Author: gestalten
Publisher: Gestalten
ISBN: 9783967040203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
From a journey through the Alps on the Bernina Express to a ride from Colombo up to Sri Lanka's tea plantations, there are endless possibilities to explore the world through fabulous train rides. Train Journeys will provide inspiration and practical tips for people who want to experience the joys of traveling by rail. The book features descriptions and details of 50 amazing rail journeys across the globe, from short trips that last a few hours to multi-day, cross-continental journeys, ranging from budget-friendly trips aboard local transport to iconic luxury liners.
Epic Train Journeys
Author: gestalten
Publisher: Gestalten
ISBN: 9783967040203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
From a journey through the Alps on the Bernina Express to a ride from Colombo up to Sri Lanka's tea plantations, there are endless possibilities to explore the world through fabulous train rides. Train Journeys will provide inspiration and practical tips for people who want to experience the joys of traveling by rail. The book features descriptions and details of 50 amazing rail journeys across the globe, from short trips that last a few hours to multi-day, cross-continental journeys, ranging from budget-friendly trips aboard local transport to iconic luxury liners.
Publisher: Gestalten
ISBN: 9783967040203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
From a journey through the Alps on the Bernina Express to a ride from Colombo up to Sri Lanka's tea plantations, there are endless possibilities to explore the world through fabulous train rides. Train Journeys will provide inspiration and practical tips for people who want to experience the joys of traveling by rail. The book features descriptions and details of 50 amazing rail journeys across the globe, from short trips that last a few hours to multi-day, cross-continental journeys, ranging from budget-friendly trips aboard local transport to iconic luxury liners.
Night Trains
Author: Andrew Martin
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782832122
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue and decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters and exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers and unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity - and otherwise - as he traverses the continent during 'interesting times', with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, and becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782832122
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue and decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters and exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers and unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity - and otherwise - as he traverses the continent during 'interesting times', with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, and becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.
Anglo-Scottish Sleepers
Author: David Meara
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445672332
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In this book, illustrated throughout, David Meara tells the fascinating story of hundred years of Scottish sleeper services.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445672332
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
In this book, illustrated throughout, David Meara tells the fascinating story of hundred years of Scottish sleeper services.
Belgravia
Author: Mrs. M. E. (Braddon) Maxwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Black's Guide to Ireland
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Black's Guide to Scotland
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Black's Guide to the Trosachs, Stirling, Loch Katrine & Loch Lomond
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Callander (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Callander (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Black's Guide to Kent
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description