The Royal Scotsman passing over the Glenfinnan Viaduct

Luxury Train Journeys

There is a version of travel that has nothing to do with arriving.

A Belmond sleeping car
The Eastern and Oriental Express

The guide covers luxury train operators across Europe, Africa, Asia, Central Asia, and South America — from the Venice Simplon-Orient Express and the Belmond Royal Scotsman to Rovos Rail's Pride of Africa, Golden Eagle's Silk Road Express, and El Transcantábrico Gran Lujo along Spain's northern coast. The organizing idea is simple: a train puts you inside a landscape at a pace the eye can actually follow.

Belmond lounge car

The destination, in each case, becomes almost incidental.

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