A luxury train filled with Western tourists pulled into #Tehran on Monday, after an almost two-week journey from Budapest taking in Iranian cities that reportedly cost up to $31,000 a head. Around 70 passengers, mostly from Britain and Australia, visited the cities of Isfahan, Shiraz and Yazd before reaching the Iranian capital where the travelers will spend two days before flying home. The Jewels of Persia tour left Budapest on October 15 with the organizers billing it a five-star experience in 13 lavishly decorated, wood-paneled 1950s carriages. En route for Iran on the Golden-Eagle-Danube Express train, operated by Hungarian Railways, the passengers passed through Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. Another 12 trips are scheduled for next year -- eight leaving Budapest and four departing Tehran -- with the price of the most expensive tickets jumping to $37,000.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:00:01 +0000
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