Every luxury train has a personality after dinner. On the Costa Verde Express it is unpretentious and warm — closer to a well-run tavern among friends than a formal salon, and that is precisely its charm.

Choice one: the bar car

Music most nights, drinks included, and a crowd that gets friendlier as the week goes on. Since the train hosts only a small group of guests, faces become names by the second evening — a dynamic our solo travellers particularly bless.

Choice two: the town outside

Because the train spends every night stationary in a station, the evening is yours to wander — a harbour-front paseo in Luarca, an ice cream on Santander's bay. Few train journeys anywhere let you do this.

Choice three: your pillow

No motion, no engine hum, blackout at the window. Guests consistently tell Palace Tours it is the stillest sleep of their trip — more on the rooms in our cabin tour.

Whichever you choose, tomorrow starts with coffee and coastline — see what a full day aboard looks like, or go straight to dates and prices.