How to travel from Switzerland to Turkey by train

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In today's trip, we will see how to travel by train from mainland Europe to Istanbul in Turkey, by following the Simplon Orient Express as close as possible.

Total travel time: within 5 days, we travelled 2697 km in 60 hours (ø 45 km/h)

Trains taken in this video:
Day 1: SBB EC47: Lausanne - Venezia S.Lucia
Day 2: ÖBB Railjet: Venezia S.Lucia - Villach Hbf
Day 2 to 4: Optima Express: Villach - Edirne
Day 5: TCDD Trakya Ekspresi: Edirne - İstanbul (Halkalı)

00:00 Introduction, History of the Orient Express and travel plan
02:04 SBB EC47 from Lausanne to Venice
07:41 Day 2, ÖBB Railjet "Gondoliere" from Venice to Villach
11:00 Quick visit by the Wörthersee
11:47 Optima Express, start in Austria
14:10 Day 3, Optima Express, Croatia to Bulgaria
15:55 Tour of the ex CWL Sleeper compartments
16:37 Optima Express, Crossing Serbia
20:30 Day 4, Optima Express, Bulgaria to Edirne, Türkiye
24:37 Entering Türkiye
26:58 Day 5, TCDD Trakya Ekspresi from Edirne to İstanbul Halkalı
30:35 The last bit to Sirkeci

Attributions:
Thumbnail by Dusan Dodic
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