The World's Most Iconic Train Journeys 🚂

View this email in your browser  | Manage Newsletter Preferences  Today's Free Stories  The Best Airbnbs in Montreal How to Take Care of Your Clothes While Traveling The 16 Best Bangkok Hotels, From Grande Dames to Converted Canal Homes The World's Most Iconic Train Journeys As travelers look for slower, more conscious ways to move through the world, trains are returning with renewed vigor. Sleeper trains are seeing a resurgence and the golden oldies are busier than ever. From regular commuter rides to glamorous tourist trains, a number of services have garnered iconic status for the scenery, their role through history, or perhaps their place in popular culture. Türkiye's Doğu Express, once a migration train carrying agricultural workers and the military, is now wildly popular with young Turks who traverse the 800-mile route in winter, decorating the compartments with fairy lights and spreading out picnic blankets covered with baklava, börek, and cold cuts. From the glass-dome cars of the Rocky Mountaineer, passengers watch as Canada's teal-green lakes shimmer like mirrors, snow-capped peaks looming overhead. The Eastern & Oriental Express, a Belmond train, is back after a hiatus, winding through Malaysia's tropical rainforests, while Japan's Seven Stars Kyushu grants reservations via a lottery system, so sought-after is the opulent train. Think Americans don't ride Amtrak? Think again, as the California Zephyr, the longest route in America crosses through seven states, carving up Colorado's canyons, then passing into Utah where the sun ignites mesas into flaming towers of rock. Sit back and listen to the clack of the Darjeeling toy train as it chugs up the Himalayan foothills, or let the swaying carriage of the Rovos Rail lull you to deep sleep as it takes you deeper into places wild and distant… READ MORE 30 Fall Travel Deals We've Bookmarked READ MORE US Passport Photo Requirements, Explained READ MORE What We're Packing Vrurc 10,000 mAh power bank BUY NOW 15 Lululemon Bestsellers Our Readers Can't Get Enough Of How Do AirTags Work? The Best Packing Cubes to Keep Your Suitcase Organized Going Antiquing in France with Designers Clare Vivier and Kate Berry After buying a second home in France, the designer Clare Vivier called up her longtime friend Kate Berry to go on the ultimate shopping spree. The Best New Restaurants in New York City Bountiful banchan, simple seafood, and so much more are on the menu as summer turns to fall. This e-mail was sent to you by Condé Nast Traveler. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, condenasttraveler@newsletter.cntraveler.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe | Manage Newsletter Preferences Copyright © Condé Nast 2024. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.