Tickets are selling out fast (the January murder mystery part completely sold out) so if you're interested, we recommend booking as soon as possible. Only this time, it could be you - not Hercules Poirot - who ends up solving the murder mystery. Today, Ariodante is encouraging passengers to imagine themselves stepping through the pages of Christie's timeless detective stories. Related: The best credit cards for train travel The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Orient Express was propelled to popularity by Agatha Christie's classic 1934 novel 'Murder on the Orient Express,' but this party - and train ride - is actually based on Christie's 1928 novel, 'The Mystery of the Blue Train.' This train is not to be confused with the Belmond Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, which is also a meticulously restored luxury train operating the famous route between Paris to Istanbul. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel and Czar Nicholas II. Guests will board the lovingly restored art deco train - now owned by the French National Railway Company and rarely used - and find themselves in seats once occupied by such illustrious travelers as F. The trip, organized by luxury travel company Ariodante, is the second of its kind (there was a murder mystery party on Jan. Forbes didn't call it the 'world's most luxurious murder mystery vacation' for nothing. Expect plenty of 1920s decor and costumes, as well as drinks, high tea and Champagne. Of course, it won't be your typical train ride to the French Riviera. So, pack your favorite magnifying glass, because you can be on it.įor more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. On May 17, the iconic train is hosting a new murder-mystery party on a trip from Paris to Nice.

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