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TOUR ITINERARY : JOURNEYS INTO THE PAST
Duration- 7N/8Days
The Palace on wheels is one of the world's most exciting journeys, as
much for the train and the facilities provided on board, as for the royal
destinations it proceeds to every single day. With everything taken care
of dining accommodation, sightseeing, as well as organised shopping, there
is nothing for the traveler to do but seep in the history of the land, soak
in the colors, and experience the royal life of a maharaja.
The Tour starts from Delhi and comes back to the city after going Chittarugarh-
Udipur-Ranthambhor-Jaisalmer-Jodhpur-Bharatpor-Agra Welcome aboard
Day 1 - Wednesday, the tour starts in the evening with a ceremonial
welcome aboard the Palace on Wheels at Delhi Cant. The train departs from
Delhi at 2245 hrs.
Day 2 - Thursday arrive 0830 in Jaipur to be greeted by caparisoned
elephants. Lunch will be served at Rambagh Palace and dinner is a celebration
under the canopy of the star lit skies at Jai Mahal Palace. You sightseeing
drung the day includes Amber fort, hawa mahal, the jantar mantar observatory,
and the city palace complex,
The train departs from the Pink city at
2200 hrs.
Day 3- Friday , Arrival at 0730, Chittaurgarh and Udaipur the capitals
of the sisoida maharanas, enjoy pre eminence among the rajput clans of rajasthan.
The other picturesque and teeming with life lunch is at lake palace, the
beautiful island palace built as a summer resort by the royal family and
now converted into one of the world's finest hotels
The train departs
again at 2200 hrs
Day 4 Saturday - The train arrives at 0630 hrs, and leaves for its
next destination at 1230 hrs, Lunch and dinner are served on board the
train since the journey is a a long one , This afternoon it' time for you
to relex from your earlier hectic schedule and spende it on reading, making
friends, and watching the changing photography of this semi arid desert
as it changes from the lush forests of the aravallis.
Day 5 - Sunday Arrive at 0900 hrs at Jaisalmer, Spend
the day in this isolated but architecturally one of the greastest royal
bastions of the world. after a safari dinner served under the stars,
at a camp site come back to the train to resume your journey,
Departure
is at 2330 hrs
Day 6- Monday time for you to visit yet another desert kingdom,
Jodhpur
where you arrive at 0900 hrs. and then come downhill to lunch at umaid
bhawan palace, the largest art decoresidence in the world, and now home
to the head of the royal famiuly, museum and luxury hotel,
Departure,
after unwinding in the palace is at 1545 hrs.
Day 7 - If it's Tuesday, it must be Bharatpur,
Arrive at 0715
hrs at a royal kingdom where the jats rather that the rajputs ruled.
Breakfast at Forest Lodge. Visit Bird Sanctuary and Fatehpur Sikri. Lunch
on Board. Proceed to Agra by coach. Sightseeing tour of Agra. Dinner on
Board.
Day 8 - Wednesday and you're back in Delhi as early as 0730 hrs where
after breakfast on board the train, you descend to the humdrum existence
of modern life, with only royal memories to retain for the rest of your
lifetime.
