Route: Creel to Los Mochis, Mexico
Price of most expensive ticket: MXN$5,700/£245
A personal favourite, this is a truly spectacular journey that winds its way more than nine glorious hours through the great Copper Canyon of the Sierra Madre mountain range in Mexico, as it hoots and hisses its way down to the mighty Pacific Ocean.
The train is designed for tourists, and its First Class accommodation offers many of the features associated with luxury train travel – gourmet dining featuring regional specialities, a bar car and, at its rear, an open-air observation terrace, enabling passengers to feel even closer to the spectacular scenes all around them. A glorious adventure, with the most spectacular stretch coming between Divisadero and El Fuerte. Worth every peso.
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Booking tips
Specialist operators – which can book many of the trains and package trips around the journeys listed – include Railbookers, Tailor Made Rail and, for flight-free options, Byway. Mark Smith – aka the Man in Seat 61 – is an invaluable source of information and DIY options for many of these journeys.
