Great Continental Railway Journeys

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  • BBC Two
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  • Documentary Travel

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Transylvania to the Black Sea
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With Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo ventures east through Romania. Transylvania, the Carpathian Mountains, Peleș Castle in Sinaia, the oil .. show full overview
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Zermatt to Geneva
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Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo travels from the Swiss Alps to the shores of Lake Geneva. From the Swiss Alps to the shores of Lake Geneva caught up in a war zone .. show full overview
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Tangier to Marrakech
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Michael Portillo leaves Europe behind to take in the sights, smells and tastes of north Africa as he travels from the Mediterranean port of Tangier to the Berber city of Marrakech. With .. show full overview
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Genoa to the Brenner Pass
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From the from the Italian Riviera to the Austrian Alps Michael visits remote villages of the Cinque Terre he then heads to Parma next up is the Alps stopping off in Rovereto he ends his .. show full overview
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Riga to Tampere
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Michael Portillo braves the freezing temperatures of the Baltic Sea and finds peace paddling a canoe on the Lakes of Finland.
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Rotterdam to Utrecht
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Michael Portillo heads for the Netherlands, where he roots around the world's largest flower auction in Haarlem, operates a crane in Europe's largest container port, Rotterdam, and investigates Amsterdam's famous red-light district.

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