Interesting Info - The Orient Express in Istanbul

The "Orient Express" which started its travel from Paris , arrived in Istanbul 's Sirkeci Station, its last stop, on Wednesday 06 September 2006.

Riyad Sar, Operation Director of Istanbul Tourism Maritime Company which organizes tours of Orient Express, told reporters that the Orient Express was built in 1883 and it had started tours the same year.

Sar said that the train has been holding nostalgia tours once a year to Turkey since 1998, adding that the tour starts from Paris and continues in Vienna , Budapest , Bucharest , Varna and ends in Istanbul .

Sar went on to say that 90 passengers arrived in Istanbul with the train on the Wednesday, each having paid 6,000 Euro for the trip between Paris and Istanbul . T

The Orient Express then departed from Istanbul for Venice on September 8th with new passengers.

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