In the same way that I’ve never really embraced the notion of guilty pleasures — if you like something then surely you like something, regardless how embarrassing it might be (and I say this as a huge ...

The famed luxury train will transport guests through some of the most idyllic European landscapes, with extravagant menus, a vintage bar car, and an onboard sommelier. Stacey Leasca is an ...

Belmond is giving one of its iconic trains a luxurious upgrade in 2023. The luxury hospitality company is adding eight suites to the Venice Simplon-Orient Express next June. Two original 1920s and ...

MILAN — Fall asleep in Paris and wake up on Italy’s azure coast. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, a Belmond Train, Europe, will connect the French capital with Italy’s Amalfi Coast for the first ...

Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is a dream journey for any travel enthusiast, and if you’ve been waiting for the perfect reason to book your ticket, here it is: the iconic train is unveiling a ...

ROME -- As the Orient-Express idled at Rome's Ostiense station, passersby gasped in admiration at the regal blue-and-gold coaches that awaited passengers for an overnight journey north to Venice.

If there’s one drawback to having an authentic 1920s train experience, it’s the way Golden Age passengers bathed on their journeys. They didn’t. Hence, there are no showers or baths aboard the Venice ...

While the original Orient Express route that ferried travelers from Paris east to Bulgaria and Istanbul first launched in the late-1800s, it wasn’t until the 1920s and ‘30s—after the new Simplon ...

After sipping a 3674 cocktail—a bracing concoction made with gin, Cointreau, lemon juice, sugar and Angostura bitters—in the moody blue bar car for which the drink was named, I take a seat in the ...

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train, Europe, has unveiled its December journeys. This festive season, the distinct midnight-blue carriages will glide through Europe’s winter-scapes on ...

In August, I travelled inside the Venice Simplon Orient Express, fulfilling a dream I have had since childhood. The first "Express d'Orient" left Paris for Vienna on June 5, 1883 and on June 1, 1889 ...

One of the most luxurious trains in the world is getting an upgrade. As of 2020, the iconic Venice Simplon-Orient-Express will boast three swanky new “Grand Suites” that are the epitome of timeless ...