Royal Orient Express
Welcome to a delighted journey through Rajasthan and Gujarat, India’s two bewitching states rich in cultural and dynastic history: the places which has witnessed a handful of brave emperors and vicious battles of Indian history. These states own two primitive universities for students as well as a close meet with oriental charisma for travelers.
The journey on the Royal Orient Express train, the stagecoach of past gives an extraordinary and memorable experience of Indian Railways. The Royal Orient Express evokes the resplendence of those days and projects the majestic visits and safaris of the emperors to the bordering kingdoms. A journey through this luxury train in India makes a tourist experience the spiritual cultures of one of the old civilizations on earth, its vibrant ethnicity, its plentiful environment, its lasting myths, its obscurity and morale.
This luxury train tour in India, takes one back to the world of fairy tales, to the age of gracious Princes and beautiful Princesses. The Royal Orient Express is Truly Royal! Rediscover an epoch of inconceivable grandeur, a period of consummate luxury, the quintessence of the monarchy of the Maharajas through the Royal Orient, an extravagant transport concept and an aesthetic sensation of modern age. Thirteen incredible, beautiful, gold imprinted saloon cars provide a great opportunity to experience the actual definition of the word “pleasure” by portraying the then glorious living.
On this journey, one can live out their dreams of being a royal traveler on bridal voyage, majestic hunt parties or state visits by sinking into retreats with soft music, cold and hot running water and showers. Apart from having a library, a deluxe lounge, video and television entertainment, the Royal Orient even serves mouth-pottering continental and Indian cuisines to its passengers. Mostly it’s a travel done at night while the day is kept for shopping and sightseeing.
The Royal Orient Express Facilities
The tavern of the Royal Orient Express offers regal self-indulgence and historic grandeur for a period of seven days. The delightful aura of the past era is recreated by its gold dusted décor, overwhelming sagacity of antiquity, the conventional pieces of art and craft, the embroidered and elaborated curtains, the quaint carpets, the fragile crockery and the well-dressed attendants trained on royal service.
Keeping in mind, the varied taste and choices of different people, the extraordinarily decorated restaurant car offers a range of Indian, Western and continental cuisines. “The Watering Hole”, the aptly named in-built bar is loaded up with branded liquors. Its in-house library provides the opportunity to read some of the latest fiction as well as factual writings.
Each of Royal Orient’s saloons is named either after a historical man-made or natural creation or a lost dynast. The train’s tourist guides are one of the best sources to know the interesting stories about the naming of the saloons. The Royal Orient Express Train consists of 14 air-conditioned well- decorated saloons including 2 dinning coupes. Each of these saloons has got four cabins, a kitchenette and a well-equipped bathroom with cold and hot baths.
Though each cabin has got the capability of accommodating three passengers but in general, two are accommodated in a single coupe. Each saloon has two dedicated attendants on call and is provisioned with first-aid kit for crisis situation. Communication requirements are arranged for passengers through fax or phone by the train manager and he in turn can be contacted throughout the day via telecom.
The lounge of the Royal Orient Express Train is generally used for recreation and sitting and is en suited with VCR and TV. One can choose to listen to his or her own choice of music through the music channel speakers fitted in each cabin.
The Royal Orient Express Itineraries
Royal Orient Express, one of the luxury trains in India, takes one on a luxurious and unforgettable excursion of Rajasthan, the state of desert and Gujarat, one of the north-Indian states. Its 13 lavishly decorated coaches portrays different epoch of Indian history. The affectionate hospitality of the attendants of the Royal train is analogous to the service of a five-star hotel. The deluxe train has not only got baths with cold and hot water, it has even got a library for bookworms and a pantry car offering mouth-watering delicacies and a variety of alcoholic beverages.
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 01
The Royal Orient starts from the Delhi Cantonment railway station
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 02
Chittaurgarh (Chittaurgarh fort) – Udaipur, Rajasthan (Manek Mahal and the Fateh Sagar Lake)
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 03
Mehsana (Sun temple situated at Modhera and the Ran-ki-Vav and Patola weaving institute) – Ahmedabad (Adlai Step-well, the Calico Museum of textiles, Siddi Sayyad Mosque and the Gandhi Ashram)
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 04
Sasan Gir (Lion Sanctuary, Somnath) – Delwada (Mandvi Beach, Ahmedpur, St. Paul’s church and the Diu Fort)
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 05
Palitana (Jain temples and other shrines devoted to Hindu deities) – Sarkhej (Vishalla village)
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 06
Udaipur (Kumbhalgarh Fort, Shilpgram Crafts Village)
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 07
Jaipur (Hawa Mahal, Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar and the City palace)
The Royal Orient Tour – Day 08
You reach Delhi with pleasing memories of 8 days luxury train tour
