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Reserve lavish holidays on the splendid ‘Palace on Wheels’. India personifies the royal spirit of imperial ‘Maharajas’ and ‘Maharanis’ and the best way to experience it is through the elegant Palace on Wheels train. Your tour to India on ‘Palace on Wheels’ will be the ultimate journey of aristocratic style and kinglike comforts.
The Palace on wheels train tour in India is known as one of the most luxurious train rides. This regal train tour will unleash the world that the ancient kings and queens lived in. Rajasthan train tours have attracted tourists from all over the world. The Palace on Wheels luxury train tours in India is the best way you can pamper yourself like the majestic kings.
Le Passage to India offers online booking for Palace on Wheels in India and luxury train travel to some of the most beautiful places.
Travel by train in India and relish the comfort of the fully air-conditioned and luxury coaches combined with world class amenities.
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| Palace On Wheels - 8 Days / 7 Nights
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Cities covered in this
package.
8 day tour of - Delhi | Jaipur
| Jaisalmer | Jodhpur | Chittorgarh | Udaipur |
Bharatpur | Agra |
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1 Wednesday Leave Delhi
1745 hrs
boarding starts on train. Dinner is served before
departure for Jaipur. Overnight on board
train. |
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2 Thursday Arrive Jaipur
Arrive
Jaipur 0600 hrs. Breakfast on Board. After
breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of Jaipur
at 0800 hrs. Your first stop will be Amber Fort.
En route, make a photo stop at the palace of winds
the Hawa Mahal. A 5-storied building with 25cm
thick facade from the 18 century having 953
windows and niches so that ladies of royal family
could see the processions and events in the city
without being visible to the people. Proceed to
the Amber Fort situated 130m high with the
Aravalli hills around and 11 km north of Jaipur.
It was the ancient capital of the Rajputs till
1037.Enjoy an Elephant ride from the parking to
the entrance of the fort.
Lunch at Rambagh
Palace at 1300 hrs.
1430hrs visit the "Pink
City" of Jaipur. The City Palace occupies the
center of Jaipur. It now houses the Royal
residence and museums with collections of textiles
and costumes, armoury, manuscripts, paintings etc.
Also visit Jantar Mantar (1728-34) by king
astrologer Jai Singh II. The instruments are built
of stone with marble facing on the important
plains for measuring the harmony of the heavens.
Each instrument serves a particular function and
each gives an accurate reading.
1700 hrs
evening tea on board Palace on Wheels. 1800 hrs
proceed for dinner at Jai Mahal Palace. 2145 board
Palace on wheels for departure to Jaiselmer.
Overnight on board train. |
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3 Friday Arrive Jaiselmer
Arrive
Jaiselmer 0615 hrs. Breakfast on Board . After
breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of
Jaiselmer at 0800. After breakfast, visit the
Jaisalmer fort that stands about 100 meters over
the city and in fact houses a citadel within its
huge ramparts. Walking down the narrow cobbled
stone lanes, one can feel the sheer magic of
Jaisalmer. Several entrances called Pols ,
including the Ganesh Pol, Suraj Pol, Bhoota Pol
and the Hava Pol guard the Megh Durbar and the
Jawahar Mahal which were occupied by the royal
family.
Lunch on board at 1400
hrs.
Late afternoon excursion to Sam sand
dunes to enjoy a camel ride and a magnificent
sunset. Evening tea at dunes only. Dinner at 2015
hrs at Moomal tourist Bunglow. Depart for Jodhpur
at 2240 hrs. Overnight on board train. |
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4 Saturday Arrive Jodhpur
Arrive
Jodhpur 0800 hrs. Breakfast on Board . After
breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of Jodhpur
at 0900 hrs. Afternoon visit the impressive
Mehrangarh Fort on a 37 m low sandstone hill built
by Rao Jodha in 1459. From the top of the fort one
can get a bird's eye view of the old city. You
will notice the predominance of blue houses
referred to as Brahmin houses - the colour being
associated with the high caste. Proceed to the
Jaswant Thada, an imposing marble cenotaph built
in 1899 for Maharajah Jaswant Singh II, and
smaller memorials to other Maharajahs of Jodhpur.
At the end of the tour enjoy a short walk through
the local and vibrant bazaar of Jodhpur.
Lunch at Umaid Bhawan Palace at 1400hrs.
1515 hrs depart for Swai Madhopur. Dinner and
overnight on board train. |
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5 Sunday Arrive Swai
Madhopur
Arrive Sawai Madhopur 0630 hrs.
Breakfast on Board . After breakfast proceed for
visit of Ranthambhor National Park at 0700hrs.
Ranthambhor once a royal hunting preserve is now
declared as a project Tiger conservation area,
where safaris are organized to wildlife
enthusiasts.
Return to Palace on wheels at
1115 hrs . Depart for Chittaurgarh at 1200 hrs.
Lunch and dinner on board train. Overnight on
board train. |
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6 Monday Arrive Chittorgarh-
Udaipur
Arrive Chittorgarh 0730 hrs.
Breakfast on Board. After breakfast proceed for
visit of Chittorgarh Fort at 0800. Chittorgarh a
place immortalized by deeds of valour and
sacrifice of two remarkable queens. This was the
place where Queen Padmini preffered jauhar(ritual
sacrifice by self immolation) rather than be taken
captive, and be submitted to the lus of Alaudin
Khilji Sultan of Delhi.
0930 hrs depart for
Udaipur. 1130 hrs proceed for visit of Udaipur.
Visiting Sahelion-ki Bari an ornamental pleasure
garden specially made for the ladies of the palace
in the 18th century. It has beautiful fountains,
trees and flowers.
1300hrs Lunch at Lake
Palace. After lunch proceed for City Palace built
on the bank of the Pichola Lake, by Maharana Udai
Singh in 1570. The impressive complex of several
palaces is a blend of Rajput and Mughul
influences. Half of it is still occupied by the
Royal family, and part converted into a museum.
1600hrs Evening tea at Fateh Prakash
Palace. After high tea return to Palace on Wheels
at Chittorgarh. Dinner is served on board.
Departure for Bharatpur / Agra at 2200 hrs.
Overnight on board train. |
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7 Tuesday Arrive Bharatpur/
Agra
Arrive Bharatpur 0600 hrs. Breakfast
on Board. After breakfast proceed for visit of
Keolodeo Ghana National Park / Fatehpur Sikri.
Lunch at Mughal Sheraton Agra at 1300 hrs. Later
proceed for city tour of Agra.
Afternoon
visit the Taj Mahal (1631-1653), a poem in white
marble, built by Shah Jahan in memory of his
beloved wife, Mumtaj Mahal. Rabindranath Tagore
calls "a teardrop on the cheek of time". Taj Mahal
means "Crown Palace" and is in fact the most
well-preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb
in the world. It is best described by the English
poet, Sir Edwin Arnold, as "Not a piece of
architecture, as other buildings are, but the
proud passions of an emperor's love wrought in
living stones." It is a celebration of woman built
in marble and that's the way to appreciate it. As
a tribute to a beautiful woman and as a monument
for enduring love, the Taj reveals its subtleties
when one visits it without being in a hurry. The
dome is made of white marble, but the tomb is set
against the plain across the river and it is this
background that works its magic of colours that,
through their reflection, change the view of the
Taj. The colours change at different hours of the
day and during different seasons.
Also
visit the Agra fort, built alongside the Yamuna
river stretching almost 2.5 km. The fort's
colossal double walls rise 20 m in height and
measure 2.5 km in circumference. The fort is
surrounded by a moat. The lofty battlements of the
Agra fort cast its protective shadow over the far
stretching mansions of nobles and princes built
along the riverfront. The magnificent towers,
bastions and ramparts and majestic gateways
symbolized the confidence and power of the third
Mughal emperor. The fort contains splendid palaces
both in red sandstone and white marble built by
two generations of prolific builders, Akbar and
later on by Jahangir and Shahjahan. Of the nearly
500 Akbari buildings built in the Bengal and
Gujarati traditions, only a few have survived,
arrayed in a band on the riverfront.
1800
hrs return to Palace on Wheels. Dinner on Board
and then depart for Delhi at 2000hrs. |
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8 Wednesday Arrive Delhi
Arrive
Delhi at 0600 hrs. Depart for onward
destination. |
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itinerary will be furnished on request. |
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Click below to View Information
about cities covered in this
package.
Delhi
| Jaipur
| Jaisalmer
| Jodhpur
| Chittorgarh | Udaipur
| Bharatpur
| Agra
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| Package Description |
Palace on Wheels offers you a
journey worthy of kings, wth its cream saloons,
embellished with intricate designs, as they chug their
way through Rajasthan on a journey through the former
royal kingdoms of this state. Once ruled by kings whose
presence lingers on in forbidding fortresses and
fairytale palaces, now converted into museums, hotels,
and restaurants where retainers serve truly royal
repasts.
The 14 coaches of the Palace On
Wheels are named after former Rajput states. Each evokes
visions of those royal kingdoms. The names are romantic,
mesmerizing... Kota, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer,
Jodhpur, Bikaner, Alwar, Sirohi, Kishangarh, Bundi,
Dungarpur, Bharatpur, Jhalawar and Dholpur. It has been
rated one of the ten best luxurious train journeys in
the world.
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