and let someone else do the driving with these luxury train journeys. Relax as the Golden Eagle Danube Express chugs through the Swiss Alps trimmed in snow, or continues on from Paris to Istanbul ...

The Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, now owned by Belmond, has unveiled a brand-new, uber-opulent route, all the way from Paris to Tuscany ... for some snaps of the train and the hotel.

A small city tucked in the Alps, surrounded by lush vegetation and blue skies, Zurich is not your usual financial hub. Forget foggy London and buzzing Paris ... the second by train), Swissotel ...