Just a reminder: You can see how much this costs and how to buy tickets at www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm

@tomsmith5936

3 жыл бұрын

@themaninseat61 When I made an overland trip from London to Hong Kong, down through Iran and Pakistan, I remember how invaluable your website was to me and how it genuinely made my adventure seem possible. Thanks for your passion and hard work collecting and sharing this information. 👍

@davt8355

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your hard work mate! I did this journey (return) back in 2018! I loved it!

@nur_aryani

Жыл бұрын

Hi... Post pandemic, I'm trying to plan a train ride from Vienna to Istanbul. Is that feasible/advisable or do you advise to follow this route from London?

@calligraphic

Жыл бұрын

@@nur_aryani You did it? Please share

@nur_aryani

Жыл бұрын

@@calligraphic > not yet…my savings wiped out with me getting my own flat > renovation & appliances costs have increased so much post pandemic. It’s going to have to wait another 2yrs at least.

It's fascinating to see how drastically the quality of life changes when you cross just 1 border.

@vehbituyun

3 жыл бұрын

I think it is not the quality of life what is changing, it is how governments treat to railways.

@elprimerplayer277

3 жыл бұрын

its wath we call comunism

@mistalion1

3 жыл бұрын

yes but trains inTurkey are mainly high level

@demonnick666

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder which border crossing affected your quality of life the most.

@imranahmadkhan1746

3 жыл бұрын

IKR... the last train looks so shabby .... I won't even step on it .

The happiness of going somewhere, arriving and leaving stations, to see people-some waiting and some leaving, to look out into endless plains, the brief outline of life outside of the cities..❤️ Thank you for doing this video:)

I appreciate you taking the time to post these! Not to mention the efforts you took filming, while YOU could have been enjoying being there. you thought of all of us! Thanks!

@dailybrother9180

10 жыл бұрын

seriously, this guy is awesome!

@claudyalexis3159

6 жыл бұрын

savgal1211 fydiggihvsbey

@jellybrown

4 жыл бұрын

savgal1211 He is such an awesome guy but I mean he really only needs to film like 10 sec of footage every part of the journey

@markknopflerisnot

4 жыл бұрын

The man in seat 61 also has a brilliant, superbly presented and researched website....just jam packed full of imformation about train travel in many different countries, how to book tickets, timetables, routes etc etc

"The journey is more important than the destination" And if it's 1st class even better!

@yvskumkumkumkum1911

4 жыл бұрын

S absolutely.. ur correct... i tooooo love the train journey

I live in Istanbul. Once in 1975 I traveled by the Orient Express from İstanbul to Munich in 42 hours. Without changing the car. İt stopped in 1977.

@caffykins

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do that!!!!

@tickle296

4 жыл бұрын

Why the hell on earth it stopped in 1977?

@bircanpiskin5985

4 жыл бұрын

@@tickle296 because of the increase in airways

@bxcsf9408

4 жыл бұрын

You must be old now

@Bharat-Bhartiya

4 жыл бұрын

U must have great memories about the trip.

,,, and I thought Turkey has a Train called Istanbul Express with run from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes.....

@daspydoesstuff5368

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@infotag7152

5 жыл бұрын

Faster than plane😊

@abood4477

5 жыл бұрын

Joker

@DailyAnxiolytic

5 жыл бұрын

Pak Ogah yea me too im from istanbul and i was like wtf which train is that

@sextempiric7137

5 жыл бұрын

You have to look at the name of person that written it. How can you trust Pom. Now, he's gona make some money by having millions of viewers. That's how they make money; by lying, looting etc.

I went to Greece with a friend in 1977 from Brittany. Through alsace, Germany, Austria, Italy, all Yougoslavia and Greece in a night train. The landscapes were fantastic.

@bilbobigbollix7318

4 жыл бұрын

Did that journey by stages in 1976! Remember it like it was yesterday although we entered Yugoslavia at Sezana where the customs people virtually took the train apart. Four hours there and no seat until we changed in Zagreb.Tired or what?! Happy days!

@okk2776

3 жыл бұрын

The Balkans are a complete mess

Such beautiful scenery. You can't see this from a plane.

@ciarchitecturali6050

8 жыл бұрын

Yes ,amazing scenery I also prefer train when traveling within Europe Collin South Africa

@eugenkramaric1173

5 жыл бұрын

True.

@6557pras

5 жыл бұрын

+Luke Bourne travel by glacial express

@DailyAnxiolytic

5 жыл бұрын

Thondup Andrugtsang but you will have more time too see another things :d

@michaeladkins6

5 жыл бұрын

I took the Eurostar from London to Paris and back last year. Trees. The same kind of trees for two and a half hours. No towns. Only trees and the tunnel. cheap though.

What a pleasure to watch. Thank you. I appreciate the lack of music, no commentary and the clickety clack of the train.

It’s a pity so much of the population just doesn’t understand trains. Personally I love them and would have had a great time on this journey

Fine camera work; neatly and intelligently edited. Impressive.

The last time I took a train was when I was living in Amsterdam and went to Rome to pick up my belongs since I had just moved. The scenes is out of this world. Great video. Congratulations ! 👏👏👏

Thank you for taking us along, it was very interesting...

love Istanbul from USA.

What an incredible journey. Thanks for taking us along‼️

@themaninseat61 When I made an overland trip from London to Hong Kong, down through Iran and Pakistan, I remember how invaluable your website was to me and how it genuinely made my adventure seem possible. Thanks for your passion and hard work collecting and sharing this information. 👍

Sigh! This was amazing! Thank you! Thank you!

Beautifully photographed and presented!

What a beautiful video-travelogue. Felt as if I was traveling. Thank you!!

Nice video Mark..keepitup.. I liked your one statement " There is sense of freedom and space which bus/ plane does not offer". Train journey no doubt has its own charm.

Thanks for sharing this with us! When I saw "12 minutes" I didn't realise that was that you mean the video, but the complete train journey xD!

@Bugaran

5 жыл бұрын

How The Fuck?xddd

@Cpr1234

5 жыл бұрын

Not even going the speed of sound would get you there in 12 minutes. It can be done in one day, I've just found a video (haven't watched yet) from embarkation to disembarkation which took 5 hours altogether. Edit: thats by plane btw

@Blackridge.

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

What I appreciate about your VLOGS are they are not loong endless scenery things, but on the mark, quick and informative. Well Done. Also - your website is amazing and helpful.

Kapitalny film, bezpretensjonalny, faktograficzny. Brak komentarza cudowny . Ma wstęp, rozwinięcie i zakończenie. Perełka. Dziękuję

I kept expecting James Bond to step into the passageway! Nice video, thanks.

11:25 is just amazing. Thank you

Loved it! Made me remember my days in Europe! Thanks!!

Love it! Excellent stuff, thank you very much for sharing.

You had the take the bus because they are modernizing the line between Çerezköy and Istanbul. They are putting High Speed Lines to be connected with the rest of the new High Speed Train rail network. Btw great work loved your trip I'd love to do it.

@koseku3

7 жыл бұрын

i think high speed train wont go to sirkeci anymore, it will pass from new bridge to asia. they might need to use marmaray to go to sirkeci

@badboy44500

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Every one ! And ma már freand !

Makes me want to book my seats right away!

This is fantastic, felt I was on the journey with you! I've watched this video all summer long. And has inspired me to take my family to Turkey via this same route (maybe next year). I believe it is definitely worth travelling by bus/train, as you get to see so much you'd miss by underground/plane. Thanks for sharing.

Fabulous journey! Thank you for sharing.

Just notice how trains and stations drastically changed from western to eastern Europe!

@canman5060

7 жыл бұрын

This is part of the fun of travelling.

@ThePayola123

7 жыл бұрын

shridhar nagansur Communism is, was and will be the most pernicious, mind, body and soul sapping ideology ever invented by pseudo-intellectual vermin who never did a hard days work in their lives.

@hamishashcroftplaysminecra6262

7 жыл бұрын

shridhar nagansur Yeah the sleeper to Zagreb is exactly the same as the sleeper on the mainline route Scotland to London lol

@emanueldobos8452

7 жыл бұрын

There you really just contradicted yourself; the whole point in taking 2-3 days to travel is to travel for 2-3 days. The travel itself is the activity and the destination is just a minor part of it. No-one disagrees, if you want to spend more time at your destination, air travel is best. But if the journey is itself interesting enough, then spending only one or two nights at your destination isn't a problem.

@MrSoBitchy

7 жыл бұрын

Also it's socialist, not communist, as in communism there is the end of state and money (meaning can only be achieved when the entire world has been through the revolution)

I wish I have guts to travel long trip alone like you did! It's awesome experience and fantastic adventures for once in life time!

This is the first time I've sampled your series Mark. It's great ! Thanks and subscribed.

0:46 Mr. Beans Holiday one of the best scenes of the movie

a great ride! I arrived to Istanbul by PAA at night in 1957 without much $$$ but my USAF orders were for an APO 324 while seat mate was further, to Diyarbakir which he was not looking forward to so I got off, friendly Turks helped me phone TUSLOG in Istanbul. Yes, get off for APO 324, a car was coming to pick up an officer so we will get you as well...so I was pleased...what a change in culture for a 19 year old from Illinois to experience Istanbul...thanks for this ride. coktesekiredirum. sorry, no unlauts here :)

@Abdullah-in9is

5 жыл бұрын

granskare When I moved to Chicago at the age of 21, I had the similar experience with so many friendly people of Midwest. Of course I wasn't there on duty I was just studying at UIC but most of the time I was all alone so I was helped by awesome people of Illinois. Cheers my friend Go Cubs

@bahadrozturk2086

3 жыл бұрын

Çok Teşekkür Ederim :)

This video brings back so many great memories from my time backpacking in Europe 5 years ago. The Kapikule station really brought back some freezing cold memories lol. I remember getting their in the middle of the night and freezing.

Feel like packing my bag now n start travelling!!! Awesome

Many thanks for a nice video

I made this journey istanbul - Sofia - Belgrade - Munich back in 1988 ! ;-)

@jzpatelut

4 жыл бұрын

JITEN PATEL FROM IRAN !!!!! jzpatelt..

@shyleshkhaparde5181

3 жыл бұрын

@@jzpatelut Happy Uttarayan 2021

@jzpatelut

3 жыл бұрын

THANKS DER '@@shyleshkhaparde5181' JITEN PATEL GUJARAT jzpatelut..

@asifqadir589

3 жыл бұрын

Wow did u go by train or by car

@jzpatelut

3 жыл бұрын

THANKS DEAR '@@asifqadir589' JITEN PATEL jzpatelut..

You are wonderful to detail on these lovely trips for us. Thank you very much.

Thank you for your work. I did this journey many years ago

I took this route 25 years ago - the trains don’t look as if they’ve changed at all!

10:40 lol at the gipsy asking if he is filming

Just discovered this fantastic video - brings back memories - thanks.

Just watching the video made me feel so calm. The train and stations from Zagreb onto Istanbul sound and feel so much like trains in India!!

When I read: London to Istanbul by train in 12 mins I thought: wowww He took a Shuttle train !!!

That was the restaurant Mr Bean was at in Paris Gare De Lyon from Mr Bean's Holiday! Is it a famous restaurant then?

@ac11dc110

6 жыл бұрын

İkr

@Sion.Ryan.Green.

6 жыл бұрын

Drasiella The Patient 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@MaheshVR117

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The first minute gave me memories of my childhood where Mr.Bean would eat that prawn-like food

@tibetatakan

5 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment. Wondered if I am the only person that noticed it.

@agailham8476

4 жыл бұрын

@@tibetatakan Same with me. At first the scene remind me from Mr Bean Holiday.

Amazing journey. I just travelled in this video. Love that.

Great video. I like the charm of the stations the closer you get to Istanbul

Harika!

9:26 I was just thinking of the same thing myself while watching your video.

Nicely done Mark. Brought back memories as I had done the very trip back in my days. 👏😃

Love it! I was following your twitter updates during the journey, great to see the video.

Phew, that is a lot of train such a long trip. I bet you were glad to be out and able to move around.

@seat61

7 жыл бұрын

That's the point - with trains (and ships) you're never confined to seat, you can always move around,, stretch your legs, spread out, chill out...

@unaloh

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Smith

@asiflodhi8868

6 жыл бұрын

Danny30011980 gogl

@MattRosemier1

5 жыл бұрын

@@seat61 That's why I love train travel so much more than by plane. It's more...civilized

The Paris Gare de Lyon, The Bleu Restaurant and the TGV reminds me about Mr Bean and his coffee with the child

@allanatton9118

4 жыл бұрын

k

A very enjoyable 12 minutes--thank you!

Very enjoyable and inspiring. Thank you Mark

Once upon a time( 1985) one could board a Yugoslav Sleeping car or couchette in Munich and after two nights get off in Istanbul..guess all those cheap flights and Ryanair/Easyjet and other LCC just killed those long express/night trains...

@marimarcta

8 жыл бұрын

Back then also Paris - Istanbul via Bucharest Express ...

@amath-dr7uk

8 жыл бұрын

Direct carriage Paris-Istanbul or did one have to change car in Vienna or Bucharest??....what sleeping car or couchette?

@marimarcta

8 жыл бұрын

It was a direct train with sleeping cars & couchette; from Bucharest was leaving to Sofia where I suppose were attached the cars from Yugoslavia; I used to travel by this many times inside Romania, from Brasov to Bucharest

@amath-dr7uk

8 жыл бұрын

Maria Marlene Do these trains still exist? I wonder because here in Greece those train that connected Athens with Germany and Istanbul are gone..hasn t LCC flights influenced the travel pattern in Eastern Europe also..

@seat61

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, they do. Thessaloniki-Sofia, Thessaloniki-Belgrade - though latter affected by engineering work in winter. See www.seat61.com/Greece.htm and www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm

The day will come when we can actually use means of transportation to get from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes

@donsorenoelchapogringo1182

3 жыл бұрын

cooling down the core of the earth and digging a tunnel through it lol.

@hddun

3 жыл бұрын

The fastest time to cross the USA Emma, was back in 2012 when the SR-71 flew from Los Angeles to Washington about 3,000 miles in one hour--THAT IS VERY FAST!!

@jackwatsonepic626

3 жыл бұрын

Never say never the Battle of Waterloo was in 1815 over 200 years ago if you told them then what we have now (I don't mean covid-19 either) I'm talking about the advancement of technology they would lock you up & throw away the key

Great video Mark. Your site has helped me very much in past voyages, thanks very much!

Fantastic coverage👍 On bucket list for sure!

I like TRAINS.

Thanks for the information, but you should mentions the tickets price, and how much you spent all the accommodation. That's really helps us when I'm trying to visit Europe

@takels3115

3 жыл бұрын

he literally said at the end of the video you can check the description

Awesome compilation & I specially like end to end detailed info while travelling across the countries by train.

I enjoyed looking at this video. Beautiful scenery.

amazing journey 👌👍 just asking my self why I haven't done this while I was living in Europe 😐

@shariffbutt927

4 жыл бұрын

This is what I am thinking " now i am living in New York but i did spend few years in Europe "

I swear the restaurant they were eating in was where they filmed mr bean eating in the holiday film

I thoroughly enjoyed that. I can't wait to experience it myself. Thanks for sharing

Gorgeous landscape!!

Trains are the best in Europe fast and efficient,buses are very tight and uncomfortable with low class rift raft. Take the train , the buses are a pain.

Belgrade station is closed forever and tracks choped. New station is 3km away and hidden

Thank you for posting your train travels. They have become my daily travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thoroughly enjoyed this video!

Хареса ми че мина през България и най вече че разгледа София 😉

I recommend anyone who seeks train travel in many parts of the world to go to this man's web site. A mine of useful information

@johnoconnell4972

4 жыл бұрын

very useful for my travels through Spain! Seat61.com

@mdrananoor8423

4 жыл бұрын

Alla. Noor

Gorgeous video! Such a life time experience.

Great video. Very nicely put together. Looking forward to more videos like this one.

As of today, it is (sadely) impossible to travel by train from London to Istanbul due to heavy construction work in Bulgaria and Turkey; passengers would frequently need to use replacement buses late at night; hopefully the situation improves soon

@seat61

9 жыл бұрын

Why 'as of today'? Situation for several years with train travel to Istanbul all explained on www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm

@doc7austin

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Smith Yes, I am aware of this site. With my comment I am mainly referring to the bus replacements services in Bulgaria, which (seems to be) not so easy to predict

@testing1619

6 жыл бұрын

Good Food

@amath-dr7uk

6 жыл бұрын

but who does this voyage except some tourists with money and time on their hands?

@hamidyzam3129

6 жыл бұрын

am1966ath

train bleu: the place where mr bean put an oyster inside a lady's bag

@emiliataylor717

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha.

Fantastically interesting video, very professionally edited and presented, well done.

Beautifully shot and terrifically relaxing to watch.

I notice the further you get into east Europe the trains become more poorly maintained lol

@ThePayola123

7 жыл бұрын

E_m_m_o No Shit Sherlock...!!! Blame the Communist Manifesto and her Vile Progeny.

@AdamMcCarthy74

7 жыл бұрын

or the complete lack of investment due to crash neoliberal reforms in the 90s/00s is the more likely answer in this case.

@arnulfvondegenfeld2516

6 жыл бұрын

the trains already looked shit before terrible capitalism was introduced to those socialist paradises...there's a good western german documentary about eastern german trains shot one year before reunification here on youtube

@MsSomeonenew

6 жыл бұрын

That is mostly because people don't use them any more and there isn't any money to spend on upgrades.

@ugurrr

6 жыл бұрын

Not really. Depends on the route.

Now imagine if the Hyperloop or some other hypersonic gravity vacuum tube train was a thing you literally could travel from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes. Lets face it, we like these trains just the way they are.

@MsSomeonenew

6 жыл бұрын

A handful of people like the old train rides, reality is most people these days would no longer use them if they didn't have to.

NICE TO SEE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BY TRAIN.

loved the virtual ride :) Thanks for uploading :)

Going by train long distance takes time, but it's a great experience. I have travelled with train from Sweden to Prague/London/Barcelona/Florence . The only real disadvantage is that it's very expensive compared to flying. Also if your first train is delayed, you might miss your next connection. That might ruin the whole trip.

@cliffordmorgan4253

6 жыл бұрын

SkandikFilm a

@adrianeng20

6 жыл бұрын

SkandikFilm travel by train in east-europe countrys, is more...interesting and cheap (in Romania usuall with 30-40 euro you can travel almost everywere, when they come to see you tiket just bribe the guy with one euro). Travel here is more "in touch with people, land, traditions" then a hight tehnologic super mega ultra train from western countrys ( there you feal like in jail, no smoke, no look after girls and so on, expensive and everyting is ilegal)

@adamal9560

6 жыл бұрын

adrianeng20 Any good companies you recommend?

@cerberus9612

6 жыл бұрын

AA BB The East India Company

@MaheshVR117

5 жыл бұрын

That's why we have ultra-long distance trains that cover North,South,East and West here in India. But, its actually more economical to travel by air if you can afford it. (It's actually cheap)

Really good video, gave me an idea of what to expect. Do you know if they've completed to line to Istanbul?

@seat61

8 жыл бұрын

+The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky Nope - still bustituting as per www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm

@ninathomson4816

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Smigfcfctth (The Man in Seat 61)

Beautiful journey, captured perfectly. well done.

I remember my grandmother and grandfather told me they did this journey on the orient express in 56, boy the times have changed

I like to ask why this channel is not named as "Seat61"?

How western countries are so clean and how they maintain is very impressive compared to Indian atmosphere. Its choking here.

@tarun5617

2 жыл бұрын

Oh indian here me too yeah the rules are strict in western countries compared to India 🇮🇳

@thediversity6203

2 жыл бұрын

I heard indians poo on tracks?

@vinothmoppor2236

2 жыл бұрын

@@thediversity6203 I heard these western countries killed each other like barbarians during WW2?

@ramakrishnann3550

2 жыл бұрын

All of Europe has a population just a shade more than half of India, and they have a land area which is 3 times that of India. So the population density makes a huge difference in the quality of life, facilities and infrastructure. Apples and oranges cannot be compared.

@tarun5617

2 жыл бұрын

@@thediversity6203 ok its not all of us only some idiots un responsible people do that and they are soon caught by police or just die in tracks okay &$#$

Thank you for the beautiful journey! Istanbul is a very nice City!

Thank you for sharing this!

A wonderful hai from india to whole Europeans

@shitalmadaye4201

5 жыл бұрын

chup chup ke

I have travelled a night train, and one should be aware of not leaving wallet in jacket near the door, there are pickpocket's who can enter and leave the train.

@douglaskendall7488

3 жыл бұрын

And sometimes they disguise themselves in the uniform of a Wagon-Lits conductor!

Thanks for taking me with you and not even asking for me to chip in for the tickets!

Thank you for wonderful journey and great video!!

How much did it cost you?