1. Paris
Departure from the Gare de l'Est.
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A numbered tour of the Orient Express's 1889 route, from Paris to Constantinople.
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2. Strasbourg
Across the Rhine into Germany.
3. Munich
Through Bavaria to the Danube valley.
4. Vienna
The Habsburg capital.
5. Budapest
Into Hungary along the Danube.
6. Belgrade
Serbia, on the through route opened in 1889.
7. Sofia
Bulgaria, and the last capital before the Bosphorus.
8. Constantinople
Arrival at Sirkeci station, a few minutes' walk from the Hagia Sophia.
Orient Express
From 1889 the train ran right through to Constantinople - about three days - where earlier it had ended in Varna and passengers crossed the Black Sea by ship. Calling at Paris, Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Sofia, Constantinople.
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