DESTINATIONS RAIL HOLIDAYS |DANUBE EXPRESS
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Chris Stanley, The Luxury Train Travel Company “We always know that when a client is on a trip with
Golden Eagle, there are never going to be any problems. It’s like money in the bank. And afterwards, we know they’ll probably come back to us and want to do another trip with them.”
Keri Burns, Railbookers “The level of service that you experience on these trains is so
special. You’re treated like family, only better. The care and attention to detail – everything is done to ensure that your experience matches or exceeds what you expected when you booked.”
sampling two national staples – goulash soup with plenty of paprika and lángos (deep-fried flatbread with cheese and sour cream), we go next door to the equestrian arena, where riders race and perform acrobatics on top of beautiful Hungarian Lipizzaner horses. The train awaits in a private siding and as the final leg of the journey comes to a close in Budapest’s grand Nyugati station, we’re piped in by a brass band
ABOVE: Hungarian Lipizzaner horses; a brass band welcomes the train’s passengers into Budapest’s Nyugati station BOOK IT
in full regalia. Locals wave flags and welcome us cheerfully while I bid a sad farewell to our beautiful train and its staff. This epic journey aboard Golden Eagle’s Danube Express has made me feel like a proper traveller again, an experience many holidaymakers now seek – and are willing to pay a premium for. It’s certainly given me a taste for luxurious train travel that I’ll struggle to replicate back home on the 7.46am to Victoria!
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Golden Eagle Luxury Trains offers the eight-day Castles of Transylvania journey on the Danube Express from €11,800 per person, based on two sharing a twin Deluxe Class cabin, and €15,200 in a Superior Deluxe cabin. The Danube Express is also featured by tour operators including Fred Holidays, Great Rail Journeys, Railbookers and as part of cruise-and-rail packages with Uniworld Boutique River Cruises.
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PICTURES: Russell Higham
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