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BritRail passes start from $199 for 2 days of travel in England. Full guide to pass types, prices, booking strategy, and when point-to-point tickets beat the pass.
Train travel · Slow travel · Food travel
Slow journeys, train routes, and the art of eating your way through a city. For travellers who want to go deeper — not just further.
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Art of the Travel is a guide to slow journeys — the kind where the train ride is part of the point, where you stay long enough to actually arrive, and where eating well is as important as seeing the sights.
We cover European and American train routes with the detail they deserve, write about cities as places to inhabit rather than check off, and believe that the best travel happens at a pace where you can actually pay attention.
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