A JOURNEY LIKE NO OTHER

DEPARTING FROM PARIS IN THE AFTERNOON, THE VSOE PROMISES AN EXQUISITE ADVENTURE THROUGH THE HEART OF EUROPE. AS YOU SETTLE INTO YOUR LUXURIOUS PRIVATE CABIN, INDULGE IN A DELIGHTFUL FRENCH GOÛTER COURSE WHILE WATCHING THE PICTURESQUE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE UNFOLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW. THE TRAIN'S ROUTE TAKES YOU THROUGH ICONIC REGIONS SUCH AS BURGUNDY AND PROVENCE, OFFERING GLIMPSES OF CITIES LIKE DIJON, LYON, AND AVIGNON.

ELEGANCE ONBOARD

THE JOURNEY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE STUNNING VIEWS. AS EVENING FALLS, Dress in YOUR FINEST BLACK-TIE ATTIRE AND HEAD TO BAR CAR 3674. HERE, YOU CAN ENJOY HANDCRAFTED COCKTAILS AND LIVE PIANO MUSIC IN AN ATMOSPHERE THAT EXUDES SOPHISTICATION AND GLAMOUR. DINNER IS A CULINARY DELIGHT, SERVED IN ONE OF THE TRAIN’S THREE SUMPTUOUS DINING CARS, WITH A SPECIAL SUMMER MENU CRAFTED BY MICHELIN-STARRED CHEF JEAN IMBERT. KNOWN FOR HIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO FRENCH CUISINE, IMBERT'S DISHES PROMISE TO BE A HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR JOURNEY.

NIGHTTIME DELIGHTS & DAYTIME MARVELS

AFTER A NIGHT OF FINE DINING AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, RETURN TO YOUR CABIN, WHERE YOUR ROUND-THE-CLOCK ATTENDANT WILL HAVE TRANSFORMED IT INTO A COZY SLEEPING SPACE WITH CLOUD-LIKE LINENS. THE GENTLE ROCKING OF THE TRAIN WILL LULL YOU TO SLEEP, ENSURING YOU WAKE UP REFRESHED AND READY TO ENJOY THE DAZZLING VIEWS OF THE COTE D’AZUR'S GLITTERING WATERS.

AS THE TRAIN WINDS ITS WAY ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN RIVIERA, YOU'LL BE TREATED TO A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST IN BED, FOLLOWED BY BRUNCH SERVED IN THE DINING CARS. THE JOURNEY CONTINUES WITH VIEWS OF CHARMING ITALIAN TOWNS SUCH AS VENTIMIGLIA, SAVONA, AND GENOA, LEADING TO AN EARLY AFTERNOON ARRIVAL AT SANTA MARGHERITA LIGURE.

LUXURIOUS STAY AT SPLENDIDO

UPON ARRIVAL, YOU’LL BE WHISKED AWAY TO THE HISTORIC BELMOND SPLENDIDO HOTEL. NESTLED IN THE HILLSIDES ABOVE THE GULF OF PORTOFINO, THIS FORMER 16TH-CENTURY MONASTERY OFFERS SWEEPING VISTAS AND A RICH HISTORY OF HOSTING HOLLYWOOD STARS LIKE CLARK GABLE, HUMPHREY BOGART, AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR. YOUR TWO-NIGHT STAY AT SPLENDIDO INCLUDES A GALA-STYLE DINNER AT THE HOTEL’S AL FRESCO RESTAURANT, LA TERRAZZA, WITH ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL MENU BY CHEF IMBERT.

A GRAND FINALE

THE JOURNEY CONCLUDES WITH A GRAND FINALE—A PRIVATE OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING IN PORTOFINO’S FAMOUS TOWN SQUARE, THE PIAZZETTA. IMAGINE WATCHING A CLASSIC MOVIE UNDER THE STARS, SURROUNDED BY THE TOWN’S COLORFUL BUILDINGS AND THE GENTLE SOUNDS OF THE HARBOR.