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"Danube Express" is a private train that moves through Central and Eastern Europe. The train was launched in 2008 and since then, starting from Budapest, it runs on different routes through Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. The usual season of the "Danube Express" movement is from April to October.

As a rule, about 8 wagons, including 4 "deluxe" sleeping cars with all amenities in the room, one "classic" sleeping car, as well as a restaurant and a lounge.

Express is a kind of five-star "hotel on wheels". As a rule, in the structure of about 8 cars, including 4 sleeping cars "deluxe" with all amenities in the room, one "classic" sleeping car, as well as a restaurant and lounge. All sleeping cars were designed specifically for this train, and each has five double coupes.

A trip from Istanbul to Budapest on the "Danube Express"

"Transylvanian" route of the "Danube Express" involves a four-day trip from Budapest to Istanbul through Romania, including Transylvania and Brasov (with an inspection of the castle of Dracula - Bran). Central European tour lasts the same time and covers Vienna, Bratislava and Krakow, ending in Prague. The 12-day "Balkan" route lies from Istanbul to Venice via Plovdiv, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Trieste.

Another 12 days tour covers Eastern Europe and runs from Budapest to Prague through Vienna, Krakow, Malbork, Kaliningrad, Gdansk and Berlin. And the trip of the "Treasure of Persia" is designed for 15 days: in the course of it after Istanbul and Cappadocia, the express is sent to Tehran via Isfahan and Shiraz (the Golden Eagle Danube Express - the first passenger train in history that was allowed to enter Iran).

In 2014, the "Danube Express" passed under the management of the Golden Eagle, and various improvements were introduced to the route map and service schemes from 2015.

Three meals a day with local wines and beer included in the price ticket, although for champagne or more refined drinks will come pay extra. There is no dress code, tables are designed for two or four. The lounge is open after supper until the last client, there is a piano and musician here, and evening communication in a democratic atmosphere of the express becomes an integral part of the journey.

According to one version, the chef "Danube Express" once worked for the Archbishop of Hungary (which later almost became a pope).