The legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express stopped at the Bulgarian border near Svilengrad on its way back from Istanbul to Venice. (Photo by Hristo Rusev) The iconic European luxury train that ...

Partially inspired by the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son, Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, “Murder on the Orient Express,” was first published in 1934. A best-seller, in ...

One of the historic train cars discovered in Poland in 2015 Courtesy of Xavier Antoinet / Accor The glamor of traveling across Europe by train—popularized by Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel Murder on the ...

The "Orient Express" has been called the "king of trains" and the "train of kings." Royalty, writers, actors and spies have ridden the original route between Paris and Istanbul, which started in the ...