March 22, 2011

Luxury trains

Category: Articles — Traveller @ 12:52 pm

One of the first vehicles in which someone is traveling from a distance is a train. In the beginning, like every invention, the train was a privilege of the wealthy, later became a matter of needs and today’s era of rapid and udobnijih vehicles and trains receive their second-to become a small traveling hotels where you can find anything you want. Just imagine – wake up in this city, have breakfast in the second, then browse the quarters in which to dine and so on. Exciting, is not it?

The best known and most luxurious train in the world are African Blue Train, which travels through central Africa. No less is known and the Orient Express, which passes through the most beautiful European cities. For he who want to visit Scotland, the best choice is the Royal Scotsman. “The train that flies in the sky” is a train that you can visit one of Mexico and at the same time to go through as many as 86 tunnels.

If you still prefer to go around Europe, you can begin a journey in the Milan city center where you will after viewing Leonardo’s fresco “The Last Supper”, visit the church of Santa Maria della Grazie, “one of the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, the Duomo, Milan’s famous opera” La Scala “to move the train to Venice. Tour of the city includes a visit to Piazza San Marco, St. Mark’s Cathedral and the Doge’s Palace. The road will take you further in Pisa, Florence, Pompeii, Amalfi, Ravello, Naples and its final destination-Rome.

March 4, 2011

Would you like an unforgettable journey by train?

Category: Articles — Traveller @ 1:29 pm

Trans-Siberian Railroad is one of the most interesting and the train ride, especially in winter, when the train window you can see the really special scenes.

Trans-Siberian railroad is a railway network through the Eurasian continent. Connects European Russia, the main industrial regions and the capital with the central (Siberia) and eastern regions (Far East), Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan. Length of route from Moscow to Vladivostok is 9288.2 km, passing through eight time zones and it is the longest railroad in the world. Since 2002 it is fully electrified.

The main courses are held Trans-Siberian line, which runs from Moscow to Vladivostok in Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk. Another direction is Trans-Manduria line, which coincides with the Trans-Siberian to place Tarskaja, about 1000 km East of Lake Baikal. Here track continues southeast towards China and ends in Beijing. The third line is Trans-Mongolian which coincides with the Trans-Siberian to the city of Ulan Ude on the eastern coast of Lake Baikal. From Ulan Ude, the railway continues to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, and your journey ends and Transmandžurska line in Beijing.