mardi 21 octobre 2014

The classic train journeys

From Cuzco to Puno, Peru
This old mill in 10 hours connects Cuzco to Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Cuzco offers colonial splendor and religious built on a solid foundation stone of the Incas.

At altitudes of Lake Titicaca, the air is clear and the extraordinary light of the sun spreads on the plateau and glistens on the deep waters of the lake.
>> Destination: Peru

Trans-Siberian FROM RUSSIA TO CHINA
Party every Tuesday from Yaroslavl station in Moscow, through a third of the planet and ends its journey in the fascinating and decadent Vladivostok. Along Lake Baikal, which seems to appear out of nowhere in the middle of the Siberian taiga.

Deviating from the main line, the Trans through a landscape of typical houses and the Russian expanses of forests that give way to the endless steppes of Mongolia and the heavens. The train then continues up to Beijing, passing the spectacular Great Wall.
>> Destination: Russia | China
Fly to Moscow >> low cost

VENICE SIMPLON - ORIENT EXPRESS
Lovers of glamor will be in raptures from Venice to London. The luxury triumphs, furnishing sumptuous dining car (French silverware, linen tablecloths and crystal glasses) to the wagon floor bar.

Lord, the shoes of Manolo Blahnik are ideal for making the catwalk in the most romantic cities of Europe and the Orient Express worthy with his presence: Vienna, Paris, Prague and Istanbul. Begin to dream with 3D animations of the site www.orient-express.com
>> Destination: Venice

COAST STARLIGHT, UNITED STATES
Through the west coast of the United States, Starlight touches some of the most important cities of the country: Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles. The journey takes 35 hours and touches three states: Washington, Oregon and California.

The modern amenities help to make the hours go fast: various types of accommodation, a dining car and a lounge with all kinds of fun. But it is very likely that you will spend most of the time looking out the window the impressive mountain scenery and vast landscapes ocean.
Destination >> United States
Fly to Seattle low cost >>

OLD EXPRESS PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
Traveling at an average of 35 miles per hour, then call it 'Express' is perhaps a little' improper. Better known as La Trochita, this historic steam train chugging along the 402 km that separate Esquel to Ingeniero Jacobacci, stopping at six stations and possibly in the other nine apeaderos (stops on request).

From the window of your car in wood (wagons date back to about 1920), you can admire the Chilean Andes, which run parallel along the southern stretch of the railway and make to counter the endless expanses of nothing.
>> Destination: Argentina
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