London to Istanbul by Train Orient Express

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Leaving London, it’s all grey drizzle and tidy fields. By the time you hit the Alps, it’s snow-capped peaks and pine forests. Then comes Italy, with its vineyards and cypress trees. You’ll pass through Venice—well, Venice Santa Lucia station. Don’t blink, or you’ll miss the canal.

Then the train changes. You’ll switch to a different classic train for the Balkan leg. Through Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. The landscape gets rougher, more dramatic. Old stone villages. Rusty bridges. You’ll see a castle on a hill and wonder if vampires are real. Spoiler: they’re not, but the goulash is.

The Istanbul Arrival: Worth Every Franc

After three days of rattling through Europe, you pull into Sirkeci Station in Istanbul. It’s 2026, but the platform looks like it’s straight out of 1900. The smell of spices hits you before your feet touch the ground. Baklava, coffee, and history all at once. You’ll step off the train and immediately feel like you’ve finished a quest. Congratulations, you’ve arrived at the end of the line.

Orient-Express Route 2026 at Richard Day blog

But here’s the thing: this trip is not for budget travelers. A one-way ticket on the VSOE can cost upwards of £5,000 per person. That’s like buying a used car, but instead of a car, you get memories of eating lobster in a moving museum. Is it worth it? Only if you think a five-star experience that includes a midnight stop in Budapest is a good use of your savings.