The glamorous Orient Express, that luxurious and iconic train that has become an object of myth and legend thanks, among others, to Agatha Christie’s novel and subsequent cinematographic versions, ...

“So this is the great Orient Express,” says a character in Graham Greene’s 1969 novel Travels with My Aunt. “Maybe it’s real luxury travel…for people not in a hurry.” That novelised version of the ...

A playground for the slow travel elite, starting at $80,000 a night, the “L’Observatoire” suite aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is train travel, but not as you know it.

The French team behind the revival of the Orient Express have revealed details of the ultra-luxurious train carriages, set to start running between Paris and Istanbul in 2027. There’s budget or ...

Immortalised by crime writer Agatha Christie, the Orient Express is crystallised in the public imagination as a train of legendary glamour and mystery. So with a luxurious reboot on the horizon, it’s ...

Goodbye London; hello Italian Riviera. Straight on the heels of Europe’s most iconic train route striking the UK capital from its list of destinations, the “Orient Express” has scheduled a trip to the ...

Between 1889 and 1977, the Orient Express swept Europe’s elite from Paris to Istanbul. The inaugural passengers dined on duck à l’orange and wild game in aspic. Today, luxury operator Belmond ...

At the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the exhibition “1925–2025: 100 Years of Art Deco” celebrates the design movement’s centenary and the revival of the iconic Orient Express. Three full-scale ...

In the 1960’s and 1970’s, the free spirit and glamour of “La Dolce Vita” rippled throughout Italy-artistically, socially, in fashion and design. Now, a train of the same name is in development by ...