The Essentials

Legendary Trains and New Routes

Rockies to the Red Rocks, Rocky Mountaineer

As Europe opens up to vaccinated Americans, that means some legendary trains and even some new routes have become available.

You can now travel from Florence to Paris on the famed Orient Express.

And later this year, a new train in Switzerland will allow you to hop between ski resorts in Montreux and Gstaad.

And in the United States, starting in August, you can hop on the Rocky Mountaineer for a new route between the Colorado Rockies and the Red Rocks of Utah.

If you want to really plan ahead for a spectacular rail journey, Egypt is finishing its first high speed rail line — from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. It opens in 2023.