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Tour Itineraries

Golden Triangle

( 06 Nights / 07 Days )
Delhi – Agra - Fatehpur Sikri - Jaipur - Delhi

Day 01: ARRIVE DELHI
Arrive in Delhi International airport, our representative will meet and assist you on arrival.
Check-in to your hotel. Later in the afternoon proceed for half day sightseeing of Old Delhi.
The tour will begin with a visit to Raj Ghat, a simple memorial to Mahatma Gandhi; drive past the Red Fort continuing to the Jama Masjid, one of Asia’s largest mosques and which is viewed from the outside. People stream in and out of the mosque continuously and the presence of a nearby bazaar means that the area is rarely quiet.
Return to your hotel after the sightseeing tour.
Overnight at the hotel.

Day 02: Delhi-Jaipur (Aprox 256 Kms/051/2 Hours)
After breakfast, drive to Jaipur. On arrival at Check in at Hotel. Rest of the day at Leisure.
Overnight at Hotel.

Day 03: Jaipur
Enjoy a hearty breakfast at the hotel and leave for Jaipur Tour. First visit the hilltop fortress at Amber. Ascend the imposing fort on a painted elephant. The Fort, originally built in the 16th century by Maharaja Man Singh encloses superb palaces and a beautiful temple in marble dedicated to the fearsome goddess Kali.
In the afternoon, tour the old walled city of Jaipur. Founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II, this ‘pink city’ is meticulously constructed on the lines of the Shilpa-Shastra, an ancient Hindu treatise on architecture. Visit the unique Jantar Mantar Observatory situated in the heart of the city. Built in the 1700's (A.D), it still looks futuristic. Nearby is the ornate Hawa Mahal (the palace of winds). The old City Palace & its museum display a rare fusion of Mughal and Hindu architecture, and house a rare collection of paintings, Rajasthani armory and costumes.
Overnight at Hotel.

Day 04: Jaipur – Agra via Fatehpur Sikri( 254 Kms/051/2 Hours)
Today in the morning after breakfast drive to Agra en-route visit Fatehpur Sikri (old deserted town of Mughal Dynasty). See the beautiful Jama Masjid / The Buland Darwaza, palace of Queen Jodha Bai, Birbal's (a Minister) Palace. Drive further and reach Agra in the evening. Check into your hotel and relax. Stay overnight at Agra hotel.
Agra is famous as being home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World-the Taj Mahal. The architectural splendour of the mausoleums, the fort and the palaces is a vivid remainder of the capital in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Overnight at Hotel.

Day 05: Agra
In the morning visit Taj Mahal: symbol of eternal love. It was built by the Moghul Emperor Shahjehan in 1630 for his Queen Mumtaz Mahal to enshrine her mortal remains. Come back to hotel for breakfast. After that visit Agra Fort containing the Pearl Mosque, the Halls of Public and Private Audience
Overnight at Hotel.

Day 06: Agra – Delhi (204 kms / 05 Hours)
Today we drive back to Delhi (204 Kms/05 hours).
Arrive Delhi & check-in to hotel.
In the afternoon you will be driven to New Delhi, which reflects the legacy the British left behind. The division between New and Old Delhi is the division between the capitals of the British and the Mughal respectively. The division in the walled city and New Delhi also marks the division in the life-styles.
The tour to Imperial Delhi will include a visit to the Qutub Minar, the tallest stone tower in India. Qutub-ud-din Aibak started it in 1199. Pulling down 27 Hindu and Jain temples and using their columns erected the attached Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque also built by him. Then visit Humayun’s tomb, built by the widow of the second Mughal Emperor, Humayun, it is an outstanding monument in the Indo-Persian style, a precursor of the Taj Mahal. The tour also includes a drive past the imposing India Gate, the Parliament building and the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the President’s residence.
Return to hotel after sightseeing. Overnight at hotel.

Day 07: Depart Delhi
Intime transfer to Indira Gandhi International Airport to board flight for overseas journey.

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