Bhubaneswar: IRCTC to offer two air packages
BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking of the ministry of Railways, has launched special air tour packages to Gujarat and Kerala.
One tour ‘Dwarka-Somnath Temple, Jyotirlings with Statue of Unity’ will start from Bhubaneswar, while the second one ‘Majestic Kerala with Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple’ will start from Visakhapatnam.
The Dwarka-Somnath Temple package will start from Bhubaneswar from March 19 and end on March 23 for four nights and five days. The itinerary includes one night stay in Ahmedabad, one night in Dwarka, one night at Somnath and one night in Porbandar.
This tour will cover Statue of Unity, Dwarakadhish Temple, Nageswar Jyotirling, Somnath Jyotirling, Kirti Mandir, Akshardham Temple. The package includes air ticket in economy class, night accommodation in three star hotels, sightseeing, breakfast and dinners/lunches, parking and toll charges.
The second package for Kerala will start from Visakhapatnam from February 25 and end March 2 for five nights and six days. It includes one night stay in Kochi, two nights in Munnar, one night at Alleppey and one night in Trivandrum.
The package will cover Dutch Palace, St Francis Church, the Santa Cruz Basilica, Mattupetty Dam, Echo point, Rose Gardens, Kovalam Beach and Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
People from the respective region may avail these packages to visit religious places and tourist destinations from the boarding points from Visakhapatnam towards Kerala and from Bhubaneswar towards Gujarat with an affordable price, said the East Coast Railway (IRCTC) sources.