The Orient Express

Embodying the ideal of rail travel, The Orient Express cannot help but plunge you into the romantic, adventurous world of Agatha Christie, with 1920s art deco throughout its instantly recognizable blue and gold carriages.

This is to say nothing of the routes themselves, which date back to the 1800s and make a dot-to-dot of Europe's greatest and most inspiring cities, before heading out towards the mysterious wildernesses of Eastern Europe.

Smaller stops such as Sinaia in Romania provide a touch of the unfamiliar, a whiff of exoticism. The trips can be up to a week long, and the choice of route tortuous, treating the passenger to some of Europe's most important cultural treasures.

Official Website of the Venice Simplon Orient- Express

3 / 5 Review by editor larapiegeler

‘Recapturing the Magic of Travel (via Train)’

The romance of train travel has been surpassed by speed, but the view, the pace and the pleasure of the experience can be worth the extra day.... Read more »

‘The Orient Express’

By Kate Simon for The Independent. First published Sunday, 21st September 2008. ...Our surroundings are indeed splendid, the result of the £11m... Read more »

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