The Britannic Explorer – due to launch in July 2025 – is a luxury hotel on wheels that will travel through some of the UK’s most magnificent landscapes.
Fancy chugging through the glorious countryside, along some of the globe’s most spectacularly scenic stretches, all the while propped up by plush furnishings, and intermittently plied with excellent food and drink?Such is the experience provided by heritage rail company Belmond, which operates six of the world’s most ludicrously luxurious trains – the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the Eastern and Oriental Express, the Andean Explorer, the Hiram Bingham, Royal Scotsman and the British Pullman.
The 11 coaches were formerly used by the Grand Hibernian train but have been given a complete makeover, transformed by London design practice Albion Nord with an ethos inspired by the natural world. Meanwhile, the design theme of the two dining cars – Malva and Samphire – is the cultivation of herbs and flowers used in British cooking, with woven rattan panels, antique mirrored ceilings and floral lights. There is also a plush wellness suite that will host daily activities, with aestheticians and massage therapists on hand to provide a detox.Then there are the cabins – 18 in total, providing two types of en-suite accommodation that is all about timeless elegance.
Trains will depart from London Victoria on three easily combined itineraries to provide what is billed as “a window on modern Britain”. There will be two Monday-to-Friday routes, to Cornwall and to the Lake District, and a Monday-to-Thursday wander through Wales.
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