![]() The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Moutiers in the French Alps. Debuting in December 2023, the new winter route will connect Paris with such ultra-glamorous ski destinations as Courchevel (via Moutiers), Megève (via Albertville), and Tignes and Val d’Isère (via Bourg-Saint-Maurice). The trip is a first for the storied train, a time capsule of golden age travel composed of seventeen painstakingly restored carriages from various luxury train services, including a number from Orient Express trains of the 1920s and ‘30s that has been criss-crossed Europe for more than 40 years. ![]() I’m here to board Belmond’s legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (or VSOE for short) to preview a new, ultra-glamorous overnight journey into the French Alps. It’s not my usual train attire, but then again, this is not your usual train. I myself am dressed in black tie, or as close as a guy who doesn’t own a tuxedo (ans doesn’t check bags) can get, anyway. My black car pulls up to Gare de L’Est, where gentlemen in tuxedos whisk me and my luggage through the busy concourse to platform 6. When we were invited to join the debut journey of the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train - recently restored in glorious, over the top splendor - we jumped aboard for a trip to remember. Sheer glamour aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
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