In 2027 the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express costs from €4,510 per person for the one-night journey between Paris and Venice in a Historic Cabin, the least expensive on the train, with Suites and Grand Suites priced on request and far higher. Belmond prices its 2026 departures in pounds, from £4,275 for the same night, and its 2027 departures in euros. The fare includes dinner, lunch, breakfast, the sommelier's wines, transfers from your hotel and a steward around the clock. It does not include the Eurostar from London, which is a separate booking. Those are the numbers people are looking for; the rest of this article is where they come from, what moves them, and the honest ways to pay less.
I am Pau Gallardo Campos, I run Alpina Travels from Zurich, and I do not sell the Orient Express. What I build is the Grand Culinary Rail Journey, twelve days from Paris to Milan with the nights in hotels, which sits at the end of this piece as the comparison. If your question is whether the train is worth it at all, start with the Orient Express alternatives; if it is which of the two Orient Express trains to book, read Venice Simplon-Orient-Express or La Dolce Vita.
Every published 2027 price, per person
These are Belmond's own guide prices for 2027 departures, per adult in a Historic Cabin, two sharing, as published in October 2026. Belmond calls them guide prices and they move with availability.
| Journey | Nights | From, per person, 2027 | Per night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris to Venice, or Venice to Paris | 1 | €4,510 | €4,510 |
| Paris to Verona, Verona to Paris | 1 | €4,510 | €4,510 |
| Paris to Prague via Vienna, Vienna to Paris via Prague | 1 | €4,510 | €4,510 |
| Amsterdam or Brussels to Venice or Verona | 1 | €4,640 | €4,640 |
| Paris to Venice via Cannes and Monaco, Paris to Monaco, Paris to Cannes | 1 | €4,870 | €4,870 |
| Paris to Budapest, Vienna to Paris, Florence to Paris | 1 | €4,870 | €4,870 |
| Paris to Venice via Florence, Paris to Florence | 1 | €5,120 | €5,120 |
| Paris to Venice and Hotel Cipriani | 3 | €9,510 | €3,170 |
| Paris to Budapest round trip | 4 | €9,740 | €2,435 |
| Paris to Florence and Villa San Michele | 3 | €9,900 | €3,300 |
| Paris to the Amalfi Coast and Caruso | 3 | €10,900 | €3,633 |
| Paris to Portofino and Splendido | 3 | €14,350 | €4,783 |
| Paris to Istanbul, or Istanbul to Paris | 5 | €20,940 | €4,188 |
Three things stand out once the routes are side by side. The classic Paris to Venice night is also the cheapest night on the train; adding Florence costs €610 more, adding the Riviera €360 more. The three-night packages with a Belmond hotel cost less per night than the train alone, because two of the three nights are in the hotel. And the Istanbul run, the one that follows the historic route, is the only journey where the per-night price is close to the one-night fare, because you are on board for all five nights.
What the fare includes, and what it does not
On the Paris to Venice journey Belmond lists one night on board, a four-course dinner with the sommelier's wines, a three-course lunch, French breakfast, transfers between your Paris and Venice hotels and the stations, and a dedicated 24-hour steward. Departure from Paris is around 16.00 and arrival in Venice around 17.30 the following day. The train has 32 Historic Cabins, 16 Suites, 6 Grand Suites and the single L'Observatoire Suite, three restaurant cars and a bar car with live music.
Not included: the journey to Paris. The London leg that used to be a vintage Pullman crossing is now a Eurostar ticket you book yourself, so anyone searching for the London to Venice price should add the Eurostar and a night in Paris to the figures above. Not included either: a private bathroom, unless you book a Suite or Grand Suite. The Historic Cabins have a washbasin and share facilities at the end of the carriage, which is the single fact most worth knowing before you pay €4,510.
Deals, discounts and last-minute offers: what actually exists
I get asked about Orient Express deals most weeks, so here is the plain answer. Belmond does not publish last-minute discounts, senior fares or sale prices on this train. What its offers page lists in October 2026 is a winter offer under which the fourth passenger in a party of four travels free, a gift card, and a solo offer advertised without a single supplement whose terms still say a sole-occupancy supplement applies, so ask before relying on it. All offers are subject to availability, apply to new bookings only, and cannot be combined. Anything else you see advertised as a discount is a third party packaging the train with flights or a cruise, and the train portion is the same fare.
The three honest ways to pay less
- Book a Historic Cabin on a €4,510 route. Paris to Venice, Verona or Prague, or Vienna to Paris via Prague. The carriages, the dining cars and the service are identical to the dearer routes; you simply skip the detour.
- Travel as four. The winter four-for-three offer, while it lasts, takes a quarter off the train fare for two couples travelling together. That is the only real reduction Belmond currently publishes.
- Buy the hotel package rather than a second night on board. Three nights with the Cipriani in Venice is €9,510, €3,170 a night, against €4,510 for the train night alone. If what you want is the Orient Express plus a proper stay at the other end, the package is the cheaper way to get it.
Two more if the carriages themselves are what you are after. The Belmond British Pullman is the same company's day train out of London, lunch or dinner in restored carriages for a few hundred pounds, which is the least expensive way to sit in a Belmond carriage anywhere. And the Glacier Express in Excellence Class, about CHF 874 for eight hours with a five-course lunch and a concierge, gives you the feeling of being looked after on a train for a fifth of the price, without the night; I compare the two in the alternatives article.
What the same money buys with the nights in hotels
This is the calculation behind most of the enquiries I receive. One night on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is €4,510 per person before you have slept anywhere else. The Grand Culinary Rail Journey is twelve days and eleven nights from Paris to Milan at CHF 18,400 for two, CHF 9,200 each: Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Geneva, Zermatt, the Glacier Express in first class with lunch at the seat, St. Moritz, the Bernina line into Italy, Bologna, Florence and Milan, with the nights in grand hotels and the tables, including two Michelin stars in Bordeaux, held before you fly. That is about CHF 840 per person per night with the hotels, the trains and the restaurants in. It is not the Orient Express and I would never say it was. It is Paris to Italy by train, eating well the whole way, for a week and a half.
If it is the carriages you want, book the Belmond train for the night and I will happily build the days either side of it. If it is the idea of the journey, write to me at hello@alpinatravels.com with your dates and who is travelling, and I will tell you honestly which to book.