Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Venice Simplon Orient Express Paul Allen/Andfotography2 Veuve Clicquot has created three of the most decadent journeys you can imagine on Belmond Trains . Solaire Journeys (a name inspired by the signature sunburst yellow color of Veuve Clicquot labels) follow the sun on three continents, from East to West, accompanied by some of the world’s best champagne and gastronomy. Unique and rare champagnes are paired with food overseen by Jean Imbert (of Michelin-starred Plaza Athénée ) for the ultimate tasting journeys.
Two of the journeys have already left the station (the Eastern & Oriental from Singapore and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express from Paris) but this autumn, you can join the third, champagne-fuelled excursion on board the Andean Explorer from Machu Picchu, Peru. The First Journey in 1883 The first Orient Express, 1883 Orient Express The first journey of the world’s most famous long distance train service, Express d'Orient, was from Paris to Vienna, on 5 June 1883. Belgian company Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits ran the service until 2009 with various routes and expansions through Europe.
The service quickly became emblematic of luxury and intrigue in rail travel, even more so after Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot traveled from Istanbul on the Simplon Orient Express in her 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express . Venice Simplon Orient Express Paul Allen/Andfotography2 In 1919,.