When anyone mentions the words train travel to you, would you instantaneously visualize lines of InterCity carriages in grubby railway stations being boarded by gray faced commuters? That has been one side of roving by rail, admittedly, the business side - essential, but about as much pleasurable as a jump into cold porridge. Even so, travelling by means of rail beats car journeys hands down - no queues, no highway rage and a path smooth enough to be able to read, work or drink a coffee devoid of spilling it.
But perhaps you have thought there’s another side to Train Travel going on holiday by train just for the fun of it and travelling to fabulous getaways throughout the UK and Europe. Visualize romance, think of luxury, think of ease, imagine excellent cuisine and top quality wine served in lavish surroundings; the trimmings of a bygone ages of modishness that you simply thought had vanished forever.
Imagine the Orient Express.
Taking a trip on the Orient Express is similar to travelling to a new and thrilling world. Envision going to great European metropolitan areas like Venice and Prague over the historic Simplon Orient Express that still uses the original carriages built in the 1920s full with magnificent Lalique Glass panels, superb Art Deco interiors and antique wood burning stoves.
It seems wrong to set the Orient Express as simply a train; this is more like a five-star hotel on rails. If you are taking the trip from Venice to London you can still travel passing through Prague, spending a few days in that amazing, historic city in the luxury of its only five-star hotel. Try cycling or else hiking in the sweeping Bohemian countryside where you are feeling one may see to the end of the earth, or have a less active day with a drive in an open carriage ending with a picnic. At the end of the day return to the Orient Express for a fabulous meal served by white- jacketed waiters whose only profession is to anticipate your every need. What a life!
The romantic mystique and splendor of the Orient Express calls for you back in time; everyone dresses for ceremonial dinner, and afternoon tea is served each on fine china that Agatha Christie herself would have approved of. Without a murder in glimpse ?.
It has to be admitted that travelling on the Orient Express is absolutely not cheap (did you expect it to be?), but it could become better price than you first think, with rates including the entire meals, service and private accommodation. So if you crave for the romance and luxury of a trip on the Orient Express, prices begin from around £500 for London to Paris (one day), to as much as £5,000 for the ultimate five night trip Paris to Istanbul. Definitely the trip of a lifetime!
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