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Palace on wheels is a journey worthy of Kings. No wonder the experience is labelled the Palace on Wheels. The name "Palace-on-Wheels" (POW) was derived from its royal back-ground of the coaches & first introduced in 1982. A new meter gauge air conditioned Palace-on-Wheels was introduced in 1990 & had 13 Saloons, 2 Restaurant cum Kitchen car, one Bar cum Lounge and 4 Service Cars.

 

The Palace on Wheels is one of India's most fascinating sojourns covering the pink state capital Jaipur, the golden citadel Jaisalmer, the blue city of Jodhpur, the National Park Ramthambhor, the symbol of chivalry Chittorgarh, romantic city of Lakes Udaipur, the bird sanctuary Bharatpur and the mughal capital Agra before returning to Delhi.

 

In the past 20 years of operations, the Palace-on-Wheels has been rated as one of the best ten luxurious rail journeys in the world.

 

It offers a 7 night/8 day journey and travels from Delhi to Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Bharatpur and Agra.

 

The onboard facilities are completely royal in nature. Traveling in the royal comforts of the Palace on Wheels would surely be a unique and rewarding experience for you.

 

Palace on Wheels – Best Luxury Indian Rails / Trains

 

The Palace on Wheels boasts 14 fully air-conditioned deluxe coaches or saloons. The names of the saloons are based on the princely states of Rajasthan - Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Bundi, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Sirohi, and Udaipur. Each coach has 4 cabins attached to it with the facilities like ath & shower, H/C water supply, attached modern toilets, channel music, intercom, satellite phones, wall to wall carpeting and many more. It has two well-maintained restaurants cum kitchen cars. A separate beautiful lounge car is attached to the Palace on Wheels, providing peaceful ambience to passengers to relax.