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The Orient Express La Dolce Vita - La Transiberiana Italiana - Rome - Matera - Palena - Rome - by rail
7 daysfrom $8,674
Tailor Made Rail · Tailor-made rail holiday
Rome via Switzerland
Travel by train to Rome on this 6-night holiday with a scenic alpine journey via Swiss capital Bern on the way out.
Day by day
- Day 1railovernight: Bern
London to Bern
Leave London St Pancras on a Eurostar to Paris, connecting to the TGV to Basel via Strasbourg, then a local train to Swiss capital Bern. Check in at the Sorell Hotel Ador (or similar) for an overnight stay. Bern has a UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town on a loop of the Aare River.
- Day 2overnight: Rome
Bern to Rome via the Alps
A free morning to explore Bern's Old Town, the Rose Garden views, or a pavement café. After lunch, a scenic journey via Lake Thun, through the Swiss and Italian Alps and around Lake Maggiore to Milan, changing for Rome. Check in at The Guardian Hotel (or similar) for a 4-night stay.
- Day 3overnight: Rome
Rome
Rome combines 2,000-year-old monuments with contemporary culture - the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Castel Sant'Angelo (commissioned by Emperor Hadrian around 123 AD), plus the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Piazza Navona.
- Day 4overnight: Rome
Rome
Rome combines 2,000-year-old monuments with contemporary culture - the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Castel Sant'Angelo (commissioned by Emperor Hadrian around 123 AD), plus the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Piazza Navona.
- Day 5overnight: Rome
Rome
Rome combines 2,000-year-old monuments with contemporary culture - the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Castel Sant'Angelo (commissioned by Emperor Hadrian around 123 AD), plus the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Piazza Navona.
- Day 6railovernight: Turin
Rome to Turin
A leisurely breakfast before a return train service speeding up through Italy to Turin. Check in at the Starhotels Majestic (or similar) for an overnight stay.
- Day 7rail
Turin to London
A direct TGV train from Turin to Paris, arriving into Gare de Lyon, then across to Gare du Nord for the Eurostar back to London.
Included
- All rail journeys, in standard class
- Seat reservations where required
- 6 nights' hand-picked hotel accommodation with breakfast
- Easy-to-follow travel documentation
- Despatch of tickets by email
- Proactive rerouting in case of strikes or disruptions
