more comfortable. The Grand Europe Capitals route at nine nights from £1,049pp is brisk by design; the Ultimate Europe Explorer at twelve from £1,499pp gives each stop room to breathe.

Which itinerary should you choose?

If it is your first multi-city trip

Ultimate Italy at £799pp for twelve nights, or the Spanish route at £709pp for seven. Both move by high-speed train, both are in one country, and neither involves an airport between stops. If the format turns out not to suit you, you have found that out on a short European trip rather than halfway across Asia.

If the budget is the constraint

The Italy Grand Explorer at £359pp for nine nights in January. It is the cheapest itinerary we run by a wide margin, and January is the month that makes it so. If nine nights is more than you want, the same cities run as short city breaks instead.

If you want to cover the most ground

The Ultimate Europe Explorer at £1,499pp for twelve nights, or Grand Europe Capitals at £1,049pp for nine. Both are built around whichever capitals you want rather than a fixed list.

If you want somewhere genuinely unfamiliar

Vietnam and Cambodia at £1,299pp, or Sri Lanka at £1,149pp. Both are the kind of trip where having the hotels and transport already arranged removes most of what makes independent travel there hard work.

If you want a tour that ends on a beach

New York, Toronto and Jamaica at £2,149pp for fourteen nights — a week of cities, then seven nights all-inclusive. It is the only itinerary here that stops moving.

If you are going for the landscape rather than the cities

New York, Toronto and Niagara Falls at £1,349pp builds a genuine natural set-piece into a city itinerary. On the four-city USA route at £1,199pp, the Grand Canyon is an optional day trip from Las Vegas.

What changes the price of a multi-city tour?

• The month, by more than on any other kind of holiday we sell. The Italy Grand Explorer swings from £359pp to £599pp. If your dates move, nothing else you decide will save you as much.
• Rail or air between stops. European routes connected by train cost less and waste less of the holiday than routes needing internal flights.
• Number of stops. Each additional city adds a hotel, a connection and usually two nights.
• Nights. Sri Lanka is sold at six, eight or ten nights and Vietnam and Cambodia at ten, twelve or fourteen. The headline price is the shortest option.
• Departure airport. Every price is from London. Regional departures carry a supplement we confirm at enquiry rather than estimate here.

What paperwork do you need?

Checked against GOV.UK foreign travel advice on 17 September 2026. Rules change, and we re-confirm yours before you travel. A multi-country itinerary means several sets of rules on one trip, which is the single most common thing people get caught out by.

• Italy, Spain and the European capitals: Schengen. No visa, 90 days in any 180. Your passport must have been issued within the last 10 years of your arrival date and be valid three months past departure — the 10-year rule catches out anyone who renewed early before October 2018. The biometric Entry/Exit System is rolling out, so allow extra time at your first crossing. ETIAS is not required.
• Sri Lanka: an Electronic Travel Authorization must be obtained online before you travel. It is issued free of charge and valid 30 days, so treat any site charging you for one accordingly. Passport valid six months past arrival. No visa is needed for an air transit under 24 hours.
• Vietnam: no visa for stays up to 45 days. Passport valid six months with two blank pages and no damage. If you need longer and apply for an e-visa, note that an e-visa ties you to the entry and exit points you choose on the application — which matters on a two-country itinerary where you may leave by a different route than you arrived.
• Cambodia: a visa is required, valid 30 days from entry. Apply for an e-visa at least four days ahead, or get one on arrival at airports and land crossings — bring a photo and US dollars to pay with. An electronic e-Arrival Card is mandatory within seven days before you arrive by air, and it is free.
• USA: ESTA required before you fly, $40.27, valid two years. It applies to transit as well as entry.
• Canada: an eTA is required for air arrivals but not if you arrive by land or sea from the USA. On the New York to Toronto routes that is worth checking against how you are actually travelling.
• Jamaica: no visa, usually 90 days. Passport valid for the duration of your stay with two blank pages. The Immigration and Customs Form C5 must be completed online before arrival, and it is mandatory.

Who multi-city itineraries suit

• Travellers who would rather see four places than one, and do not mind packing four times to do it.
• Anyone who wants the logistics of a complex trip handled but not the company of a group.
• First-time visitors to a region who want the highlights without researching every train and hotel themselves.
• People going somewhere far enough that they may not return, and want to make it count.
• Anyone who finds a week in one hotel too long.

Who might prefer something else

• If you want a guide and a group, these are not that. We book the structure and leave you to it. An escorted tour operator is the right call.
• If you want to unpack once, this is the wrong format entirely. A beach holiday or a single-city stay will suit you far better.
• If you are travelling with young children, moving every two or three nights is hard work for everyone. Two stops rather than four is usually the compromise — see the multi-centre trips.
• If mobility is a concern, changing hotels repeatedly, handling luggage on trains and covering cities on foot all add up. Tell us before we book and we will shape the route around it.
• If you only have a week, four cities in seven nights is not a holiday. Three stops is the realistic maximum, which is what the Spanish route does.

How we book it

Every itinerary here is ATOL 10713 protected and we hold IATA accreditation 91285611. All ten are held with a deposit of £99 per person, with the balance due before travel.

Because the whole route sits on one booking, a delayed flight or a missed connection is ours to re-arrange rather than something you sort out at a foreign station. That is the practical case for buying a multi-city trip as a package instead of assembling it yourself, and it is worth more on a four-stop itinerary than on any other kind of holiday.

Prices here are the ones we hold today, shown in full on the page, per person. January and June dates — the cheapest across both regions — are the first to go.