Why Should You Choose Maharajas’ Express Over Venice Simplon Orient Express

Maharajas Express

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Venice Simplon Orient Express

Touted as the most luxurious tourist train in India, Maharajas’ Express is often compared to the Venice Simplon Orient Express owing to its state of the art facilities and impeccable services. While it's been only two years to the inception of Maharajas’ Express rail journey, Venice Simplon Orient Express is chugging its course from last 30 years. But when it comes to facilities & services, both these trains can give run over money to each other. In this post, I will list some points that will persuade you to choose your best bet.

• Unlike Venice Simplon Orient Express, Maharajas’ Express has a different assortment of room categories available such as Deluxe Cabins, Junior Suites, Suites and a Presidential Suite that spans  over entire carriage.

• Both Maharajas’ Express and Venice Simplon Orient Express serves both a la carte and Table d'hôte meals to its passengers. However, the food served on board Maharajas’ Express is wholly solely dominated by the French cuisines, while Maharajas’ Express serves multi-cuisine delicacies on the platter of the guests.

• One of the 5 journeys on board Maharajas’ Express- ‘Indian Splendor’-involves meeting with the royal family of Balasinor. No such experience is available in any of the journeys offered by the Venice Simplon Orient Express.

• The cost factor is the biggest advantage of the Maharajas’ Express train journey over Venice Simplon Orient Express. While an 8 days and 7 night’s journey on board Maharajas’ Express costs around $5560 per person night, the same on board Venice Simplon Orient Express will cost you about £11,000.

You can see that Maharajas’ Express has several advantages over Venice Simplon Orient Express in terms of accommodation alternatives, food options, cost factor and exclusive insider experiences. Enroll yourself for this luxury train journey for an experience like never before.

Ashish Gupta is an avid traveler and likes to share his views and experiences. He offers comprehensive information on a range of topics which include when, where and how to travel along with assisting you in finding best deals for holidays in India. His area of expertise includes luxury train travelling, beach holidays, Agra Hotels, Mumbai hotels and Delhi hotels.