In-suite supplies on Dolce Vita Orient Express include three screw-top jars of snacks, water, a breakfast room service menu. and the daily programme for the entire stay.

All 23 onboard guys and girls on Dolce Vita Orient Express look chic, in oatmeal or navy apparel that oozes Italian-ness.

It's always exhilarating – or does one say amazing or like a dream? - to be back at Minerva, Orient Express, Rome, Arsenale's first grand hotel.