While trains may not be the fastest way to get from point A to point B, there is something timelessly romantic about traveling by rail. Today’s luxury trains transport guests back to the Golden Age of ...
Train travel is having a cultural moment. It’s greener than flying, far more scenic, and this year Europe is expanding its ...
Belmond is giving one of its iconic trains a luxurious upgrade in 2023. The luxury hospitality company is adding eight suites to the Venice Simplon-Orient Express next June. Two original 1920s and ...
Today I’m taking the world’s best train, the Venice Simplon Orient Express for 32 hours from Prague all the way to London.
The famed luxury train will transport guests through some of the most idyllic European landscapes, with extravagant menus, a vintage bar car, and an onboard sommelier. Stacey Leasca is an ...
Despite being known for having a high mortality rate — the Orient Express is actually very safe and very luxurious. We sent Chris to ride the rails and talk with a star of the remake of “Murder on the ...
On These Luxury Vintage Trains Launching in 2026! If you’ve ever wanted to travel through Europe in pure old-world elegance, ...
While the original Orient Express route that ferried travelers from Paris east to Bulgaria and Istanbul first launched in the late-1800s, it wasn’t until the 1920s and ‘30s—after the new Simplon ...
Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is a dream journey for any travel enthusiast, and if you’ve been waiting for the perfect reason to book your ticket, here it is: the iconic train is unveiling a ...
If there’s one drawback to having an authentic 1920s train experience, it’s the way Golden Age passengers bathed on their journeys. They didn’t. Hence, there are no showers or baths aboard the Venice ...
ROME -- As the Orient-Express idled at Rome's Ostiense station, passersby gasped in admiration at the regal blue-and-gold coaches that awaited passengers for an overnight journey north to Venice.
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train, Europe, has unveiled its December journeys. This festive season, the distinct midnight-blue carriages will glide through Europe’s winter-scapes on ...