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David Heathcote boards the Orient Express at Victoria Station in London and heads off for Venice. He settles into his perfectly restored sleeping cabin and then explores the decadent charm and the extraordinary history of the train.

David Heathcote checks into Claridge's Hotel in London's Mayfair. He explores the Art Deco makeover of the 1930s, which transformed the old Victorian hotel into a fashionable destination for the rich and famous. He enjoys the glamour of the Deco fumoir, which made smoking sexy and glamorous, even for women. He samples the cocktail bar with Guy Oliver, the man whose job it is to renovate and restore the glamorous 1930s image of the hotel. Then Heathcote settles into a perfect Art Deco bath complete with glass panels, bubble bath and 2 bell pulls - one for the maid and one for the butler.

David Heathcote goes to spend the weekend at Casa Del Rio - a remarkable Art Deco fantasy house hidden away in rural Devon. He uncovers the story of Walter Price, a baker from Devon who went to visit California in the 1930s and who was so impressed by Pickfair, the glamorous residence of Hollywood stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, that he decided to create his own Deco mansion back in rural Devon, complete with marble staircase built to look like a piano keyboard.