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Press Release: That’s refreshing!

Friday 9th November 2007

We at Railbookers believe that your holiday starts as soon as you step on the train, so to ensure you arrive at your destination feeling refreshed, all of our customers travelling on longer journeys receive an exclusive complimentary amenity kit filled with the essentials. The Railbookers amenity kit contains L’Occitane cleansing refreshing cloths, hand cream and face cream as well as refreshing mints and handy tissues. For passengers travelling on night trains the amenity kit also includes ear plugs and eye mask.

Take the train to Italy and explore the renaissance city of Florence; visit the Uffizi Gallery and admire the Birth of Venus by Botticelli, marvel at the architecture of the beautiful Duomo Basilica and breathe in history on the 14th century Ponte Vecchio. Visit Florence with Railbookers and stay at the stylish 4* Athenaeum Hotel from £419 for 2 nights accommodation, including breakfast and return train travel.

Visit the enchanting capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, and explore the cobbled streets of this fairytale city taking in the sights from the atmospheric Prague Castle, to the marvellous Astronomical Clock to the Old Town Square. Visit Prague with Railbookers and stay at the pretty 3* The Best Western Meteor Plaza Prague Hotel from £429 for 2 nights accommodation, including breakfast and return train travel.

Explore the fascinating heart of Hungary, Budapest, with its Art Nouveau thermal baths, attractive castle hill and omnipresent recent history in the House of Terror museum. Visit Budapest with Railbookers and stay at the contemporary 4* Novotel Budapest Danube from £479 for 2 nights accommodation, including breakfast and return train travel.

For more information or to book your city break visit: www.railbookers.com or call 0844 482 1010.

Notes to Editor:

Florence price quoted for the Athenaeum Hotel valid for arrivals before 25 December 2007. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com  Eurostar trains run from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford to Paris Gare du Nord in approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. A night train operates conveying sleeping car accommodation (supplements may apply) leaving Paris at 19.09 arriving 07.29 the following morning and on the return departing Florence at 20.29 and arriving 09.10. Day trains are also available (supplements may apply).

Prague price quoted for the Best Western Meteor Plaza Prague Hotel valid for arrivals before 27 December 2007. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com  Eurostar trains run from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford to Brussels Gare du Midi in approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Change at Brussels Gare du Midi for a Thalys train through to Cologne. The journey time is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes. At Cologne change onto the overnight sleeper train which arrives the next morning in Prague. Please note 4 Nov-9 Dec 2007 travel will be via an alternative route through Frankfurt.

Budapest price quoted for the Novotel Budapest Danube valid for arrivals before 31 March 2008. For further dates and prices please see www.railbookers.com  Eurostar trains run from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford to Brussels Gare du Midi in approximately 1 hour 51 minutes. Change at Brussels Gare du Midi station (where Eurostar arrives) for a Thalys train through to Cologne. The journey time is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes. At Cologne change onto the overnight sleeper train which arrives the next morning in Vienna. In Vienna transfer to the train to Budapest which takes approximately 3 hours.

London St Pancras

Eurostar trains will be running from London St Pancras from 14 November 2007.
Average journey times will be cut by between 23 - 25 minutes.
Additional Eurostar services will be running from Ebbsfleet (just off Junction 2 of the M25) from 19 November 2007.

Railbookers

Railbookers tailor-makes short breaks and holidays to Europe by Eurostar and rail, including handpicked quality hotels.
 

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