From Switzerland to İstanbul by train, Orient Express Style
In today’s trip, we will see how to travel by train from mainland Europe to Istanbul in Turkey, by following the Simplon Orient Express as close as possible.
Total travel time: within 5 days, we travelled 2697 km in 60 hours (ø 45 km/h)
Trains taken in this video:
Day 1: SBB EC47: Lausanne - Venezia
Day 2: ÖBB Railjet: Venezia - Villach Hbf
Day 2 to 4: Optima Express: Villach - Edirne
Day 5: TCDD Trakya Ekspresi: Edirne - İstanbul (Halkalı)
00:00 Introduction, History of the Orient Express and travel plan
02:04 SBB EC47 from Lausanne to Venice
07:41 Day 2, ÖBB Railjet “Gondoliere“ from Venice to Villach
11:00 Quick visit by the Wörthersee
11:47 Optima Express, start in Austria
14:10 Day 3, Optima Express, Croatia to Bulgaria
15:55 Tour of the ex CWL Sleeper compartments
16:37 Optima Express, Crossing Serbia
20:30 Day 4, Optima Express, Bulgaria to Edirne, Türkiye
24:37 Entering Tü
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