Fancy a 53-day train trip around the world? It can be yours for $36,500

At a $36,500 price tag, you won't be spending six weeks cooped up in the cheap train seats on your trip around the world.

According to CNN online, the golden ticket is offered by Great Rail Journeys and  is first class most of the way.

The itinerary begins in London on May 18, 2015.

Passengers will fly to New York and then spend 20 days crossing North America by train.

The trip gets on the rail, taking passengers from Xian to Beijing and then on to Russia via Mongolia.

The journey links up with the epic Trans-Siberian line to reach Moscow before pressing on into Europe.

After calling at Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Innsbruck and Venice, it heads back to London.

Ffestiniog Travel, based in Wales, charges $32,765 for its escorted tour starting May 3.