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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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:
Weekday Departures (WD): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
(Lao Cai - Hanoi) & Sunday (Hanoi - Lao Cai)
Weekend Departures(WE): Friday (Hanoi - Lao Cai) & Sunday (Lao Cai -
Hanoi)
One Way tickets are not available on Weekend Departures
Ticket price does not include meals
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
All rates are based on the current train operations
Rates are valid until 31st October 2008
The above rates do not include meals onboard the Victoria Express
Train
Victoria Express Train is exclusively reserved for Victoria Sapa
Resort's in-house guests only
Train departure times are subject to change without prior notice
Children from 5 to 12 years old pay 75% of the total fare
Children under 5 years old are free of charge
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.