You Can Now Take a Golf-Themed Luxury Train Through Italy With Michelin-Starred Dining and Tuscan Fairways

A brand new luxury train ride will take golf lovers on a visit round Italy in type, enjoying on a few of the nation’s most iconic courses alongside the best way.

The La Dolce Vita Orient Express‘ new “Italian Swing” itinerary will deliver vacationers on a roundtrip journey from Rome full with stops in Puglia and Tuscany. After lately finishing its inaugural journey, the posh prepare operator is planning a brand new departure for March 2026. 

“Conceived for a global viewers, the mission additional enhances Italy’s place as a premier golf and way of life vacation spot,” the corporate wrote in an announcement shared with Journey + Leisure. “It combines the heritage of luxurious prepare journey with the status of a few of the nation’s most celebrated golf programs.”

The three-night journey begins with a spherical on the Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership simply outdoors Rome (and host of the 2023 Ryder Cup) earlier than heading to play on the San Domenico Golf Membership in Fasano overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Vacationers will then head all the way down to Tuscany to play the non-public course at The Membership at Castiglion del Bosco earlier than enjoying their remaining spherical on the Argentario Golf Membership.

All through the journey, friends are accompanied by knowledgeable golfer to reinforce the expertise with professional steerage.

Onboard, the prepare options two classes of cabins: deluxe cabins, which embody a settee that unfolds right into a double mattress at night time, and suites, which have a separate mattress and sitting space. Rooms are decked out in wealthy textiles and brass finishes evoking old-world glamour.

The prepare additionally boasts an elevated culinary program led by three Michelin-starred Chef Heinz Beck with dishes “crafted to have fun the distinctive culinary traditions of Italy’s various areas.” Within the evenings, friends can retire to the Lounge Bar for conventional aperitivo beneath an opulent lacquered ceiling and amid furnishings designed in tender beige tones.

Passengers are handled like royalty from the second they arrive, whisked into a personal lounge at Rome’s Ostiense station for a welcome reception.

Reservations for the journey begin at €12,360 ($14,366) per passenger. 

As well as, the Orient Express will provide a second golf-themed itinerary, known as the “Northern Greens.” That journey may even run roundtrip from Rome over three nights, departing Might 16, 2026, with stops on the Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership, the Franciacorta Golf Membership in Lombardy, the Royal Park I Roveri on the outskirts of Turin, and the Argentario Golf Membership in Tuscany.