'King of Trains' and 'Train of Kings' Orient Express in Istanbul

Venice Simplon Orient Express departed from Paris on 26 August 2022 and arrived in Istanbul on 31 August at 15.45:XNUMX.

The Orient Express, described as the “King of Trains” and the “Train of Kings” and the first most luxurious train in Europe; He reached Istanbul via Vienna, Budapest, Sinai, Bucharest and Varna.

Orient Express will depart our country on September 2 and reach Paris via Bucharest, Sinai, Budapest and Vienna.

While 54 passengers who came to Istanbul from Paris on the Venice Simplon Orient Express will return by plane, a new group of passengers will join the return trip to Istanbul by plane.

Venice Simplon Orient Express consists of a total of 9 wagons, including 2 sleeping cars, 1 lounge cars, 3 bar car, 1 restaurant cars and 16 service car.

As it is known, Orient Express, which inspired many writers from Agatha Christie to Alfred Hitchcock, made its first journey between Strasbourg and Romania in 1883.

In the following years, at the end of the construction of the Simplon tunnel connecting Italy to Switzerland, the Venice Simplon Orient Express, whose route and name was changed, left Paris and reached Istanbul via Venice and Trieste.

Venice Simplon Orient Express, which came to our country a few times before the events in Yugoslavia, has been coming to Istanbul in September every year since 1998.