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If you have long wished to travel across Central and Eastern Europe in luxury but without the need to dress for dinner each night the solution has arrived in the form of the Danube Express. Launched in 2008 this Hotel on Wheels appeals to anyone with a sense of adventure and a love of trains.

Departures from the train’s home base of Budapest is prefaced with champagne served in the Royal Waiting Room and breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the elegant dining car with the landscapes of Romania, Poland and Slovakia as the backdrop. Imagine waking up to a hot cup of tea or coffee delivered by a smiling cabin attendant as the outskirts of the Bulgarian city of Kazanlak slide by the window.

If you thought that train travel in Europe had to either be a back-packing experience involving a multi-country rail pass and volumes of train time-tables or was restricted to black-tie and ball gowns – think again. The Danube Express brings understated luxury to all who yearn for a private bathroom and the clickety clack of the rails to lull them to sleep each night!