An Indian company is going to launch one of the world’s longest bus journeys in Europe. This bus will run from Istanbul, Turkey to London, UK. It will take 56 days to reach London from Istanbul on the world’s longest road.
According to the news of the American media CNN, the Indian tour and travel company Adventure Overland is going to start this bus passenger service. It is said to be the longest bus journey in the world.
After starting from Istanbul, the bus will pass through 22 countries before reaching London. Bus passenger service is scheduled to start on this route next August. 30 passengers can travel in the bus on the first journey. After starting from Turkey, the bus will take 56 days to reach London via the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Western Europe.
The bus will cross the Gulf of Finland by ferry. The bus will then cross the long, deep and narrow waterway of the Jords in Norway via Nordkapp, the northernmost point of the European continent, to London. The bus will travel 12,000 kilometers to reach London from Türkiye. Passengers will have to pay USD 24,300 for the bus journey. More than Tk. 25 lakh 51 thousand 550 in Bangladesh currency. (1 dollar is equal to 105 taka.)
Adventure Overland will provide the passengers with hotel accommodation, daily breakfast as well as lunch and dinner for 30 days with this amount. That is, passengers do not have to pay any extra money for hotel stay and food.
Some travelers may not like this journey of about two months. For this, the design of the car has been made very comfortable keeping in mind the issue of long journey. Adventure Overland describes the bus as ‘extraordinarily luxurious’. The London-bound bus is scheduled to leave Istanbul on August 7 and reach London on October 1.
According to Guinness World Records, the longest bus route in the world is currently running from Lima, Peru to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To get from Lima to Rio de Janeiro by bus, you have to travel 6,200 kilometers.
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