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LEGALYACHT ® - INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL (LEGAL AND TAX) ADVISORY SERVICES ON YACHTS, MEGA YACHTS AND GIGA YACHTS<br />
orient - express<br />
a dream on rails<br />
By BeBa Marsano<br />
Consigning it to history has been the task of literature<br />
and then cinema with that masterpiece<br />
of suspense and style called Murder on the orient<br />
express by agatha Christie. thanks to her, the<br />
blue and gold carriages of the Compagnie internationale<br />
des wagons-lits have a firm place in the<br />
popular imagination as places of luxury, intrigue<br />
and mystery played out in the midst of the velvet,<br />
brass and wood panelling of the only train in the<br />
world which can boast the service, cuisine and atmosphere<br />
of a grand hotel. epitome of the belle<br />
époque from 1883 to 1977 the orient express travelled<br />
between paris and istanbul every day. and<br />
back again. it was a long and adventurous journey<br />
which, before the direct train line was completed in<br />
1889 involved passengers who included crowned<br />
heads, aristocrats, diplomats, businessmen and<br />
rich bourgeoisie in complex transport connections<br />
in the top photo<br />
the legendary blUe<br />
and gold Carriages<br />
oF the orient express,<br />
the passenger trains<br />
pUt in serViCe by CoMpagnie<br />
internationale des<br />
wagons-lits, whiCh linked<br />
paris gare de l’est<br />
with istanBul. BeGinninG<br />
on the 4th oF oCtober 1883<br />
the serViCe deFinitiVely<br />
CaMe to an end<br />
on the 19th oF May 1977<br />
and then started Up again<br />
on the 25th oF May 1982<br />
as an exClUsiVe rail CrUise<br />
For reFined and nostalgiC<br />
traVellers.<br />
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