Traveling on luxury trains

Traveling a few days by train can be as or more appealing than taking a cruise. Added to a guaranteed landscape is a unique stay. The journeys on luxury trains are gaining adherents, and this cinematic vision of elegant compartments, mysterious characters and stories with genius is renewed, where the stage and passengers seem more magical to the rhythm set by the locomotive.
Before embarking on this adventure, there are only a few questions to hesitate: where, how long, with whom and how much are you willing to pay?, since this new generation of convoys includes from dance floor, pub, bar and library. to hydrosauna, turbomassage and steam bath.

We propose the following 3 luxury train trips:

THE TRANSCANTÁBRICO

Journey: from Santiago de Compostela to León, and vice versa.
Duration: 8 days.
Trip: the train stops and connects with views on foot and by coach that allow you to go to the Altamira caves, dine in Santander or visit the Palencia Romanesque.
1st Class Seal: four saloon cars house all kinds of services (dance floor, restaurant, library, etc.)
Price per person: eight days with full board, excursions and accompanying guide, 2,300 euros.

TRENHOTEL

Journey: Madrid-Lisbon. Madrid-Paris. Barcelona-Paris. Barcelona-Milan. Barcelona-Zurich.
Duration: 2 days.
Trip: There are various routes in which maximum comfort is guaranteed to passengers. The stay is presented as the experience of traveling in a rolling hotel, and combines the comforts of luxury accommodation and the advantages of travel.
1st Class Seal: security card for each compartment, cabins equipped with bathroom, welcome drink, ‘gourmet’ dinner and continental breakfast. Free 48-hour parking service for customers arriving by car at the station.
Price per person: round trip, 350 euros.

VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT EXPRESS

Journey: Paris-Budapest-Bucharest-Istanbul.
Duration: 6 days.
Trip: The convoy is a replica of the train made in 1864 by George Pullman, in which a multitude of famous passengers have traveled, and which have inspired countless books and films such as "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) or "From Russia with Love" (1963). ).
1st Class Seal: Both the atmosphere that is breathed and each one of its corners emanate sophistication. Of its 17 wagons, 11 correspond to sleeper cars. Comfortable compartments, personalized butler service, furniture from the 20s, gastronomic menus ...
Price per person: from 3,000 euros.

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