A video guide to the Venice Simplon Orient Express – for departure dates, timetable, prices & tickets see
The video shows check-in at London, brunch on the British Pullman train to Folkestone, crossing the Channel by coach on the Eurotunnel shuttle train, and the Continental train from Calais to Paris & Venice showing the sleeping-cars, bar, all 3 restaurant cars & the excellent food at dinner.
The VSOE takes the Arlberg & Brenner route to Venice, so also see the Arlberg Pass scenery video at and the Brenner Pass scenery video at
Oh, and on a personal note, at 00:07:13 in this video you’ll see S-type sleeping-car 3425 at Paris. In that very end vestibule of 3425 right in front of the camera, Mrs Seat61 & I accidentally got engaged in a snowstorm somewhere in the Brenner Pass, back in October 2003.