Great Continental Railway Journeys Season 1 Episode 2 -

Airdate: 2012-Nov-15

Episode summary:

Michael learns more about the once great empire of Austria-Hungary, domain of the famous Habsburg monarchs. He begins in Budapest as he travels via Bratislava in Slovakia, to the beautiful and elegant city of Vienna where he loses himself in pre-war decadence. He then makes his way to Salzburg, before making his way to the magnificent scenery of the Salzkammergut region to visit the emperor's Austrian summer house at Bad Ischl.

About Great Continental Railway Journeys series:

“Great Continental Railway Journeys” follows Michael Portillo as he attempts to retrace the journeys featured in George Bradshaw’...Show more >