This new journey has become a popular alternative to the classic route in the last couple of years – linking London with Berlin – Europe’s political powerhouse and a city with a fascinating recent history, vibrant bars and restaurants, some of the world’s great museums and outstanding opera and classical music.

Travelling from London to Folkestone on board Belmond British Pullman, you will enjoy brunch and bellinis, before crossing the channel. On board the gleaming wagons-lit of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express you will continue from Calais, through Paris, enjoying a delicious four-course dinner in one of the restaurant cars. The next morning you will continue through the countryside of the Rhineland and historic Saxony, enjoying picturesque rural scenery and sumptuous cuisine, before arriving in Berlin in the evening. On arrival you will be whisked to the 5* Deluxe Rocco Forte Hotel De Rome - the perfect base from which to explore the heart of Berlin including the fascinating museums and galleries on Museum Island, the Reichstag with its dome by Norman Foster, and the elegant shops of Friedrichstrasse.