Great Continental Railway Journeys

Bradshaw's 1913 Guide in hand, Michael Portillo embarks on another rail journey.

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   E1. Pula to Pazin

   Mar 10, 2025 · 29m

   Michael Portillo mounts a valiant defence against fierce latter-day Roman gladiators in Pula's amphitheatre as he begins a journey across the Balkan countries of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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   E2. Buzet to Pag

   Mar 11, 2025 · 28m

   Ably assisted by Lila, an expert labrador, Michael Portillo hunts for truffles in the Istrian countryside near the hilltop town of Buzet.

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   E3. Knin to Split

   Mar 12, 2025 · 28m

   Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches the Dalmatian coastal city of Zadar, once an important Venetian trading hub and still a centre for the production of Maraschino cherry liqueur.

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   E4. Sarajevo

   Mar 13, 2025 · 29m

   In Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, Michael Portillo traces the fateful last journey in 1914 of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.

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   E5. Mostar to Dubrovnik

   Mar 14, 2025 · 29m

   Michael Portillo enjoys a journey on the historic line from Sarajevo to Mostar, descending 600 metres through the Dinaric Alps, reflecting on the divisions which tour apart the old Yugoslavia.

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   E6. Bergen to Flåm

   Mar 17, 2025 · 28m

   Michael Portillo embarks on a Scandinavian railway adventure from the Norwegian port of Bergen to the Danish capital, Copenhagen.

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