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The Best Train Journeys in the World

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The Best Train Journeys in the World by Franco Tanel is a captivating travel and adventure guide that takes you on an exploration of the most iconic and scenic rail routes across the globe. It beautifully details the landscapes, cultures, and experiences passengers encounter on these legendary train journeys, offering readers an inspiring glimpse into the world from the comfort of a train carriage.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this book if you're passionate about travel and adventure, particularly interested in discovering the world's most stunning train routes. Franco Tanel's work could captivate those who appreciate a mix of scenic beauty, cultural insights and the romance of rail travel, offering a chance to explore both well-trodden paths and hidden gems from the comfort of a locomotive.

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The Best Train Journeys in the World includes more than 40 train journeys that will appeal to railroad enthusiasts as well as armchair travellers!

Featuring fascinating destinations and routes, each journey provides unusual or unique elements of the train, scenic images, historical and technical notes, a map of the route and practical tips and information.

Here are more than 40 of the best train journeys in the world that will appeal to railroad enthusiasts as well as armchair travellers! These journeys include:

  • Fascinating destinations and routes
  • Tourist lines as well as commuter trains
  • Luxury travel with five-star hotel services
  • Train travel in remote areas in the world
  • Travel for all budgets and ages

Each train journey provides:

  • Unusual or unique elements of the train
  • Scenic images along each route
  • Historical and technical notes
  • Mapping of each route

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781627951913

Publisher: Shelter Harbor Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Shelter Harbor Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 277.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Franco Tanel is a journalist and photographer who began his professional career in 1979 working with thephotographic agency D-Day. He has since collaborated with several major Italian photojournalism agencies,including Contrasto and Grazia Neri. Tanel focuses especially on topics related to transportation andinfrastructure, including sustainable tourism and the environment, as well as issues related to immigration,always combining his journalistic and photography work. For many years, he covered transport and urbanplanning in specialist periodicals for the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore and has collaborated with Tuttotreno,Italy's foremost periodical dedicated to rail travel, since its inception. He was part of the working group thatfounded the Green Logistics Expo, the first Italian fair dedicated to transport and sustainable logistics.

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