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India’s first luxury tourist train, running for more than 30 years, Palace on Wheels will soon enter into refurbishing and maintenance mode for the upcoming run season. But there is a good news for the connoisseurs of luxury train travel. The April departures of this Indian luxury train will have a 25% rebate on the total ticket price. The four departure dates in the month of April are as follows- 3rd April, 10th April, 17th April and 24th April. The departure schedule is given on the website of the Indian luxury trains.
Launched on 26th January, 1982, Palace on Wheels was designed to introduce the art of luxury train traveling in India. When launched, the train was composed of the original rail carriages of the erstwhile Indian monarchs and were later replaced with the replica carriages to accommodate the technological advancement. The 14 guest carriages of this luxury tourist train display a marvelous intermingle of traditional décor and state of the art amenities and can play host to 88 people in all.
The 8 days and 7 night journey offered by the Palace on Wheels train traverses the course of erstwhile princely states in Rajasthan along with a halt in Agra. The destinations of Rajasthan covered by this train include Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Bharatpur. The weeklong journey offers a dash of forts, palaces, sand dunes and fairs and festivals. Guided off train excursions are provided at each destination where the train halts.
If I have to choose a luxury train to travel to Rajasthan, my only two choices would be Palace on Wheels and Maharajas’ Express… two world class luxury trains from India…
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