Images: Maharashtra ropes in Cox and Kings to relaunch luxury train Deccan Odyssey

[caption id=“attachment_95544” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), which runs Deccan Odyssey, has appointed Cox & Kings as an outsourced partner to operate the train from Oct 4 for a period of five years[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_95545” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] Under the proposed new avatar, the Deccan Odyssey will offer a glimpse of the state’s historical, spiritual and environmental treasures to its patrons, with most journeys ex-Mumbai.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_95546” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] The seven-night “Maharashtra Splendour” will cover Aurangabad, Ajanta-Ellora, Nashik, Kolhapur, Goa and Mumbai, while “Maharashtra Wild Trail” will journey through Ajanta-Ellora, Nagpur, Pench and Tadoba.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_95547” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] The four-night “Spiritual Sahyadri” will cover pilgrim centres of Nashik and Shirdi in Ahmednagar, while the two-night “Soul Quest” will take patrons to Shirdi.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_95548” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] “Jewels of the Deccan” is another seven-night sojourn through Mumbai, Bijapur, Aihole, Pattadakal, Badami, Hampi and Hyderabad.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_95550” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] In “Hidden Treasures of Gujarat”, patrons can breeze through Vadodara, Palitana, Sasan-Gir, Little Rann of Kutch, Patan, Ahmedabad and New Delhi.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_95551” align=“alignleft” width=“860”] The luxury train with a capacity of 88 passengers, has 21 coaches, including 12 for passengers, two presidential suite cars, two dining cars, one for a spa and another for a bar, with facilities like television with cable, central music player, channel music, FOREX facilities, etc.[/caption]