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This summer I did Paris to Istanbul by train, through Vienna and Bucharest, it was wonderful!

• HWR_14 1y ago
  Was it a normal train or the famous "Oriental Express"?
  • lmm 1y ago
    The Orient Express stopped running in 2009 (after it had already been successively cut back to just Strasbourg-Vienna), although it was a "normal train" in most senses (it was a regular EuroNight service, not really any different to ride from less famous ones like the Cassiopeia or Jan Kiepura). The train you may be thinking of, a luxury train that imitates a historic one, is mimicing the the Simplon Orient Express which did not run through Vienna (and also it rarely goes beyond Venice).
    • HWR_14 1y ago
      I was in fact thinking of the luxury version. I was not aware it was an imitation.
    • oulipo2 1y ago
      It's been indeed renovated, and it does London -> Venice and London -> Istanbul, but is outrageously priced (20k eur for Paris -> Istanbul if I remember) I did the same "route" but took some random night trains between each city, which is much more affordable
• iagooar 1y ago
  That sounds pretty cool. How many separate train connections did you have to book? Any problems with delays or canceled rides?
  • oulipo2 1y ago
    It was mostly direct trains, or at most one change between each city (eg Paris -> Vienna, Vienna -> Bucharest, Bucharest -> Istanbul) Only issue is that some legs can only be booked last minute at the physical train station, and not online, hopefully this will change