by The operator of The Orient Express has introduced plans for a three -day “luxurious” train journey from London to Wales. The prices for well -involved travelers are up to 16,000 GBP.
Belmond, the LVMH luxury travel company, will start his new train, the Britannic Explorer, on July 21st from London to Mid-Wales and Snowdonia.
The ten-cartage train will only accommodate 36 guests, whereby only 36 guests with twin huts rose to £ 11,000 and suites with double beds to 16,000 GBP.
The Britannic Explorer will also offer travel routes for Westland, the Cumbrian Coast and the Lake District. The demand should already be strong. Belmond quoted a female guest who booked all three trips in a row, with the cabins being booked 70 percent for the rest of the year.
An imitation boom in demand for luxury railways has already led to record bookings for the existing Belmond services, including the Classic Orient Express and Royal Scotsman. The company now sees strong potential for high -quality, curated experiences in Great Britain.
Gary Franklin, head of Belmond’s admission division, said: “We are always looking for new travel routes and we thought, why don’t we look at our own front door? Perhaps we underestimate the train of these amazing places.
“Cornwall, Wales and the Lake District are really suitable for these trips – where you go by train to a nice train that is otherwise quite difficult to reach and is inefficiently inefficient, but in a luxurious way.
“This is a long -term investment, not just a project for a few years. We hope that we have many British customers and the travel routes have been working to address them.”
Belmond expects around 50 percent of passengers to be British and others from the United States, Northern Europe and Asia. Mr. Franklin said the company was not phased by the state of the British economy.
In the new carriages, award -winning British designers become interiors that are supposed to cause a feeling of “contemporary nostalgia”. In contrast to the steam -powered Orient Express, the Britannic Explorer will run on diesel locomotives.
In experience, “Slow Travel” will emphasize with a top speed of only 75 km / h so that guests can enjoy a picturesque look, fine food and off-train excursions.
The Welsh trip includes a stopover in Raymond Blancs Le Manoir Aux Quat ‘Seasons near Oxford, which is located by Belmond’s Hotels Division. The Cornish Reiseroute offers visits to St. Ives and Fowey, while the route of the Lake District includes a tour behind the scenes through the three-Michelin star restaurant L’Eclum with farm and gardens.
Weekend tours will leave London Victoria on Friday afternoon and return on Monday morning, while some departure a week are also planned.
The train was already shown in London Euston and directs the attention for its elegant design, which includes two restaurants, an observation car with bar and a wellness suite with spa treatments and massages. Local musicians and storytellers offer evening entertainment.
The costs for Britannic Explorer-Reisen exceed the prize of Belmond’s legendary Venice Simple Orient Express, which starts on a two-day trip from Paris of Paris of 3.885 GBP per person. The price of 16,000 GBP also corresponds to that of a 75-day cruise for two in South America and the Caribbean.
