Depart London Victoria / Arrive Venice Santa Lucia
You need only glimpse its gleaming carriages and be greeted by the steward in his distinctive uniform to know that the most memorable journey of your life has begun.
Take a trip on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train, enjoy a stay in Venice and fly home. Depart London mid-morning for your luxurious overnight journey to Venice, where you arrive late afternoon the next day. Spend a night or three in Venice and fly home to your preferred uk airport (hotel & flight not included in price guide).
This is our most popular VSOE package – We can offer a wide range of luxury Venice hotel accommodation, flight and all transfers for the best possible price.
Indulge in a sensational feast aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train
Exceptional European cuisine is freshly prepared in the train’s kitchen by the Chef and his skilled team.
Fresh ingredients are taken on board at stops along the route. Look out the window and you may spot the chef inspecting lobsters from Brittany, tomatoes from Provence or saltmarsh lamb from Mont St Michel.
The set-menus are an inclusive part of your trip. Drinks and à la carte options are also available at an additional charge.
The Chefs will be delighted to cater for any specific dietary requirements – please ensure that you inform us of your needs at the time of booking.
Sample Lunch and Dinner Menus – Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
Dining Carriages on board the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
There are three restaurant carriages on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express all with their own unique feel and décor.
Dining Car 4095 L’Oriental
Built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in 1927 was comissioned as a Pullman Kitchen Car. It has an Oriental theme with Chinese style laquer wall panels.
Dining Car 4110 Etoile du Nord
Built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in 1926 to serve on the Etoile du Nord Pullman Train.
Dining Car 4141 Côte d’Azur
Built in 1929, this was originally a 1st Class Pullman Car used on the Cote d’Azur Pullman Express. The carriage features ornate glass panels by René Lalique.
The Bar Car was built in France in 1931 and based at the Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris. After the war it ran as part of the Sud Express from Paris to Irún on the Spanish border and from Paris to Toulouse in Le Capitole.
Today it boasts a beautiful, Art Nouveau-style interior by Gérard Gallet.
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train is quite unlike anything you will ever experience….
From the 1920s to the ‘30s the carriages of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train played a significant role in the golden age of travel.
Today, every carriage has been lovingly restored to its former glory, recreating one of the finest luxury experiences the world has ever known.
Relax in an opulent cabin while a dedicated steward attends to your every need.
Single Cabin View Configuration
Single Cabin
There are a strictly limited amount of single cabins available on board at no extra cost. It is occasionally possible to combine adjoining single cabins into a single cabin suite for the same total cost as one double cabin.
Double Cabin View Configuration
Double Cabin
During the day each Double Cabin is configured as a lounge with a banquette sofa, footstool, small table and a washbasin cabinet with hot and cold water. At night it becomes a cosy bedroom with an upper and lower (bunk) bed. A beautiful mosaic-tiled lavatory is located in each carriage.
Double Cabin Suite View Configuration
Double Cabin
Cabin Suites consist of two interconnecting double cabins. You can choose between single beds or keep one cabin as a lounge, with upper and lower beds in the other.
Travel on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train to Venice and return by air. Depart London mid-morning for your luxurious overnight journey to Venice, where you arrive late afternoon the next day. Spend 2 nights in Venice (hotel not included in guide price) before returning to the UK by air.
Day One aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
Board the Belmond British Pullman train train at London Victoria station, your steward will show you to your reserved seat.
Sit back and enjoy Brunch served with a Bellini as you travel through the Kentish countryside.
After crossing the Channel board the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train.
Enjoy a delicious four-course dinner, prepared by our skilled French chefs.
After dinner retire to your cabin, which has now been transformed into a cosy bedroom.
Stay in Venice for as long as you want. Our recommendation is The Belmond Hotel Cipriani, it’s the most famous hotel in Venice and has a reputation as one of the best hotels in the world. With its beautiful gardens, terraces, a tennis court and an enormous heated open-air sea water swimming pool, its the ideal base to take in the sights and sounds of Venice.
View Hotel Cipriani
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express must surely be the most publicised, televised and photographed train in human history. Here are a couple of her latest appearances on UK Television:
Top Gear – vs the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
The new Top Gear team, headed by Chris Evans, are to take on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in a head to head contest. The details of this up-coming TV program are a closely guarded secret. You heard it here first!
Link to Top Gear Site
The World’s most famous train channel 4
A fantastic look at the iconic London to Venice trip including life behind the scenes following the train staff.
Link to C4 – VSOE Program
Sasha and her colleagues did a fantastic job helping organising our honeymoon, arranging everything; sorting the flights and transfers and picking the hotels for the two centre trip to Verona and Lake Garda that we wanted. Everything went smoothly from the flights, the transfers from Verona airport to the hotel in Verona, between Verona and Sirmione and the return to the airport, the hotels and the Opera (which was a highlight).
Posted 1 month ago
Thiona McQuiston
Dear Sasha thank you for organising our trip to Florence to take in the Andrea Bocelli Teatro del Silenzio concert at Lajatico it was amazing as was your organisation of the trip. We had a wonderful time all thanks to you Andrea, Placido and the other guests. I would have no hesitation in booking with you in the future. Kind regards Thiona
Posted 1 month ago
Anonymous
This was our first trip with a tour group It was a wonderful experience The hotel accommodations were perfect The dinner experience was wonderful Our driver to the event was great We can’t say enough about this wonderful trip Very organized
Posted 1 month ago
Mr & Mrs Gray
Exceptional company who are responsive at all times .Outstanding communication and all arrangements were perfect
Posted 1 month ago
Wendy Taylor
We have just returned from seeing Andrea Bocelli in Italy. The whole trip was organised by Mulberry Travel. I cant recommend them highly enough. They organised everything from flights to transfers to accommodation and also tickets for the concert. Everything ran seamlessly. The Hotel L'Orologia in Florence was one if their recommendations. It was beautiful and centrally situated on a lovely piazza. Transfers to and from the airport and the concert ran like clockwork.
I will certainly be booking with Mulberry Travel again for any trips. It took the worry out of organising myself which I would normally do.
Posted 1 month ago
Jane Stonehouse
Sasha and Mollie were fantastic from the initial enquiry to the final plans .
Every aspect of the trip was amazing and the Concert was truly amazing !
I cannot praise Mulberry Travel enough . A wonderful trip ! Thank you 😊
Posted 1 month ago
Richard Goodenough
We booked the British Pullman for my wife’s birthday and Mollie Ellis your Consultant could not have done more for us. She answered any questions that I had and kept in touch from the initial booking through to our day out to Bath.
We had a fantastic day and I will certainly book through Mollie and Mulberry travel in the future.
Posted 2 months ago
Robert Hawkins
We contacted Mulberry Travel to enquire about a 2025 Monaco F1 package as we could find nothing that suited us in Australia.
Sasha was incredible and put together a wonderful package for us. The whole booking process was so easy and we were kept informed every step of the way.
Our trip leaves us with fantastic memories.
Thankyou Sasha and Mulberry Travel.
We certainly recommend this company to anyone in UK or Australia
Posted 2 months ago
Nick Phillips
I recently booked a cruise to include tickets to Monaco Grand Prix for a special birthday surprise. Sasha contacted me via email so as not to spoil the surprise. This attention to detail continued along with timely correspondance throughout the whole planning period. The cruise was a great success but the hotel recommendations and even private hire transfers from airport, hotel and cruise port were all part of the very professional service and nothing was too much trouble. I would happily recommend Mulberry Travel to friends and family and will definitely use their services again. Thank you.
Posted 3 months ago
Anonymous
Fantastic service, before, dueing and after by the team
Posted 3 months ago
Hilary Ware
Sasha has been the most amazing partner in planning and arranging travel. Her care, responsiveness and creativity is outstanding. I am deeply appreciative of all she has done and look forward to planning future trips with Sasha.
Posted 3 months ago
Siobhan O'Shea
Thank you Lee for organising our trip so well. So professional, organised, proactive and helpful. It was a wonderful trip and we will certainly recommend Mulberry Travel to friends and family.
Posted 3 months ago
Neil Sheridan
Thank you, Mulberry Travel, for putting together an amazing trip to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary to Venice, returning to London via Paris on the iconic and timeless Venice-Simplon Orient Express. Big thanks to Mollie and Sasha in particular for all their efforts to make it such a memorable experience.
Posted 4 months ago
Carl
Mollie, put together a surprise trip for my wife's 50th on the Orient Express to Venice. The whole process was organised and delivered to perfection. Highly recommed their services.
Posted 4 months ago
Amanda Brooker
We unfortunately had a 9 hour delay on the Orient Express and I cannot commend enough Mulberry Travel and in particular Sasha who was in constant communication with us informing and reassuring us along the way. Excellent company.
Posted 9 months ago
Jim Scott
The service rexceived from Mulberry Travel from booking to the lead up to the trip was freindly, seamlessly and efficient taking all the worry out of the process. Many thanks.
Posted 10 months ago
Anita Jones
Booked a holiday on the Orient Express to Venicewith the lovely Sasha she sorted everything for us all we had to do was select the Hotel we wanted to stay in Venice for 3 nights . Nothing was to much trouble and answered any question we had very quickly ... would highly recommend Mulberry Travel to book holidays and so glad we came across them. Thank you all again for your help in booking us a fantastic holiday.
Posted 11 months ago
Fred Seymour
I recently travelled to Vienna and stayed in a five star hotel San Souci. After spending two days in Vienna my son and myself boarded the famous Orient Express train back to Paris and then onto London with Eurostar premium. The whole trip was organised by Mulberry Travel who arranged everything to perfection. I would recommend Mulberry travel to anyone. They took great care to ensure that we did not have any problems with our itinerary. The train ride on the Orient Express was in my opinion one of the best experiences of my life.
Posted 11 months ago
Hilary Ware
Sasha at Mulberry Travel was a delight to work with and she curated a trip of a lifetime. All the transport was seamless, the hotel was fantastic and the event was an event of a lifetime. I will definetly work with Mulberry Travel again.
Posted 1 year ago
Angela Wakefield
Wow is all I can say about the trip that Lee and his team organised for my husbands 70th birthday surprise , Andrea Bocelli in his home town Lajatico celebrating 30 years of performing.
Florence was fabulous , Andrea Bocelli absolutely amazing , and Ed Sheeran “perfect”.
Every bit of the trip was obviously planned and organised with great professionalism and everything went smoothly.
I cannot recommend Lee his staff and Mulberry Travel enough I would have no hesitation in planning future trips with them .
A BIG thank you , Angie
Posted 1 year ago
Wendy Krstenic
Fantastic service from Sasha and the team at Mulberry Travel, they sorted everything to fit our requirements to make a perfect holiday. Thank you again