A new round-the-world-in-100-days train journey will launch next year, visiting some of the world’s top destinations — however it comes with a hefty price tag
A new train journey will take you around the entire world in 100 days – if you can stump up the hefty price of a ticket.
New tour operator named Adventures By Train has announced its flagship tour, Around the World by Train in 100 is now available for bookings at a general price of £112,900. The first departure scheduled is for March 17 next year and only 12 people will be able to join the inaugural journey. Those booking as a couple do get a slight saving on each ticket, as it would lower the price to £89,950 each.
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Adventures by Train director Jim Louth said: “Trip provides the perfect mix of world-class rail travel with hand-picked immersive experiences in optimum comfort”. A total of 14 countries (France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Canada and the USA) will be visited, reports Time Out.
The 100-day itinerary sees passengers travel through both the Swiss and Austrian Alps, experience sleeper trains through central Asia, enjoy the thrill of China’s high-speed rail network to Xian, venture on Japan’s ‘shinkansen’ bullet train and voyage on the California Zephyr Amtrak route through the Rocky Mountains in America.
As for activities, there is plenty to keep passengers entertained as they’ll enjoy wine in Georgia, undertake marble workshops in Türkiye, enjoy classical concerts in Vienna, Austria, taste different cuisines on a food tour in Kyoto, Japan, and plod around UNESCO-protected Khiva, the city of a thousand minarets, in Uzbekistan.
In addition to train life, 23 days will be spent on the North Pacific Passage Luxury Cruise from Tokyo in Japan to Vancouver in Canada. There will also be a seven-night crossing of the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary 2 from New York to Southampton.
It doesn’t stop there — as passengers will also experience a 24-30 hour trip from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan and an overnight one from Shanghai in China to Osaka, in Japan.
Travellers will also get to stay at some of the world’s most outstanding hotels, including the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China, Shangri-La in Vancouver, Canada, and The Langham New York Fifth Avenue, in America. A stop in Türkiye also includes Istanbul’s Pera Palace, where Agatha Christie famously penned Murder On The Orient Express.
This over £1,000-a-day trip, obviously requires a lot of packing — however, passengers will be constrianed to packing small bags, small enough to fit in overhead lockers. Consequently, the tour operator will give passengers $100 (£78) per person per hotel for laundry services.
Next year, the Circle Pacific cruise will also launch which will travel 29,000 nautical miles, visiting 19 countries and 60 destinations. Passengers can choose from either a 115-day roundtrip from LA, America, or the 131-day journey from Fort Lauderdale, America through the Panama Canal.
