Belmond’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express will take guests from Paris to Castello di Casole, A Belmond Hotel, Tuscany, for the first time in its near 43-year history in 2025.
The three-day experience will launch in Paris in May. Start your journey with a champagne welcome, and end the day dining on a meal inspired by the regions the train travels through, followed by live music in the Bar Car ‘3674’.
Guests will visit the medieval city of Siena, with an exclusive visit to Palazzo Pannocchieschi d’Elci, a 13th-century aristocratic palace overlooking Piazza del Campo, and the Palio di Siena horse race.
The journey ends at Castello di Casole, Belmond’s farm estate where guests stay for two nights.
Meet local producers and creative artisans in the hotel’s courtyard at the ‘Festa del Villaggio,’ a weekly convivial village celebration, and end the festivities with a spa treatment or sound healing experience at Essere Spa, before bedding down in luxurious suites.
The return to Portofino
In June 2025, Venice Simplon-Orient-Express the annual Portofino route will return, culminating at the Splendid, A Belmond Hotel, in time for the hotel’s re-opening post-renovation.
The multi-year renovation included a new main building, rooms, signature bar, breakfast area, retail space and Dior Spa.
Guests can end their stay with drinks at Splendido’s newly renovated cocktail bar, a historic spot once visited by Elizabeth Taylor and Humphrey Bogart.
For more information, visit Belmond.
