Reaching Sapa has never been more appealing: travel in style on board the luxurious Victoria Express Train. The Victoria Express Train features one dining carriage and two sleeping carriages to make your travelling experience a most comfortable one. With its elegant carriages, the Victoria Express Train recalls a more romantic era. Passing through the exotic landscapes of North Vietnam, between the charming cities of Hanoi and Lao Cai (train station at a distance of 34 km (21 miles) from Sapa), it offers every visitor a wonderful travelling experience.
The train departs six times a week, linking Hanoi to Lao Cai. The Victoria Express Train is a 10-hour trip from Hanoi to Lao Cai, accommodating 48 passengers with comfortable seating, a dining carriage* (see Victoria Express Train Schedule) and two luxurious sleeping carriages.
Each sleeping carriage has 6 superior cabins (4 berths) and 2 deluxe cabins (2 berths), all are air-conditioned, wood panelled, with individual reading lights, baggage storage, toilets and oversized windows.
The Victoria Express Train is exclusively reserved for Victoria Sapa Resort's in-house guests only
A Double Superior room:155 US$
A Double Deluxe room:175 US$
Suite Family room:245 US$
VICTORIA EXPRESS TRAIN RATES:
| Round - trip | One way |
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| With dining carriage both ways | Without dining carriage both ways | 1 Way with dining carriage + 1 Way without dining carriage | With dining carriage both ways | Without dining carriage both ways |
| Superior | US$ 228 | US$ 198 | US$ 215 | US$ 172 | US$ 148 |
| Deluxe | US$ 339 | US$ 300 | US$ 325 | US$ 270 | US$ 245 |
VICTORIA EXPRESS TRAIN SCHEDULE:
| | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| Hanoi - Lao Cai | with dining carriage | without dining carriage | with dining carriage | without dining carriage | with dining carriage | no train | without dining carriage |
| Departure Time | 21:55PM | 21:55PM | 21:55PM | 21:55PM | 21:55PM | | 21:55PM |
| Arrival Time | 6:30AM | 6:30AM | 6:30AM | 6:30AM | 6:30AM | | 6:30AM |
| Lao Cai - Hanoi | without dining carriage | with dining carriage | without dining carriage | with dining carriage | without dining carriage | no train | with dining carriage |
| Departure Time | 21:00PM | 21:00PM | 21:00PM | 21:00PM | 21:00PM | | 21:00PM |
| Arrival Time | 6:00AM | 6:00AM | 6:00AM | 6:00AM | 6:00AM | | 6:00AM |
* NOTE:
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Weekday Departures (WD): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Lao Cai - Hanoi) & Sunday (Hanoi - Lao Cai)
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Weekend Departures(WE): Friday (Hanoi - Lao Cai) & Sunday (Lao Cai - Hanoi)
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One Way tickets are not available on Weekend Departures
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Ticket price does not include meals
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On departures with Dining Carriage an optional 4-course set dinner is available as well as a la carte menu. Please reserve the set dinner at time of train booking
* SPECIFIC TERMS & CONDITIONS: -
All above rates are per person, exclusive of 5% service charge and 10% government tax
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All rates are based on the current train operations
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Rates are valid until 31st October 2008
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The above rates do not include meals onboard the Victoria Express Train
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Victoria Express Train is exclusively reserved for Victoria Sapa Resort's in-house guests only
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Train departure times are subject to change without prior notice
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Children from 5 to 12 years old pay 75% of the total fare
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Children under 5 years old are free of charge
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Victoria Hotels & Resorts may be obliged to cancel travel arrangements due to circumstances beyond its control. These may be for reasons of force majeur (cancellation/alteration of domestic scheduled services, technical problems with transportation, contamination, closure of airport or train stations, war [whether declared or not], threat of war, riots, civil disturbances, strikes, disasters, terrorist activities or threat of such, etc). In such cases, Victoria Hotels & Resorts shall inform direct clients without delay and shall offer clients the choice of alternative dates or transportation (in that case the refund can not exceed 30% of the transportation cost) or a full refund of all money paid.