Why a night in a grand suite on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express will cost you nearly US$8,000
A night in one of the newly refurbished suites on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is probably the most opulent train ride in the world
If “luxury on wheels” were an official title, it would go to the Venice Simplon-Orient Express, or VSOE. The private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities has been a mode of inspiration and a chapter worth a million mentions in news and literature alike.
Since its launch in 1982, the luxe wagon has been refurbished several times with three new palatial suites added to its fleet in 2017.
In an extended makeover of sorts, the train will now come with a few more grand suites by the 2020. Built by the same master craftsmen at the train’s workshop in Clermont-Ferrand as the three existing suites – Istanbul, Venice and Paris – the new sets promise to carry the same level of luxury as its predecessors.
They are christened as Prague, Vienna and Budapest and are expected to be rolled out for operation on March 21, 2020.
While the decor in the Prague Suite is inspired by the city’s baroque and gothic architecture, the Vienna and Budapest suites showcase the city’s classical architecture and design influences with an ode to the Ottoman style.
The two-day and one-night journey from Paris to Venice in either of the novel grand wagons will cost US$7,860 per person. Well, luxury such as that of the Venice Simplon Orient’s is bound to come at a price, after all!
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