If you’ve missed international travel as much as we have, you might want to kickstart your post-pandemic globetrotting agenda in style. After all – you’ve been accidentally saving for this very moment for years.

Veuve Clicquot has curated the ultimate lavish journey through Europe to wash away your holiday blues. From 5–7 June, join the lauded champagne house as they celebrate their 250 years of savoir-faire on a Solaire Adventure aboard the glamorous Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.

You’ll be collected from Paris for a private transfer to Reims, home of the celebrated champagne house, where the first ever bottles of Veuve Clicquot were shipped back in 1772. There, you’ll check in at the Hotel du Marc, Veuve Clicquot’s exclusive art-adorned private hotel set in a 19th century mansion. A VIP dinner hosted by cellar master Didier Mariotti follows, replete with live music, French gastronomy and a rare gift (queue the suspense music).

Related story: Pop the bubbly, the world’s first Veuve Clicquot hotel is coming to Byron Bay

The next day, visit Veuve Clicquot’s legendary wine cellars before an immersive lunch served 20 metres below ground in labyrinthine limestone tunnels.

Travelling via Innsbruck and Brenner, you’ll travel to the Queen of the Adriatic – Venice – but in this case, the journey is as thrilling as the destination.On board the Venice Simplon Orient-Express, settle into a champagne-themed afternoon tea in your luxury cabin. Save room for dinner; after a quick outfit change (we’re picturing Gal Gadot in Death on the Nile), head to one of the luxe dining cars for a four-course feast matched with Veuve Clicquot cuvées. A quick espresso, perhaps, and set off for Bar Car ‘3674, the social heart of the train, for a themed party coloured with live musicians and storytellers, before turning in for the night in your own private sanctuary.

Related story: Do these popular TikTok travel hacks actually work?

You’ll need your beauty sleep, with a gala dinner and sunset ball at Cipriani, a Belmond Hotel, on Giudecca Island – still to come. With Cipriani’s sweeping views across the Venetian lagoon, 5-star amenities, Olympic-sized seawater pool and Michelin-starred dining – let the splendour roll on.

For more details on An Exclusive Journey: Reims to Venice with Veuve Clicquot, visit their website.