India’s first award winning luxury train named Golden Chariot will give you a unique travel experience combined with fun and luxury. Deriving its name from a stone and pride of South India, Golden Chariot is the first luxury train of its kind. The train is inclusive of all the facilities and impeccable service to mesmerize your senses. With a host of different cultural and traditional interactions, this luxury train provides splendid experience to its guests. The train offers two itineraries across the most prominent destinations in South India, thus recreating the Dravidian cultural ethos. The travelers can explore the natural and architectural treasures of South India in one of the most luxurious train ever started by India.
The Golden Chariot Facilities
The Golden Chariot train is designed in such a way to understand and fulfill all your luxury needs without compromising on the comfort level. Inspired by the cultural ethos of South India, the coaches of this luxury train are designed with rich furnishings and antique furniture. To give more richness to it , the coaches have been named after the princely states of South India like Ganga, Chalukya, Hoyasala, Kadamba, Shathavashna, Rastrakota and Adilshahi.
Golden Chariot has in total 26 twin bed cabins, 17 double bed cabins and an exclusive cabin for the physically challenged. All the cabins has world class facilities like air-conditioning, wifi internet, attached bathroom and LCD television. Facilities like gymnasium, wellness spa, lounge bar and restaurants are also available inside the train.
The Golden Chariot bathroom
This Indian Luxury train offers two itineraries named Pride of South and the Splendor of South, covering three prominent states Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, along with the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The duration of each itinerary is of 7 nights and 8 days. The destinations covered are Bangalore, Mysore, Hampi, Belur, Kabini, Badami, Goa, Chennai, Mahabalipuram, Pondicherry, Thanjavur, Madurai, Thiruvanthpuram, Poovar, Kochi, Tiruchipalli and Kerala backwaters.
This is not the end. Golden Chariot offers a lot more to its guests. The guests can enjoy in few recreational amenities. The train is equipped with facilities like gymnasium and a ayurvedic spa named ‘Nirvana’ allows its guests to maintain fitness during their vacation. The luxury train travel also provides a business center for those who cannot take time out for holidaying because of their hectic schedule. The Indian luxury train has two exclusively designed dining cars named Nala and Ruchi. These two dining cars have both vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisines to appease your appetite.
Thus this Indian luxury train has everything to offer whether it is your luxury needs or the portrayal of heritage combined with modernity and comfort.
The name is perfect. Seriously, the “Golden Charriot”. It fits India, it fits luxury and it will work to attract travelers that flock through south India yearly. I know I would rather ride the train than ride a car throughout India!