Places
Covered : Delhi - Agra - Jaipurs
Duration : 6 Nights/
7 Days
Detailed Itinerary
Day 01 Arrive
Delhi
Welcome to India. After clearing immigration
and custom formalities, your representative
will greet you and assist you to your
hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 02 New
Delhi ,
This morning, your guide will take you
on a combined tour of Old & New
Delhi. The older part of the Capital
takes you to the Red Fort with its Pearl
Mosque and exquisite audience halls,
Jama Masjid Mosque with its marble domes
and slender minarets; Raj Ghat (where
Mahatma Gandhi was cremated); the Ashoka
Pillar. Enjoy lunch at the local restaurant.
Than the modern area takes you on a
drive along Rajpath, New Delhi's broadest
avenue, and see the House of Parliament,
the Diplomatic Enclave and the President's
House the royal residence of the former
viceroys and now of the President of
India. Also visit the India Gate and
drive through Connaught Place, the Qutub
Minar built in the 12th century.
Dinner in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 03 New
Delhi / Jaipur ,
After a leisurely breakfast prepare
for your onward journey by road to Jaipur
(260 kms 5 hours). Arrive Jaipur by
Noon and check-in at your hotel. Enjoy
lunch in the hotel.
Early this evening,
you will get ready for an evening full
of joy and entertainment. Visit Green
Pigeon - A local Rajasthani theme Restaurant
and enjoy Cultural dance, magic show
with dinner. Also see the making of
Roti (Indian Bread). After dinner, return
to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel .
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Day 04 Jaipur
,
This morning after breakfast, visit
the Amber Fort, a spectacular fortress-palace
protecting a complex of palaces, temples,
exquisite marble and mirror-inlaid halls
and apartments. The highlight of the
tour is an elephant ride up the hill
at the Fort like a Maharaja !
In the afternoon, visit the "pink
city" so-called because a great
deal of the older part is built of pink-colored
stone. Visit the Hawa Mahal (Wind Palace),
a high and intricately carved wall behind
which women of the court were sequestered
while watching processions. Also see
the Observatory and the City Palace,
which houses an excellent collection
of Rajasthani costumes, miniatures and
an armory of Rajput weapons. Enjoy lunch
at Surbhi Restaurant and see the largest
turban museum in Rajasthan. Enjoy dinner
in the hotel
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 05 Jaipur/
Agra ,
This morning, you will prepare for onward
journey by road to Agra (250 kms 5.5
hours). En route stop at the walled
city of Fatehpur Sikri, built by Akbar
the Great to commemorate the birth of
his son. Visit the red stone mosques,
courtyards and the palace where Akbar
once played chess using slave girls
as pawns.
Continue for Agra, arriving Agra around
lunch time. Enjoy lunch in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 06 Agra
,
Agra is famous as being home to one
of the Seven Wonders of the World -the
Taj Mahal. The architectural splendor
of the mausoleums, the fort and the
palaces is a vivid reminder of the opulence
of the legendary Moghul Empire, of which
Agra was the capital in the 16th and
early 17th centuries.
The 16th century Agra
Fort, houses a number of exquisite buildings:
the Moti Masjid (pearl mosque), Diwane-I-Am
(palace for general audience), Diwane-I-Khas
(private palace), Anguri Bagh (wine
yard), Sheesh Mahal (hall of mirrors),
and the Musamman Bhurj (Jasmine Tower)
where Shah Jahan died as a prisoner
of his own son.
After the tour of the
fort, you will be taken to visit the
magnificent mausoleum, Taj Mahal, erected
by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved
wife, Queen Mumtaz Mahal. Begun in 1631,
20,000 workmen took 22 years to complete
it a dream in white marble which lies
in perfect proportion to the elegant
garden of fountains. Enjoy lunch and
dinner in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 07 Agra / Delhi Departure
,
After breakfast, morning at leisure,
After lunch in the hotel, drive back
to Delhi (220 kms 4 hours). Upon arrival,
transfer to the Indira Gandhi International
Airport well schedule to check-in for
your onward flight.
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