The 59-day train journey that crosses 12 countries | World | News
Phileas Fogg famously travelled around the world in 80 days, as apart of a wager he made with members at his London Reform Club.
In the film adaptions of the Jules Verne novel, Fogg uses a hot air balloon for large parts of his epic journey.
However, in the book, the intrepid adventurer relied on more prosaic forms of transport – such as elephants, sailboats, steamboats, sledges and, of course, trains.
Now a luxury travel company is offering people the chance to follow in his footsteps and to travel around the world by train – this time in just 59 days.
Due to popular demand, Railbookers has announced the return of its “Around the World By Luxury Train” for 2025.
Passengers will travel on some of the world’s most prestigious trains, as they cross through four continents, 12 countries and visit over 20 cities.
These include in the European section the Belmond Royal Scotsman in Scotland, La Dolce Vita Orient Express in Italy and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
Those wishing to sign up for the trip will have to have deep pockets, with a single ticket costing an eye-watering £96,535.
And the price does not include several flights that will need to be taken in order to complete the trip.
Starting in Vancouver, passengers will travel through the beautiful Rocky Mountains before flying to Scotland and then continuing on to Rome, Verona and Venice.
From Venice, they will travel to Paris and then head east to Budapest, Bucharest and Istanbul.
A plane will take them to Delhi, India – the start of the next leg of the journey.
In Delhi, they will board the Maharajas Express and visit Agra and Jaipur before flying to Johannesburg, South Africa.
Once there, passengers will travel on the Rovos Rail train to the Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
Returning to Cape Town in South Africa by plane, passengers will get the chance to explore Table Mountain and sample local wines, before flying once again to Singapore.
A round trip on the Eastern and Oriental Express will take guests from Singapore through Malaysia and back to Singapore, where they’ll fly home.
