Portugal Douro Railway Line

6. Portugal Douro Railway Line

Diesel powered steam train in 19^th century climbing along the Douro River Gorge. On this 1.5 hours trip you can see the famous Douro River Grape Park and the charming village, the houses and olive trees covered by grape vines will appear in front of your eyes one by one. Train will stop at Pinhao station decorated with blue-white glazed tiles, reflecting the Douro River and the grape harvest scene.

This train’s one-way fare is 59 U.S. dollars.

Australia “grim” Railway Line

7. Australia “Grim” Railway Line

This two-day train trip through the bushes and pastures near Adelaide, desert shrubs and eucalyptus plexus of Clare Valley, rust-colored red central region, Australia’s northern tropical region with lush plants, and finally reach the leisure-life capital of Darwin in the northern Australia.

“Grim” is the railway line’s another name – the acronym of “the Afghan Express”, the rail line has been used for transport Afghan camel in the 19^th century. If the toll permitting, visitors can choose to Platinum level cars, and the gold grades are lower 1/3, but the platinum cars have individual boxes and separate bathroom. One-way fares for sleeper car are 1812 U.S. dollars.