THE HISTORIC JOURNEY - PARIS, BUDAPEST,
BUCHAREST & ISTANBUL
(6 Days/5 Nights) from $8,350
Day 1 - On the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
Board the gleaming blue-and-gold carriages of the Venice
Simplon-Orient-Express at Paris Gare de l’Est, mid-afternoon.
Settle in your cabin and enjoy a delicious dinner on board.
Dinner included. Overnight on board.
Day 2 - Budapest
Enjoy the scenery as the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
travels into Hungary. Lunch on board before the arrival in
Budapest, transfer to the Sofitel Atrium Hotel. Dinner and
overnight in Budapest. Breakfast, lunch and dinner
included. Overnight in Budapest.
Day 3 - Budapest and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
Enjoy a guided tour of the city, which is divided by the
mighty Danube river into Buda and Pest. After lunch, rejoin the
train in the late afternoon. Enjoy an aperitif in the Bar Car
before dinner, as the train travels into Romania. Breakfast and
dinner included. Overnight on board.
Day 4 - Bucharest
After breakfast, disembark for a visit to beautiful Peles
Castle, which was also visited by the very first Orient-Express
passengers in 1883. Rejoin the train to complete the short
journey to Bucharest. On arrival, transfer to the Athenée Palace
Hilton Hotel for a late lunch. In the afternoon there will be a
short sightseeing tour of the city. Dinner and overnight in
Bucharest. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Overnight in
Bucharest
Day 5 - On the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
Rejoin the train mid-morning as the train travels south
across the Danube and into Bulgaria. During the afternoon, a
stop is made at Varna to visit Euxinograd Palace, once a royal
summer residence for the Bulgarian Tsars, and the Cathedral of
the Assumption of the Virgin. Lunch and dinner are served on
board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Overnight on board.
Day 6 - Istanbul
The train enters Turkey and crosses the Thracian Plain.
After breakfast and lunch, it arrives in Istanbul late
afternoon. Breakfast and lunch included.
Back to Venice
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