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For the past 140 years, Orient Express has been sublimating the Art of Travel with luxury trains, unique experiences and collections of rare objects. And soon the heritage of this legendary train will be transported to a collection of hotels and sailing yachts around the world.
What is the route of the Orient Express? The original Orient Express route travels from Paris across Europe through Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, and Bucharest before arriving in Istanbul. The Orient Express sister train, the Simplon Orient Express (later known as the Direct Orient Express), also travelled a route from Paris to Istanbul ...
The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger luxury train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe, with terminal stations in Paris in the northwest and Istanbul in the southeast, and branches extending service ...
Beginning in 2025, The Orient Express will invite travelers to relive the legend aboard 17 original Orient Express cars dating back to the 1920s and 1930s, adorned with exceptional décor – a set of cars formerly known as the ‘Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express.’. Reimagined by architect Maxime d’Angeac.
Experience a world of timeless glamour aboard the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express luxury train. Enjoy overnight journeys aboard our art deco train from Paris to Venice and beyond.
2024 & 2025 Venice Simplon-Orient-Express tickets & journeys. Immerse yourself in the most famous luxury train carriages in the world onboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express as you are transported across Europe and back to the Golden Age of Travel.
Orient-Express unveiled the midnight blue cars of the first Simplon-Orient-Express train. For the first time ever, Paris connected Istanbul via Milan and Venice, and crossed the Simplon tunnel. This technological feat opened a new route through the Alps.
