Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles — Season 2
About this season
Nick travels by rail through the extraordinary Andes Mountains to Machu Picchu, Peru.
Episodes (5)
1. Prague to Budapest
Aired 22 September 2023 • 44 min
Nick kicks off a new series, taking in three capitals: Prague in the Czech Republic, Bratislava in Slovakia, and Budapest in Hungary, with a climb and a cruise.
2. Italy
Aired 29 September 2023 • 44 min
Nick names this trip "The Volcano Express". He travels from Mount Vesuvius to Mount Etna on a journey from Naples to Sicily, where a gyrocopter trip goes wrong.
3. Romania
Aired 6 October 2023 • 44 min
The presenter tours Romania, undertaking a journey he calls 'The Transylvania Express'. He begins in Cluj-Napoca, taking a train to the disused salt mine of Salina Turda, where the vast underground cavern has surprising new uses. Nick also pays a visit to Romania's top tourist attraction, Bran Castle, the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula.
4. Morocco
Aired 10 March 2024 • 44 min
In Morocco, Nick explores the old medina in capital Rabat; the city of Salé, where he finds out about its piratical past; and takes a tranquil dawn balloon flight.
5. Slovenia and Croatia
Aired 17 March 2024 • 44 min