{"id":9131,"date":"2010-08-16T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/new-central-asia-rail-tour-from-railplus-2\/"},"modified":"2010-08-16T01:15:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T01:15:00","slug":"new-central-asia-rail-tour-from-railplus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/08\/new-central-asia-rail-tour-from-railplus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Central Asia rail tour from RailPlus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/TGiRQq_3IfI\/AAAAAAAALWI\/r42DYD3w4gM\/s1600\/lernidee-seidenstr-04-743284.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/TGiRQq_3IfI\/AAAAAAAALWI\/r42DYD3w4gM\/s320\/lernidee-seidenstr-04-743284.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Rail Plus, Australasia&#8217;s largest supplier of rail product, has added the 14-day Journey through Central Asia tour to its Great Train Journeys of the World portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>The trip is from Ashgabat in Turkmenistan to Astana in Kazakhstan and presents the cultures of the legendary Silk Road and some seven UNESCO World Heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>Rail Plus&#8217; national sales and marketing manager Greg McCallum expects the  Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (from $3700 per person), The Royal  Scotsman (from $3940 per person) and Rocky Mountaineer (from $719 per  person) will again be the best sellers in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Generally, the demand for exotic and luxury rail journeys is growing,  especially through the discerning baby boomer and group incentive  markets,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While offering access to some  really wonderful regions of the world, there is a strong sense of  indulgence and bragging rights with these fabulous rail experiences.  When we introduced this range a few years ago, we proclaimed that the  product was akin to the cruise experience and we believe the market is  endorsing that sentiment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The price is from $4790 per person which includes five nights in upper middle or first class hotels, seven nights on the train in a two-berth sleeper, 36 meals, sightseeing and entrance fees, guided transfers, lunch\/dinner with an Uzbek and a Turkmen family as well as in a Madrasah with folklore, wine and vodka tasting.<\/p>\n<p>This tour departs on April 19, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Tien Shan Mountains, the Central Asian countries of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are richly endowed with history and culture.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on Rail Plus&#8217; Great Train Journeys of the World program including luxury  trains in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, India, New  Zealand and Australia, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railplus.com.au\/\">www.railplus.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rail Plus, Australasia&#8217;s largest supplier of rail product, has added the 14-day Journey through Central Asia tour to its Great Train Journeys of the World portfolio. The trip is from Ashgabat in Turkmenistan to Astana in Kazakhstan and presents the cultures of the legendary Silk Road and some seven UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rail Plus&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}