The Big Foto » luxury http://thebigfoto.com Life stories in photos Tue, 22 May 2012 06:44:49 +0000 en hourly 1 Welcome to the Orient Express http://thebigfoto.com/welcome-to-the-orient-express http://thebigfoto.com/welcome-to-the-orient-express#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:19:39 +0000 admin http://thebigfoto.com/?p=224 The Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Its route has changed many times, and several routes have in the past concurrently used the name (or slight variants thereof). Although the original Orient Express was simply a normal international railway service, the name has become synonymous with intrigue and luxury travel. The two city names most intimately associated with the Orient Express are Paris and Istanbul, the original endpoints of the service.

Orient Express routes

Orient Express routes

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In this post we will remember the exotism of the old line and we are going to see what the orient express looks like nowadays, mainly with examples of the Venice Simplon Orient-Express. Play the video, the Orient Express is arriving…

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