The world is home to more spectacular train journeys than you could ever hope to enjoy in a lifetime. Enter: our picks to help you narrow down your options. Whether you’re looking for throwback Orient Express-esque luxury (not to mention more legroom than on nobody’s favorite budget ai...
A journey from Russia to Vladivostok retracing the ancient Silk Road and crisscrossing 5000 miles of track which entails traveling through 7 time zones, Trans Siberian Express definitely qualifies as one of the great rail journeys in the world. It is often said of this journey that lifelong frie...
I peer out of my window as the sign “Cape Town” on the railway platform slides away into my past. We are moving…new horizons beckon. Oh the magic oftrain journeys! Sholongololo, the train I’m riding on, is aptly named after the Zulu or Xhosa word for millipede. It curves sinuou...
Fine for daytime journeys, and safe with travelling security staff on board, but not generally recommended for visitors on overnight trips unless you can't get a sleeper and are prepared to rough it. Most trains also have a restaurant or refreshment car....
First, a reminder of the six different journeys that this one train operated in two and a half months: Pretoria to Cape Town (three nights) Cape Town to Dar es Salaam (14 nights) Dar es Salaam to Lobito (14 nights) Lobito to Dar es Salaam (14 nights) Dar es Salaam to Cape Town ...
In addition to trains run by national rail companies, a range of privately run sleeper trains around the world offer luxurious journeys via upmarket "rail cruises". Sleeper trains may have seemed lost in the past – but thanks toflygskam, they’re once again part of the future. ...
TOP DESTINATIONS FOR Great Train Journeys & Rail Holidays Show all Inspire me We've found 19 destinations for Great Train Journeys & Rail Holidays Arrange by: Price Recommended Alphabetical By duration BYWAYS FROM BOLOGNA Escape to Emilia-Romagna Italy From £950 per person Travel to:Emilia-...
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Take it slow on these rail journeys through some of the world's most glamorous destinations. Here are the most luxurious train rides in the world. Courtesy of Belmond British Pullman, England Fans of director Wes Anderson can embark on a vintage train adventure inspired by his distinct sty...
Each colour change on this map should at least roughly align with a change of train. There’s a couple of cross-city journeys (Lisbon, Paris, Moscow…) which I sort of ignored on this, and there’s one section that you can’t really see at all at this scale, which goes from Lagos...