Sleeper Trains Worth Experiencing on Your Travels
Whether you’re on a European city-hopping adventure or want to cross vast swathes of countryside at once in Southeast Asia, the sleeper train is a convenient and exciting option. Here are the best overnight sleeper journeys you can take with Culture Trip.
You doze off slowly to the soothing motion of a train gently whizzing through the countryside. You wake up in a totally different part of the country, perhaps having arrived at your destination already. Sleeper trains are a unique experience that turn your travel time into an activity in itself, without having to waste a minute of your daytime schedule. It’s a strange blend of efficiency mixed with a sense of childlike wonderment – it’s a gimmick, but it’s fun. Our trips are carefully curated by Travel Experts who know how to perfectly plan out an itinerary that lets you see lots of a country, or even a continent, in just one trip. Our Rail Trips embrace sustainable slow travel, while sleeper trains even feature on our classic Culture Trips, too.
Watania Sleeper, Giza to Luxor, Egypt
People forget just how massive Egypt is, and often don’t realise how spread out some of its greatest attractions are. Our nine-day Ultimate Egypt trip aims to offer the most comprehensive Egyptian experience out there. All of the most famous sights – Pyramids, Sphinx, Cairo – are in the north, but there’s so much to explore in Luxor and Aswan, both of which we’ll explore during a four day luxury cruise down the Nile – kind of like the water equivalent of a sleeper train. To get from Cairo or Giza to Luxor is a bit of a slog, so we figured the way to do it is by sleeper train, cutting the journey in half thanks to the power of sleep. Cabins have two seats each, which fold out into beds at night, with an extra bunk bed above. Warm and cold drinks are served in a lounge car, while dinner and breakfast is included with the ticket. It’s a big old trip, but an adventure in itself, which unlocks a whole different side to Egypt that you’ve never seen before.
About the author
Gethin Morgan has developed an exciting portfolio across a series of roles at Culture Trip. With a keen interest in food and drink, Gethin is also particularly interested in niche or alternative travel which, in his case, usually involves following the Wales national soccer team to Europe's most obscure cities.
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