Venice Simplon-Orient-Express: Venice - Prague - London

Accommodation
Travelling and sleeping in private cabins, passengers are attended by train stewards throughout the journey, and are assured of attentive yet discreet service.

Each cabin has:
• Original washbasin cabinet with hot and cold water
• Luxurious towels, fresh linen and toiletries
• International electricity sockets
• Individually controlled heating
• 24 hour steward service called by your personal bell

By day: all cabins feature a sofa, foot stool and table
By night: cabins convert into a comfortable bedroom.
Single cabins: one single bed.
Double cabins: upper and lower beds.

For that extra touch of luxury, Cabin Suites are also available. Cabin Suites are a combination of two private interconnecting cabins to create a private lounge and a separate sleeping cabin with an upper and lower bed.

Note: There are no shower facilities on-board however toilet facilities are located at either end of the sleeping car.

Dining & Cuisine
Dining on board the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is an unforgettable delight. All dishes are freshly prepared on the train by skilled French chefs, with the finest supplies taken onboard during the train's journey.

Lunch, dinner and brunch are served by waiters in one of the three individually styled Restaurant Cars: Cote d’Azur, Etoile du Nord or L' Oriental. Breakfast and afternoon tea are served to passengers in the comfort of the train's luxury cabins.

Table d'hôte meals are included in the fare, while an à la carte menu and 24-hour compartment service is available additionally. The Maitre D' will come to your cabin to take your lunch and dinner reservations in advance of your meal.

The Bar Car is the ideal rendezvous to enjoy relaxed conversation before or after dinner, and to warm to the skills of our resident pianist.

Famous for its delicious cocktails and welcoming atmosphere the Bar Car is the heart of the train. It is truly a unique, intimate and stylish experience that resounds to the voices of royalty, heads of state and celebrities.

Special Diets and Allergies:
Special diets can be accommodated with our Chef. Please be sure to tell us in advance of any allergies, food related or not, so that we can do our best to make your journey with us as enjoyable as possible.

Crossing the Channel
The Pullman train terminates at Folkestone West (a small station just west of Folkestone Central), where passengers transfer to a waiting fleet of executive road coaches. Until 2007 the VSOE went down to Folkestone Harbour to meet the buses, reaching the Harbour station via a slow descent of the steep 1 in 30 gradient on the weed-strewn branch line to the seafront, a historic line once used by regular boat trains. The coaches cross the Channel somewhat unauthentically on board a vehicle-carrying shuttle train though the Channel Tunnel. At Calais, the coaches drive off the shuttle train at the Eurotunnel terminal and head for Calais Ville station.

Itinerary
Your vacation includes:
• All table d'hôte meals
• Tea and coffee
• Accommodation on board based on two people sharing

Wednesday:
Board the splendid Wagons-Lits carriages of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express at Venice Santa Lucia station. Throughout your journey you will be attended by your own personal steward. After you have settled into your comfortable cabin it will soon be time to dress for dinner. Why not sip an aperitif in the Bar Car, listening to the sounds of the baby grand piano before taking your seat in one of the beautifully restored restaurant cars. After dinner you may want to linger in the bar and when you are ready you can retire to your cabin which has now been transformed into a cosy bedroom.
Meals: Dinner

Thursday:
Breakfast is served in your cabin at a time to suit you. Spend the morning relaxing in the comfort of your cabin, gazing at the beautiful passing scenery as the train heads towards Prague, or chatting with fellow travellers over coffee in the Bar Car. Later, enjoy a three-course lunch in one of the other magnificent restaurant cars. The train pulls in to Prague’s Smichov station in the afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Transfer to your chosen hotel for two nights. (Accommodation and transfers not included.)

Friday:
Enjoy the many attractions of one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The medieval streets of the Old Town and the Hradcany Castle are in pleasing contrast to the twentieth century buildings of Wenceslas Square. Take a guided tour or wander at your pleasure, stopping at one of the many pavement cafés for coffee.

Saturday:
Spend the morning at your leisure before rejoining the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express bound for London. Your private cabin awaits. Afternoon tea is served by your personal steward as you relax on board. A leisurely four-course dinner is served, prepared on board by our skilled French chefs. Enjoy a brandy or liqueur with convivial company in the Bar before retiring for the night.
Meals: Afternoon Tea and Dinner

Sunday:
Continental breakfast is brought to you by your steward. Later, enjoy a delicious brunch in the restaurant car as you travel on towards the French coast. After the short Channel crossing board the cream and umber carriages of the British Pullman for the journey to London. A traditional afternoon tea with a glass of champagne is served at your table while you watch the gentle scenery of Kent pass by. Suddenly, you are drawing into London Victoria station.
Meals: Breakfast

It may be the end of your journey but the memories will last a lifetime.

Please note: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express route is subject to change without prior warning due to last minute railway engineering works or similar.

For full details regarding the itinerary for this journey are also available to download simply click on the "Download Itinerary" button.

Departure Information
2012
May 23
Oct 3, 24

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express departs Venice at 5.45pm on day one and arrives in Paris at 8.32am and London at 5.30pm on day five.

Full list of Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Journeys
Paris-London (1 day)
London-Paris (1 day)
Venice-Vienna (1 night)
Venice-Budapest (1 night)
Venice-Prague (1 night)
Vienna-Paris (1 night)
Budapest-Paris (1 night)
Prague-Paris (1 night)
Paris-Venice (1 night)
Venice-Paris (1 night)
Vienna-London (1 night)
Budapest-London (1 night)
Prague-London (1 night)
Venice-Vienna-Paris (4 nights)
London-Venice (1 night)
Venice-London (1 night)
Venice-Budapest-Paris (4 nights)
Venice-Prague-Paris (4 nights)
Venice-Vienna-London (4 nights)
Venice-Budapest-London (4 nights)
Venice-Prague-London (4 nights)
Paris-Venice (Return) (4 nights)
London-Venice (Return) (4 nights)
Venice-Krakow-Dresden-Paris (7 nights)
Venice-Krakow-Dresden-London (7 nights)
Istanbul-Bucharest-Budapest-Venice (5 nights)
Paris-Budapest-Bucharest-Istanbul (5 nights)
London-Venice-Rome (3 nights)
Paris-Venice-Rome (3 nights)
Rome-Venice (1 night)
Venice-Rome (1 day)

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Terms and Conditions
Bookings require a 30% deposit at the time of confirmation, with full balance payable 60 days prior to the departure date.

Once a booking has been made cancellation penalties apply:
21 or more clear working days before train departure date: 30% cancellation penalty;
3-20 clear working days before train departure date: 70% cancellation penalty;
Within two days of departure or no show: 100% cancellation penalty (no refund). 

Once a booking has been made and a change is required then the following administration fees apply:
More than 56 working days before departure date: One free change then 10% amendment fee;
21-55 clear working days before train departure date: 20% amendment fee;
3-20 clear working days before train departure date: 60% amendment fee;
Within two days of departure or no show: 100% amendment fee.

Administration Fees are imposed for change of passenger’s names, departure dates or compartment types.

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