India, Dec. 21 -- It's no secret that one of the best things about traveling in Europe is the trains. But with hundreds of thousands of miles of steel tracks, some routes are undoubtedly more popular than others.

Travel + Leisure recently received stats from the European rail pass network, Eurail, about all the places where American travelers visited by train this year-here's what you need to know.

Where American Travelers Actually Went

Two countries dominated the Eurail rankings this year: Switzerland and Italy. Florence to Rome (Santa Maria Novella to Roma Termini) was the most popular journey of 2025. Switzerland's Interlaken Ost-Lauterbrunnen line and the Visp-Zermatt connection followed-with mountain villages, waterfalls, and alpi...