Luxury Trains in India
60,000 kms and over of rail track laid between 7,000 stations with more than 11,000 locomotives - thats Indian Railways, serving people of the land and visitors from abroad.Saloons of Royal families always used to be expensive displays of comfort and luxury.But the bits of what was left of those times were rejoined by the government thereby conceptualizing the idea of providing the same age-old royal palaces on rails.
These tours provides guests a life time experience visiting Palaces, Forts & Museums, Temples and Hills, mixing with the people of the land during the day & resting in ‘Royal Saloons” of the train at night. A week or even four days on the train gives an idea of the varying topography of the land - fertile plains to rugged hills and desert to forest.
“The Palace on Wheels“, “The Royal Orient” and “The Fairy Queen” cover interesting historic cities and quaint towns in India.
The Palace on Wheels, on broad gauge, is clearly the pride of the Indian Railways. It is luxurious and modern. The coaches have different names derived from the former princely states and that provides the link for the coat of arms and the decor inside. Each carriage is a cocoon of comfort. At the end of each coach is a lounge. Wood-panelled walls, painted stained glass skylights, and liveried attendants who respond to every call, all make the experience of the journey memorable. The two restaurants, the Maharaja and the Maharani, and the bar with a range of cocktails are available.
And if the journey aboard the Palace on Wheels is rewarded enough, the points of arrival in Rajasthan - Bharatpur, Jaipur, Chittaurgarh, Udaipur, and Sawai Madhopur (for visiting the Ranthambhore National Park) are like the icing on the cake. For sheer romance, the Palace on Wheels must be the most luxurious way to see Rajasthan.
The journey covers three major locations in Rajasthan - Chittaurgarh, Udaipur and Jaipur. In Gujarat, tourists get a glimpse into the little traversed but immensely awe-inspiring beauty of the unique state.
||Palace on Wheels || The Royal Orient || The Fairy Queen|| || Deccan Odyessey || Konkan Train ||
