Grand Night Express · Est. 1926 · Recommissioned MMXXVI

The Vespera

Paris · Vienna · Budapest · Istanbul

Three nights, four capitals, one window seat. The last great distance in Europe measured not in hours saved, but in evenings kept.

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Your window, Paris to Istanbul

Scroll — the night does the travelling
PARIS
Gare de l'Est · dep 19:42
Voiture 7 · Place 14 · Côté Fenêtre 19:42
ParisViennaBudapestIstanbul
Wagons-lits · Three ways to sleep at 120 km/h

The cabins

Voiture-Restaurant · Seating at 20:30

Dinner at 120 km/h

I.

Velouté of Chestnut

poured at the table, Armagnac cream — as the Alps go dark
Vienna night
II.

Duck à la Presse

the 1926 recipe, finished on a silver press older than the line
Main
III.

Paprika Consommé

a Budapest platform tradition — served as the Danube crosses
Budapest dawn
IV.

Baklava & Black Tea

the last hour, the Bosphorus in the window
Istanbul
Service Nº 7 · Thrice weekly

The timetable

The Vespera · Westbound Nº 73 nights · 2,900 km
Day 1Paris — Gare de l'EstPlatform 4dep 19:42
Day 2Vienna — WestbahnhofPlatform 9arr 08:15 · dep 10:00
Day 2Budapest — NyugatiPlatform 10arr 13:05 · dep 21:30
Day 4Istanbul — SirkeciPlatform 1arr 07:58
From the archive

Seasons of the line

Keep the evening.

Cabins from ₹1,85,000 per person, all dining included. The autumn departures are half-sold.