Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Paris to Monte Carlo

Monaco has a new way to arrive. From May 2027 the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Belmond's luxury train of the 1920s, runs overnight from Paris to Monte Carlo, the first journey to end in the Principality; the inaugural departure leaves Paris on 10 May 2027, and Belmond plans it as a yearly journey.

The train leaves Paris in the afternoon, with dinner in the restaurant cars Étoile du Nord and L'Oriental and a night in the Art Deco cabins. Breakfast is served on board as it runs along the French Riviera, past the red rocks of the Estérel, Saint-Raphaël, Cannes and Nice, before it enters Monaco-Monte-Carlo station, cut into the rock, the next morning.

Guests choose a historic cabin, a suite or a Grand Suite, or L'Observatoire, the private carriage made with the artist JR, with its bedroom, bathroom with a freestanding bath, library and hidden tearoom. Of every luxury train Europe has to offer, it is now the most glamorous way to reach the Côte d'Azur.