My very first time on an overnight train, taking the Balkan Express from Belgrade, Serbia to Bar, Montenegro. A 296-mile journey taking 10 hours crossing 435 bridges and entering 254 tunnels, this journey is one of the most scenic train routes in the world and only costs £20.

The train trundles through the fields of Serbia, around the mountains of Montenegro, past Lake Skadar before heading into the olive belts tracing the Adriatic coast.

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