2024 Venice Simplon-Orient-Express & Star Clippers Sailing Cruise Offer
9 Night itinerary including an overnight journey aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express from London to Venice, 1 Night in Venice and 7 Nights aboard Star Clippers Royal Clipper Ship from 27th June – 6th July 2024
Plan ahead and book our incredible Venice Simplon-Orient-Express and Sailing Cruise Itinerary in 2024.
Your trip will begin with a morning Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Gare Du Nord, where you will then be transferred to Paris Gare de L’Est to join the iconic Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train. From the vintage carriages and liveried stewards to the refined cuisine and fine wines, each moment is sure to become a treasured memory as you pass by Swiss Mountain Scenery and picturesque lakes before arriving the following evening at Venice Santa Lucia Station.
Our itinerary includes 1 night in Venice on a b&b basis at the Hotel Papadopoli Venezia, located close to the station and Piazzale Roma. Following an enjoyable evening and time in Venice, you will join the world’s largest full-rigged sailing ship, Royal Clipper for a spectacular 7 night sailing traversing Italy, Croatia and Montenegro, visiting charming and scenic ports of call, before concluding in the metropolitan city of Venice.
Details
Historical Cabin aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express from London (via Eurostar) to Venice
Transfers
1 Night stay at Hotel Papadopoli Venice, breakfast included
7 Nights Aboard Royal Clipper on a full board basis
Return flight to London Heathrow (regional available)
Enjoy a spectacular journey to Italy, Croatia & Montenegro with our incredible 2024 Venice Simplon-Orient-Express and Sailing Cruise special offer.
Price from £6,390pp
Day 1 – Eurostar & Venice Simplon-Orient-Express – Thursday 27th June 2024
Board your morning Eurostar service in London, destination Paris. On arrival, transfer to the carriages of Venice Simplon-Orient-Express for boarding.
Settle into your comfortable private cabin before enjoying a sumptuous dinner in one of the magnificent dining cars. Later, let your hair down in the bar car and sip freshly shaken cocktails as our resident pianist plays your requests on the baby grand piano. Then when ready, retire to the comfort of your private cabin.
Day 2 – Venice Simplon-Orient-Express & Arrival in Venice – Friday 28th June 2024
You awake to the magnificent mountains and countryside of France, as breakfast is served to your cabin. Spend the morning relaxing over petit fours, or in the Bar Car striking conversation with fellow guests, before a leisurely three-course lunch is served in one of our opulent restaurant cars. Then while away the afternoon admiring the Venetian Lagoon with aperitifs in hand. All too soon it will be time to disembark as we arrive into Santa Lucia station.
A Venice Simplon-Orient-Express water taxi will be waiting outside the station to take you to your hotel, Hotel Papadopoli Venezia – MGallery, where you will spend an evening at your own leisure.
Day 3 – Venice, Italy – Saturday 29th June 2024
Awake in Venice and enjoy breakfast at your hotel.
Venice is the heart and soul of romance. Cast your eye on the rounded domes of San Marco, take a deep breath at the Bridge of Sighs, gaze on the golden lions and the Renaissance glories of the Doge’s Palace, listen for the ghosts of Verdi, Puccini and Caruso at La Fenice Opera House, gape at the classic Palladian proportions of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, glide in a gondola down the Grand Canal.
A private water taxi transfer will collect you from your hotel where you will be taken to Venice port to board the Star Clippers Royal Clipper ship.
Day 4 – Zadar, Croatia – Sunday 30th June 2024
Zadar is where the ancient and modern come together and coexist quite happily to create one of Dalmatia’s most exciting towns. Zadar is a place to explore Roman ruins and Venetian architecture including it’s defensive walls which are now a World Heritage Site. Another great experience is the Sea Organ which captures the movement of the waves and transforms it into music, giving out an odd mournful sound that evokes the sea, wind and sky.
Day 5 – Hvar, Croatia – Monday 1st July 2024
The heavenly scent of lavender perfumes the air in the fields and valleys around the island of Hvar. Idyllically located just off the Dalmatian Coast, the island and the little port named after it have been a favorite getaway ever since the time of the Romans, the Byzantines, the Venetians and even Austro-Hungarian royalty.
Day 6 – Dubrovnik, Croatia – Tuesday 2nd July 2024
It was George Bernard Shaw who said,’Those who seek paradise on earth should come to Dubrovnik.’ Indeed, Dubrovnik is a treasure by any measure made more precious by its miraculous restoration. Crowned by the Minceta Tower, the 10th century city walls are the proud symbol of Dubrovnik’s colourful history.
Day 7 – Kotor, Montenegro – Wednesday 3rd July 2024
This stunning rock-walled chasm splitting the coastal mountains of Montenegro is the longest arm of the sea in southern Europe. Boka harbours one of the prettiest, unspoiled towns you’ll ever see, the medieval city of Kotor. Founded by the Romans, fortified during the Byzantine era, then ruled by Venice for much of its history, Kotor has been naturally preserved by its isolation.
Day 8 – Vis, Croatia – Thursday 4th July 2024
Vis Island has been described as a pearl among Croatian Adriatic Islands that has been left untouched by tourism for many years. As it develops it is becoming more and more popular particularly with yachtsmen. The island is known for it’s many beautiful beaches as well as it’s fascinating history. The town of Vis was founded in about 397 B.C. as a base for the Greek colonization of the Adriatic Sea.
Day 9 – Rovinj, Croatia – Friday 5th July 2024
Rovinj is a typical example of a Mediterranean town. The town is dominated by the Baroque three-nave church of St. Euphemia (Fuma). Close to the harbour are the clock tower, the Baroque Balbi’s Arch and the former 17th century Town Hall. To the east lies the complex of the Franciscan monastery and to the south, Rovinj’s oldest monument, the Romanesque heptagonal chapel of the Holy Trinity.
Day 10 – Venice, Italy – Saturday 6th July 2024
This is the final day of your Venice Simplon-Orient-Express & Sailing Cruise itinerary.
Disembark the Royal Clipper after an incredible 7 nights on board and a private car will be waiting to take you to Venice Marco Polo airport.
Flight is included from Venice Marco Polo to London Heathrow (regional airports also available).
Strategically located, Hotel Papadopoli is close to Venice Santa Lucia station and Piazzale Roma.
The hotel is made up of 100 rooms and suites reflecting the elegance of 18th century, with views over the Tolentini Canal and Papadopoli Gardens.
The beautiful Winter Garden designed by Master Pietro Porcinai, is a unique setting to enjoy traditional dishes and flavours, amidst the scents and colours, the perfect place for an unforgettable evening.
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Great service, very helpful. Lee went to all the lengths to give us the Orient Express package that we wanted. Polite and knowledgeable.
We will be using them again.
Posted 2 weeks ago
Neil Dowlman
A very efficient, helpful and professional service. Particularly from Sasha who made our 25th Wedding Anniversary holiday very special with the care and attention to arranging excellent accommodation right down to logistics and some lovely touches on making it a holiday to remember - thank you
Posted 3 weeks ago
William Young
It is the first time we have used a travel agent to book a package holiday which included the travel, hotel and event as one booking so quite rightly your a little apprehensive that everything goes smoothly.
We were kept informed regularly before leaving and laterly presented with a very good presentation pack which included the itinerary in date order so we got off to a very good start.
The seating arrangements that were pre booked were in a prime position along with the quality of our hotel which Mulberry Travel recommended and could not be faulted due to its uninterrupted views overlooking the coast.
All in all this break represented very good value for money and took away a lot of the stress to organize something special whilst using the knowledge of Mulberry travel to good effect.
So 5 stars for value and quality from me.
Posted 3 months ago
Lizzie
Andrea Bocelli was absolutely sensational!! Probably the best experience of my life thus far! I'll definitely go again next year & the year after. Mulberry Travel did it all so well... every aspect, the hotel in the best location right by the Ponte Vecchio, the pick up from the airport, dinner before the concert was out of a dream... an absolute perfect dream plucked out of my mind 🥰
Thanks a million Lee at Mulberry Travel.... it was all perfectly seamless 😊😊
Posted 3 months ago
Vickie
Thank you to Lee and staff for a magical Trip to see Andrea Bocelli. The casa Del Nero was an amazing experience as well. We will definitely be working with you in the future. All the best.
Posted 3 months ago
Paul Lavelle
Mulberry Travel delivered an incredible bespoke travel experience, making all the arrangements for our trip to Florence combined with attending the Andrea Bocelli concert held in his home village in Tuscany.
All the travel arrangements were perfect, transfers etc were all on time and so professional. The hotel in Florence was fantastic, no complaints at all. The concert was fantastic and the location for the pre-concert dinner was stunning. An experience my wife and I will never forget! A big thanks to Sasha for making all the arrangements, first class customer service throughout.
Posted 4 months ago
Jim
We paid for five, star, we expected 5 star, and that's what we got! Superbly arranged by Mulberry travel, and I have no hesitation in recommending their services.
Posted 4 months ago
Eryl Drew
Really grateful to Sasha at Mulberry Travel for arranging our trip to Tuscany to see Andrea Boccelli.
Sasha arranged everything on my behalf and was an amazing experience.
We arrived at Pisa Airport where we we were collected by our own driver and taken to our hotel in Florence, a beautiful hotel that was ideally located.
The day of the concert we were driven through the Tuscan countryside for an alfresco 5 course meal......was something of a film set, afterwards we we were dropped off at the entrance to the venue.
Thanks to Mulberry Travel and Sasha for arranging everything on my behalf for an amazing experience.
We'll definitely be booking this trip again......thank you.
Posted 4 months ago
Angela Gledhill
Extremely well organised from start to finish. Had a wonderful trip!
Posted 7 months ago
Dave Box
A fantastic experience on the Belmond Pullman from London Victoria to Liverpool taking in the Grand National.
The food on board the train was sublime, I can say no more. Service from Tim, Andrew and Nigel was perfect within carriage Perseus.
The train was lovely and each carriage different.
Overall my party of four have applied for next year, hopefully we will be successful.
Posted 7 months ago
Glyn Farrar
As I had hoped it was a fabulous and unique experience from stepping out from the Clermont onto the concourse of Victoria Station and almost straight away being approached by Belmond staff to escort us to check in. The ratio of staff to guest on the whole journey was so high to ensure attentive service.
I know the British Pullman is denoted as the hors d’oeuvre with the VSOE the main positive course! For us however the Pullman was the ultimate experience. We feel it is our country Britain at its very best! Everything about it is so British with real quality and indulgence. I’m so so sorry and disappointed to hear that the British Pullman service is no longer going to be a feature of Orient Express journeys! I even took photos of the toilets with the mosaic tiles!
On the actual Orient Exoress, even though I had done all the research I thought I needed, we weren’t clear that certain wines and champagnes were complimentary Ian’s eyes popped out at the prices of some of the bottles! We enjoyed all our meals though the drinks for breakfast were served in cups and therefore were not hot
The transfer to the Ca Sagredo was really well organised and efficient. Though they didn’t say at reception as we checked in, it was clear on entering the room that it was not the Grand Canal Double and that we had been upgraded! We were shown to the Library Suite with balcony onto Grand Canal. Maybe it was through the membership of that hotel group that I have
The break in Florence was also lovely with attentive service and friendliness from staff at The Lungarno. That hotel has the best location in terms of proximity to Ponte Vecchio
Sasha we were also pleased with the efficiency of the agents you use for the transfers. The timings were so accurate and agsin service very attentive
The only slight snag we had was as we got off the water taxi at Venice Santa Lucia. We know now it was separate from that service. A porter was waiting with a barrow and started to load our luggage! It was a short distance to the station concourse yet we were charged 20 Euros as an official transaction with a machine issuing a receipt
Apart from that we enjoyed a truely memorable holiday which I can recommend as a unique treat for a special celebration.
Posted 7 months ago
Jeremy Willson
Our trip on the Orient Express can only be described as amazing.
From meeting the Pullman at Victoria and travelling through the English countryside the level of Service was impeccable.
Meeting the Orient Express in Calais was one of those Wow moments. We were met by the VSOE staff and escorted on to the train the champagne was opened and the Golden age of travel was revived.
Lakes and mountains as you travel through the countryside are simply breathtaking.
The cuisine on the train was amazing as was our steward that looked after us through out our trip.
Arriving in Venice the boat transfers were seamless, and another great experience arriving at our hotel.
We stayed at the Liassidi palace hotel, perfectly situated in the city.
Venice is just amazing.
Wonderful, faultless, brilliantly organised holiday.
Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
My husband and I have recently returned from a trip on the Orient Express to Venice which was organised for us by Sasha at Mulberry Travel. The holiday was fabulous and went perfectly due to Sasha's excellent organisation. We were glad to have found Mulberry Travel as they made everything very efficient and easy. We would highly recommend them.
Vivien
Posted 1 year ago
Paul Gayford
So where do I begin? Firstly thanks to Sasha for arranging an amazing trip for us on the Orient Express and our stay in Venice. Also for holding the trip over from when we originally booked, pre-pandemic.
The trip and hotel exceeded our expectations. Attention to detail and seamless transfers throughout were without fault.
Many Thanks to Mulberry. We wil certainly approach them again for future trips.
Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
Excellent travel company. Very professional from booking our holiday all the way through to the end, very well organised.
I would not hesitate to use Mulberry Travel in the future.
Posted 1 year ago
David Barker
Can't thank Sasha enough for organizing a fantastic trip to Venice for us. The highlight was an amazing Andrea Boccelli concert, but the L'Oroglio hotel was great, with really friendly and helpful staff. All our transfers worked like clockwork from the speedboat from the airport to the hotel and back, and the limousine to and from the concert. Overall a wonderful few days and we won't hesitate to use Mulberry again.
Posted 1 year ago
Susan Liston
We would like to thank Sasha for all her help in organising our recent trip to Florence and our wonderful
evening at the Andrea Bocelli concert in Lajatico. The attention to detail from our first contact through to
our detailed Itinerary package was second to none.
We hope to use Mulberry Travel again in the future and will certainly recommend them to our friends.
Posted 1 year ago
Robert Walters
Three years ago, pre -Covid we booked a package to see Andrea Bocelli in concert in Lajatico,Tuscany through Mulberry Travel. We returned yesterday from that trip having witnessed the Maestro singing at the Theatre of Silence, with the finale Nessum Dorma ringing in our ears and etched in our memories.
This was achieved by the patience and persistence of the team at Mulberry Travel, who were faced with changes of travel dates, cancelled flights, and different airports whilst bombarded by the twists and turns of Covid 19. As a result of their fortitude and determination and our patience, we eventually savoured 3 wonderful nights and days exploring Florence, followed by an equally captivating 4 days on a vineyard in the Chianti region, eating Italian food and drinking home-grown wines whilst relaxing in the sun. Sincere thanks to you all Rob,Lee and Sasha and the team at Mulberry. Bravissimo!!!
Posted 1 year ago
Mick Ferns
Thankyou sasha an mulberryvtravel amazing trip to Florence to see Andrea bochelli
Posted 1 year ago
Nicola Garrington
We had the most amazing trip to Italy to see Andrea bocelli in concert. The whole trip was booked through mulberry travel and it was really well organised from the moment we stepped off the plane to the moment we arrived back in the uk. I would definitely recommend mulberry travel. They kept us up todays with everything from the moment we booked.
Thank you for the most memorable holiday x
Posted 1 year ago
Colette Harding
Well what can I say, Mulberry Travel, especially Sasha are a fantastic company to book your holidays through. My friend & I have just returned back from Florence where we went to see Andrea Bocelli in concert. First class service from start to finish. Will definitely be using them again!!! Colette