The salon car, before dinner
Dinner as the light goes
The bar car, under crystal
Through the Alps by morning
A rose at your window
Venice, at the end of the line

The salon car, before dinner

1 / 6
Paris to Venice · Across the Alps

Le Nocturne

A Grand Suite, and a night on the Grand Canal · $48,000

Grand Suites are booked through next season

Eleven carriages built in the 1920s, their marquetry, crystal and brass restored by the craftsmen who care for the châteaux of the Loire. You board in Paris before lunch, dine in the salon car as the train climbs into the Alps, and wake to the Dolomites. Your cabin steward will have learned how you take your coffee by then. At the end of the line a water taxi waits on the Grand Canal.

  • Carriages from the 1920s
  • The Alps at dawn
  • A water taxi at the end of the line

Handled for you

  • A car at your door, and at every door after it
  • Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
  • A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
  • Your steward briefed on your tastes; a car waiting at every station

Best time to go

April to June and September to October

The train runs from March to November. Spring and early autumn bring snow on the peaks and soft light in Venice; midsummer is hot on the lagoon.

In pictures

Dinner as the light goes
Dinner as the light goes
The bar car, under crystal
The bar car, under crystal
Through the Alps by morning
Through the Alps by morning
A rose at your window
A rose at your window
Venice, at the end of the line
Venice, at the end of the line
LE NOCTURNEYOURS NEXT
Your passportReserve to collect the LE NOCTURNE stampEvery destination earns a stamp. 0 of 75 collected.

Your journey

Days
2 days
Guests
2 guests

Enhancements · 0 added

View all 10
Private jet to ParisUltra-long-range, nonstop; home from Venice after$176,000
St Mark's Basilica after darkThe golden mosaics lit for your party alone$38,000
On to IstanbulSix more nights by train, through Budapest and Bucharest$190,000
Every enhancement, from arrival to the extraordinary

More rail

See all
$48,000Complimentary
Reserve

An imaginary trip, always complimentary. Nothing is booked or charged.