In the late 19th Century, a project began to flourish at the Yildiz Palace in Istanbul. It was to link the Ottoman Empire to Europe, and provide its 400 million Muslims with a safe, quick and easy way of reaching Makkah and Medina on the Hajj. The result was one of the most ambitious railroad projects ever undertaken. Although it only lasted five years before it was destroyed by the First World war and bandits, its legacy lives on. A beautiful ride on old and new trains alike through the lands of the old Sultan.
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