Topic: Orient Express

Conductors await departure of Orient Express

UK Orient Express no more and a little Kent port misses out

It is not the fastest way to cross the Channel, but after new passport controls are introduced, it may well be the slowest. That’s the fear of Belmond, the company that runs the Venice Simplon...Read more

19-04-2023|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Ticket sale starts for Italian Orient Express ‘La Dolce Vita’

As of this week, reservations can be made for a new luxury Orient Express train in Italy. From 2024, the redesigned luxury train will be back on the tracks onwards, consisting of recently discovered classic...Read more

08-12-2022|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Legendary Orient Express returns to Istanbul

Istanbul welcomed the legendary Orient Express on Thursday. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, offered by travel company Belmond, runs once a year between Istanbul and Paris.Read more

02-09-2022|Comment|author: Nick Augusteijn

Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient Express

Thursday, May 19 marks 45 years since the arrival of the last Orient Express at Sirkeci Station in Istanbul, Turkey. While Istanbul wasn’t the first destination of this legendary train service nor the last, it...Read more

19-05-2022|Comment|author: Nick Augusteijn

A new Orient Express comes to Italy, what went before?

A new luxurious hotel train, the Orient Express La Dolce Vita, will run in Italy from 2024. It also offers international journeys to Paris, Istanbul and Split. The train continues the legacy of the world-class...Read more

12-01-2022|Comment|author: Esther Geerts