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Golden Triangle Tour |
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Duration: 06 Nights/07 Days
Destinations Covered: Delhi - Jaipur - Agra - Delhi |
Day 01 : Arrive Delhi
Welcome to India. After clearing immigration and custom formalities, our representative will greet you and assist you to City Palace, Jaipurour hotel. Overnight stay at Hotel in Delhi
Day 02 : New Delhi / Jaipur
After breakfast prepare for your onward journey by road to Jaipur ( 6 hours).visit the Amber Fort on the way ,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 ! . Arrive Jaipur by Noon and check-in at your hotel. Enjoy lunch in the hotel. Evening at leisure. After dinner, return to your hotel. Overnight at Hotel
Day 03 : Jaipur
This morning after breakfast, 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 Local Rajasthani Restaurant and see the largest turban museum in Rajasthan. Enjoy dinner in the hotel. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 04: Jaipur / Agra
This morning, you will prepare for onward journey by road to Agra ( 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. Evening at leisure. Overnight at Hotel
Day 05 : Agra
Agra is famous as being home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World -the Taj Mahal. The architectural splendor of Taj Mahal, Agrathe 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 in the hotel. After lunch in the hotel, drive back to Delhi enrouting Sikandara Tomb.
Day 06 : 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 07 : Departure
After breakfast, morning at leisure, After lunch in the hotel, transfer to the Indira Gandhi International Airport well schedule to check-in for your onward flight.
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