Between 1889 and 1977, the Orient Express swept Europe’s elite from Paris to Istanbul. The inaugural passengers dined on duck à l’orange and wild game in aspic. Today, luxury operator Belmond ...
The glamorous Orient Express, that luxurious and iconic train that has become an object of myth and legend thanks, among others, to Agatha Christie’s novel and subsequent cinematographic versions, ...
“So this is the great Orient Express,” says a character in Graham Greene’s 1969 novel Travels with My Aunt. “Maybe it’s real luxury travel…for people not in a hurry.” That novelised version of the ...
At the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the exhibition “1925–2025: 100 Years of Art Deco” celebrates the design movement’s centenary and the revival of the iconic Orient Express. Three full-scale ...
The legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express stopped at the Bulgarian border near Svilengrad on its way back from Istanbul to Venice. (Photo by Hristo Rusev) The iconic European luxury train that ...
NewsThe legendary luxury train is making a stop at Paris's Musée des Arts Décoratifs until spring. As part of the major exhibition dedicated to the centenary of Art Deco, three life-size mock-ups of ...