Name: The Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel
Released: 2025-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Travel

Follow the route of the Orient Express service at the height of its fame from London to Istanbul. Explore the history of the train, chart how Europe has changed in the last 150 years and view the continent's iconic trains and railways.

2025 · 44m

EPISODE 1

London to Paris

The train rolls out and heads east, past the home of a forgotten villain whose journeys on the legendary train transformed his fortunes; in Paris, there is a trip to the Moulin Rouge for a memorable night.
EPISODE 2

Paris to Salzburg

The Express leaves Paris and heads for Munich via Germany's "City of Gold," Pforzheim, before stopping at Salzburg for an unexpected musical tribute to the city's most famous musical family.
EPISODE 3

Semmering to Budapest

The Express travels east through Austria; at a stopover in Vienna there's a session at the home of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, whose own flight to freedom is forever linked to the Orient Express.
EPISODE 4

Dragoman to Istanbul

The Express crosses the Balkans heading for Sofia, where there's a palace of exotic surprises and a reminder of Bulgaria's bloody history; the Express then arrives at Istanbul and the journey's culmination.

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World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
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Fintan Maguire

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