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Don't Just Watch Great Continental Railway Journeys – Take Your Own
Blue Mosque, Istanbul
©GotoTurkey
As Michael Portillo returns to our television screens with series 4 of BBC 2's Great Continental Railway Journeys you may be inspired to take the train and follow in the footsteps of Edwardian rail travellers around Europe.
Ffestiniog Travel can help you plan your own Continental railway journey based on any of the GCRJ episodes that mirror rail routes featured in George Bradshaw’s 1913 handbook to continental rail travel.
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
in Lucerne, Switzerland
©Ron Bambridge
In episode 1 of series 4 Portillo travels from Sofia to Istanbul, enjoying a taste of Bulgarian culture en route. The fourth series also sees him travelling from Vienna to Trieste via the Habsburg imperial line across the awe-inspiring Semmering Pass, the first mountain railway to cross a high alpine range affording spectacular views.
Look out for the next episode when he takes a tour of Italy, a favourite Edwardian destination. Michael begins his journey in Tuscany, travelling the scenic route from Pisa to Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian Lakes. Stops are made en route at Carrara, Bologna, Florence and Gargnano where Michael explores Italian history, culture and cuisine. Find out more about the current series (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rdqn7 )
Ffestiniog Travel have created tours that replicate the TV versions to help you embark on your own unique Continental rail journey, details of which are on our website from the very first GCRJ series to the present one. There are a variety of wonderful journeys you can take to a myriad of interesting destinations around Europe.
Check out our version of the Sofia to Istanbul episode which offers some optional extras, including travelling to Istanbul on the luxury Venice Simplon Orient Express.
The television series has certainly helped raise the popularity of train travel around Europe and has identified some of the wonderful railway routes that were enjoyed by Edwardian train tourists over 100 years ago that can still be taken today.
Don’t hesitate to contact us about taking your own GCRJ. Ffestiniog Travel are experts in European rail travel and daily arrange travel and accommodation for travellers taking the train from the UK across Europe. Call us on 01766 772030 or email info@ffestiniogtravel.co.uk outlining the journey you are interested in.
Yours sincerely
Maria Cook
General Manager
Ffestiniog Travel, First Floor, Unit 6, Snowdonia Business Park, PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, LL48 6LD
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