Anthony has evidence of a love for railways from the age of two, subsequently travelling on the railways of more than 55 countries. He has won awards from the British Guild of Travel Writers and ...
"I thought it was our best trip yet!" confided Reba Nolan as she sat in my office at Monroe Travel Service. Her husband, Freddy, was a bit more circumspect with his reply, "It's hard to say. I liked ...
On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...
Waiting to board the Trans-Siberian Railway at a stop in rural Russia. Riding the Trans-Siberian Railway is one of those trips that elicits two distinct responses from friends and family. The first, ...
Luxury and scenic train journeys blend romance, comfort, and breathtaking landscapes in a way no other travel mode can match. From Europe’s storied Orient Express to America’s Coast Starlight and the ...
A photographer captures the magic of Abruzzo’s mountain towns along the Sulmona-Carpinone route, which carries a curious nickname. A woman onboard Italy’s “Trans-Siberian” railway takes in the beauty ...
Feature'On Board the Trans-Siberian' (1/2). In late December 2025 and early 2026, on the train linking Moscow to Vladivostok, soldiers returning from Ukraine cross paths with cautious travelers, ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Once considered the preserve of scruffy backpackers, hardy adventurers, and vodka swigging businessmen, a new train on Russia's Trans-Siberian route aims to lure wealthy tourists ...
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in May 2024. It was republished in February 2025 to mark the launch of CNN’s Chance Encounters podcast Marie-Claire Martineau couldn’t stop thinking ...
Restaurants have gotten pretty creative with their outdoor spaces: igloos, Swiss ski chalets, Viking huts. At the globally inspired small plates restaurant Compass Rose, just off 14th Street, the team ...
A 1973 train trip through Siberia to Moscow by rock legend David Bowie is now the subject of a museum exhibition. “David Bowie in the Soviet Union” at California’s Wende Museum features his friend ...
On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...