Every December since 2008, members of UNESCO’s cultural committee meet to decide which of the world’s cultural traditions will be honored for the previous year. This year, 31 traditions were recognized by UNESCO, and 14 of them are in MIR’s destinations. Read More
Make 2019 the year to book one of MIR's escorted small group tours that connect these countries from the Baltics to the Balkans and save $250 per person for a limited time on select departures. Read More
We've gathered 10 romantic off-the-radar destinations where you and your sweetheart can experience an unforgettable honeymoon or couple's getaway — no matter what your style and personal preferences are. Read More
We’ve had a wonderful time sharing photos of fantastic destinations with you these past three years on Instagram. It also looks like our followers are enjoying sneaking a peek at what’s in store on a trip to Central Asia, the Balkans or Siberia. Looking back over the last year, we’ve had over 14,000 likes on more than 200 posts, and it just keeps growing! Here’s a look at our most popular posts. Read More
The ancient Greeks had big ideas, ideas that are still impacting the world today. Western philosophy, art, medicine, the study of history and early attempts at making sense of the universe were all initiated in ancient Greece. Spreading out from Athens and Sparta, the Greek civilization ultimately colonized the area between Central Asia and the western Mediterranean. Now travelers can trace the path of the many civilizations that ebbed and flowed alongside the Greeks throughout this complex region, on an exciting new rail journey for 2017, Hellenic Treasures by Private Train, rolling through six countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece. Read More
One of the world’s grandest empires, the Ottoman Empire conquered a vast stretch of land from Northern Africa to the Persian Gulf, and from the South Caucasus to the fringes of Central Europe, with Constantinople (known today as Istanbul) as its central bridge between East and West. Uniting diverse continents, civilizations and cultures, the Ottomans left a permanent mark on the social, political, economic and artistic development of the nations it once ruled. Now travelers can trace the path of this influential empire, and the many civilizations that ebbed and flowed throughout this complex region, on an exciting new rail journey for 2017, Ottoman Treasures by Private Train, rolling through Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. Read More
In honor of our 30th anniversary in 2016, we’ve added two new luxury Balkan rail journeys by private train to our collection: (1) Budapest to Venice by Private Train (2) Venice to Istanbul by Private Train Combining new and old, familiar and undiscovered, these tours take you on an introductory journey throughout the Balkans, allowing you to explore all the highlights of this incredible region along with some of Europe’s most sophisticated, classic cities. Read More
Thank you for all the likes and comments this past year! We are delighted to share photos from our fascinating destinations with you on Instagram. Our "2015bestnine" includes these photos taken in Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Latvia, China, Kyrgyzstan and Russia... Our "2015bestnine" includes photos from Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Latvia, China, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Read More
We’ve had a wonderful time sharing photos of fantastic destinations with you this past year on Instagram. It also looks like our followers are enjoying seeing a sneak peek of seeing what’s in store on a trip to Central Asia, the Balkans or Siberia. To date, we’ve had over 6,000 likes on more than 200 posts, and it just keeps growing! Here’s a look at our most popular posts from the past year. Read More
A remarkably complex region, the beautiful Balkan Peninsula includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. It is a brilliant mosaic of competing cultures, ethnicities, languages and ideologies, and serves as a sampler of contrasting landscapes. The region is a collection of cultures for the connoisseur. For anyone traveling there, it’s hard to know exactly where to go and what to see. Here’s our Beginner’s Guide to the Balkans to help you sort out these contrasting little countries and get the most out of your travel there. Read More
An article in the prestigious Canadian automotive culture magazine, RM, illustrates the U.S. leg of the MIR-supported road rally from New York to Paris (download the article here).
MIR Corporation handled the logistics from Tianjin, China all the way to Paris, where in July the surviving cars rolled to a halt in the shadow of Eiffel Tower, precisely where the original 1908 Great Race ended.
The bounteous country of Georgia in the South Caucasus is a heaven-on-earth kind of place. Georgia has everything a traveler ... Read more
MIR’s one-of-a-kind exploration of the Russian space program has gotten a starring role in several media outlets recently, ... Read more
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