by Is there a station outcome in the world that can keep up Putsch de Théâtre Venice Santa Luca to leave with the Canal of Grand Canal and the Pantheon-modeled San Simeone Piccolo? “Venice never loses the magic of appearing for the first time like the first time,” as Freya noted.
We were from Rome in La Dolce Vita Orient Express, Italy’s first luxury train, which wanted to produce the glamor and careful spirit of the 1960s, as in Federico Federico Fellini’s film with its unforgettable pictures by Anita Ekberg Civing in a Trevi-Fountain and Marcello Mastroiangi, which in a Brevi Fountain and one Brevi-Fountain-Tr3 Fountain trumps.
Under a full moon we climbed deeply painted starts to slow down the Grand Canal to Palazzo Nani Bernardo, one of the few palaces that still belonged to the family, in this case in the 1550s.
A dark corridor with a candlelight from the landing level led to glasses champagne and an inner courtyard with the highest palm tree in Venice. On the upper floor, the dinner was served at a long table that was decorated with white flowers, while a harpist played in the window with a view of the channel.
The travel routes on La Dolce Vita Orient Express combine the joys of landscape routes with typical Italian off-trainer experiences that are difficult or impossible for a tourist.
The train was founded by the Italian luxury brand Arsenale in collaboration with Orient Express, and the pampering begins before the Rome Ostiense station in the Palastic reception area of Arsenale was brought out of unused rooms. The Art -deco feeling of the lounge area and the bar is modern, and showers are provided for everyone who comes directly from an airplane or train via the free transfer service.
We all thought the train looked new, but it’s not that. Instead, the cars of the 1970s were completely converted into the designs of a Milan studio to create 31 huts, lounge and dining cars as well as accommodations for the 35 employees of the train. Cabins are masterpieces of compression, but Sumo wrestler would not cut off well in the room between shower, sink and toilet.
Behind one of the opposing mirror walls, cleverly invented memory was created, which results in an illusion of larger space. Deluxe cabins have a single chair and a sofa that turns into a small double bed, but suites – larger by 60 percent – have a fixed bed, a sofa and two chairs.
An ambitious program of eight and two night freight routes that cover 14 Italian regions was developed.
Some thought that two nights were the right duration, others wanted longer, but everyone agreed that more time would have been welcomed to our goals, and this will be reflected in optimizations of tours.
As with no exception takes place in hotel trains, guests from half a dozen countries soon connected themselves to the Lounge car, where the bar and the piano between an area with winding banquets and sitting were arranged in two and fours. The youngest in the surprisingly large age group were a couple from South Korea, obviously on their honeymoon.
Other passengers were an investor who was successful enough to retire early and become a professional bridge player, and a couple from Delhi in legal professions. Most of us voted the happy rags of the pianist, saxophonist and singer who entertained us after dinner.
The almost extinction of real dining cars on so many national railways has increased the pleasure of eating in one, and we started lunch over a glittering bay to the island of Napoleon’s first detention, Elba.
Our creative and high-quality six-course tasting menu with paired wines was created by Heinz Beck, which is headed by Rome’s only three Michelin star restaurant and was produced by one of his protégés, Walter Cannio.
The train lasts for four or five hours a evening, and at breakfast it was obvious that the world was divided into those who can sleep on moving trains and those who cannot – how convenient the bed is so comfortable.
Italy had the joke to keep many of its cross-country rail lines, which often in his equivalent of cars La France ProfondeSo it was a pleasure to reach Siena on the individual route from Montepescali through remote landscape.
Between Woods, a possibility led to a characteristic Tuscan farmhouse with an arcade veranda on the upper level, surrounded by fields of artichokes, vines and apple gardens.
On distant hills, a mess of light brown houses, which rose over forested slopes, remembered a turbulent past when villages were safer on the high ground.
Another form of endemic rivalry was the subject of our visit to Minibus to meet last year’s victorious jockey of last year’s Palio in his stables and training fields outside of Siena.
Remarkable self-loss for the man, who had become the next Palio of the hero of the city, led us through the Byzantine rules, which regulated the oldest horse racing in the world and the highlight of the Siena calendar since 1283.
The rivalry between the ContradaNeighborhoods that are due to the medieval guilds have to be protected from the moment when he is selected until it is selected in the bareback race around Campo, from four body guards. The three circuits only lasted 75 seconds.
Before lunch in the kind of unpretentious restaurant, which does Italy so well, we had time to admire the jewel in the glorious Gothic cathedral of the city, the Carrara -Marmor -Kanzel, shaped by Giovanni Pisano in the 1260s, with its seven narrative boards of life and a line -up of almost 400 figures.
It also formed the statues that crust the wasteful facade, which still looks surprisingly crispy and defused.
Since the train has to integrate with passenger and freight trains or filled water tanks, there are occasionally Longue In stations, but that’s all part of the slow journey.
The train never exceeds 75 miles per hour, and in contrast to high -speed services, this lack of speed enables the landscapes to actually admire. When we went back to Rome, Morning crap climbed over the wide simple cross onto the Tavere river.
A long double route from umbrella pines shaded an agricultural route from the foresight of past generations. We surrounded the lagoons enclosed by the Monte Argentario peninsula, where the Rackety Life of Caravaggio came to an end, and when we approached the Ostiense station, a large part of the Roman walls still stand next to the line.
All of these luxury and exclusive access naturally has a high price that corresponds to a steep price: a route with a night costs from 2,662 GBP per person. But strong forward bookings indicate that there is a healthy demand for this type of five-star experience, and I was told that some celebrities have booked the entire train.
Arsenale certainly expects it to continue – a second train will be completed later this year, among other things for a trip from Rome to Istanbul, and he builds a train for Saudi Arabia with plans for others in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. The sweet life becomes global, for those who can afford it.
Anthony Lambert traveled as a guest of La Dolce Vita Orient Express On its Venice and Tuscany tour, which costs from £ 6,447 pages. One-night freight route begins at £ 2,662-pten and left the Ostiense station Rome of several data. The prices include private transfers from other stations, an airport or a hotel, all tours, meals and drinks.
