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Most Amazing European Train Trips

Most Amazing European Train Trips

By: Paige Taylor | Apr 9, 2011 | 294 words | 2504 views
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Most European trains are efficiency and comfort. There are also several trains that give passengers unforgettable moments. Traveling on these trains, you can enjoy beautiful landscapes which change quickly at high speeds, visit famous areas and turn back to the past and so on.


Switzerland is well-known for its chocolate and railroads as well. Traveling on the Swiss Chocolate Train which operates from Montreux between June and October, you can enjoy beautiful scenery and unforgettable world-famous chocolate. Beginning in Montreaux, the train takes you to Gruyeres which is renowned as home to cheese. The train then brings you to Gruyeres Castle where you can explore and have lunch on your own.


Swiss Chocolate Train in Switzerland

Swiss Chocolate Train in Switzerland


The train continues to go to Broc and you can observe chocolate production and buy Cailler or Nestlé candy bars at the Cailler-Nestle chocolate factory

The train continues to go to Broc and you can observe chocolate production and buy Cailler or Nestlé candy bars at the Cailler-Nestle chocolate factory


The Flam Railway begins from a village on the shores of Aurlandsfjord in Norway. The train climbs over 2,838 feet to reach the mountain plateau of Myrdal within an hour in just 12 miles. Traveling on this train, visitors can enjoy the Rjoandefossen waterfall with a free drop of 459 feet.


Thanks to the line's steep incline and scenery, the Flam Railway has become a major tourist attraction.

Thanks to the line's steep incline and scenery, the Flam Railway has become a major tourist attraction.


Step aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, passengers will feel that they are turning back to the 1920s and ’30s.

Step aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, passengers will feel that they are turning back to the 1920s and ’30s.


Dressed elegantly for dinner, passengers will listen to the story behind each of the restored carriages and wake up with the sight of the snowcapped Alps

Dressed elegantly for dinner, passengers will listen to the story behind each of the restored carriages and wake up with the sight of the snowcapped Alps


If you want to go fast, the German high-speed InterCity-Express from Munich to Nuremberg is a perfect choice for you. It is extremely interesting to see the landscape change so quickly at speeds up to 320 kilometers an hour.

If you want to go fast, the German high-speed InterCity-Express from Munich to Nuremberg is a perfect choice for you. It is extremely interesting to see the landscape change so quickly at speeds up to 320 kilometers an hour.


 

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