Drinks can be ordered in your cabin through your steward. All drinks are at an additional cost. DRESS CODE You can never be overdressed aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient- Express.
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In the entry-level Historic cabins there is no shower and the toilets are shared, with one at each end of a carriage. However, those upgrading to a Suite or Grand Suite will have their very own en-suite bathroom, complete with toilet and shower and kitted out in rich marble with a Murano glass sink.
A one-night trip on the “Venice Simplon-Orient-Express” starts from £2,920 ($3,292) per person. Belmond has a one-off licensing deal to use the Orient Express name on its Venice Simplon train, Franklin confirmed, while Accor has the rights to the brand as a whole.
The most popular Orient Express route starts in London and takes you through Paris to Verona or Venice, but you can also leave from Venice with destinations of Prague, Vienna and Budapest and back to Paris or London. Once a year, the train travels from London to Berlin and back.
Maharajas' Express, IndiaThe Maharajas' Express holds the record for the most expensive train trips in the world. It costs $3,385 to spend a night in this traveling Presidential Suite. The Maharajas' Express is operated by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
To travel on the Venice Simplon Orient Express each passenger is asked to bring no more than one item of suitable hand luggage (a plane cabin bag size), one suit carrier or overnight bag, to be retained in your cabin, and one suitcase to be stored in the baggage car.
Take in Europe from the romantic setting it deserves with your own private historic twin cabin. Banquette seating offers the perfect vantage point to watch the landscape by day, while convertible sleeping berths — with soft, luxurious bedding — transform the cabin into an intimate retreat by night.
The antique carriages, up to 100 years old, are not allowed to go through the Channel Tunnel for safety reasons. Instead the passengers are taken by coach onto a shuttle through the tunnel to Folkestone, where they board another luxury train – the Belmond British Pullman – for the journey to London.
On this glamorous overnight adventure, step aboard Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Paris, City of Light, and glide through beguiling European landscapes to reach Venice, City of Water, the following day. *On selected 2023 dates the train departs Paris at 22:00 and arrives in Venice at 19:00.