Venice Simplon Orient Express: what's it really like?

About the Venice Simplon Orient Express Arguably the world’s most famous luxury train, immortalised by Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and countless films, TV shows and adverts, the Venice Simplon Orient Express is a world-class train journey, crossing from London to Venice overnight, via Paris and Austria and some stunning Alpine scenery, with exemplary food, drink and service on board two lovingly restored and sumptuously decorated Art Deco trains.