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Great Continental Railway Journeys

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Michael Portillo retraces the journeys from George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Guide.

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

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Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 1 - Reversions

Michael Portillo

John Comerford

Alison Kreps

Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 1 - Reversions: Episode 4: Hungary to Austria: Part 2

Hungary to Austria: Part 2

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Episode 4: Hungary to Austria: Part 2

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Michael Portillo begins this leg in Vienna and continues on to Salzburg.

Armed with his 1913 guide, Michael Portillo explores the once great empire of Austria-Hungary. He begins this leg in Vienna and continues on to Salzburg.

Steered by his 1913 railway guide, on the second part of this journey Michael Portillo continues to explore the once-great empire of Austria-Hungary, domain of the famous Habsburg monarchs. 

Leaving Hungary behind, Michael begins this leg in the elegant city of Vienna and continues his journey to Salzburg, before heading to the magnificent scenery of the Salzkammergut region. Here he visits the emperor's Austrian summer house at Bad Ischl, where in 1914 European history changed course forever.

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