Great continental railway journeys
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781471151491; 9781471151507
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Railroad travel; History; Railroads; Economic aspects; Social aspects
Description: Great Continental Railway Journeys is now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe, using George Bradshaw's1913 Continental Railway Guide. Portillo guides the train-travelling fan across Europe arriving at a myriad of magical and historically fascinating cities we all dream of travelling to by train. From London, to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Copenhagen, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Rome, Budapest, St Petersburg; all the way down to Constantinople, Haifa and Jerusalem - Portillo describes the great feats of engineering that built the various railway lines connecting Europe and further afield and the men and women who made these journeys famous through their deeds and words.
Notes: Includes index.

"The companion to a major BBC TV series"--Colophon.

Maps on endpapers.
Table of contents: title: Destinations. London to Monte Carlo; title: Hungary to Austria; title: Berlin to the Rhine; title: Basel to Jungfraujoch; title: Amsterdam to northern France; title: Madrid to Gibraltar; title: Turin to Venice; title: Dresden to Kiel; title: Copenhagen to Oslo; title: Prague to Munich; title: Bordeaux to Bilbao; title: Tula to St Petersburg; title: Rome to Taormina; title: Warsaw to Krakow; title: La Coruna to Lisbon; title: Haifa to the Negev Desert; title: Lyon to Marseille; title: Vienna to Triests; title: Barcelona to Mallorca; title: Pisa to Lake Garda; title: Sofia to Istanbul; title: Freiburg to Hannover; title: Athens to Thessaloniki.