Delhi - Agra - Jaipur
- Delhi ( 6 Nights / 7 Days ) By Train & Car
Day 01 / Arrival Delhi
Welcome to capital of India! Arrive Delhi, meet
assist at the airport by our tour eecutive &
then transfer to hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day 02 / Delhi
Breakfast in hotel, after breakfast proceed for
sightseeing of Old Delhi & New Delhi.
OLD DELHI - A sight-seeing tour of Old Delhi would
entail visiting:-
Red Fort - The red sandstone walls of Lal Qila,
the Red Fort, extend for two km and vary in height
from 18 metres on the river side to 33 metres
on the city side. Shah Jahan started construction
of the massive fort in 1638 and it was completed
in 1648. Jama Masjid - Jama Masjid The splendid
mosque built by Muhammad Ali Shah in the typical
Mughal style with two minarets and three domes,
lies to the west of the Hussainabad Imambara,
Raj Ghat - the memorial site where Mahatma Gandhi
was cremated.
NEW DELHI - An extensive sight-seeing tour of
New Delhi would include a visit:-
Humayun's Tomb - Built in the mid 16th century
by Haji Begum, senior wife of Humayun, the second
Mughal emperor, Humayun's Tomb is an early example
of Mughal architecture built in Delhi. Qutub Minar
- 13 km to the south of Connaught Circus at Lalkote
of 8th century Tomor Rajputs, the 72.5 m high
Victory Pillar stands as a victory stand of a
Muslim King Kutub-ud-din-Aibak in India. A drive
along the ceremonial avenue - Rajpath, past the
imposing India Gate, Parliament House, the President's
Residence, Lotus Temple and would end with a drive
through the Diplomatic Enclave. Night stay in
Delhi.
Day 03 /Delhi - Jaipur (By train Dep
0610 Hrs Arr 1040 Hrs )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer
to railway station to board the superfast airconditioned
Shatabdi Express train to Jaipur. Breakfast in
the train. Arrive Jaipur and transfer to hotel.
Later sight seeing tour of Jaipur covering:
CITY PALACE - The City Palace is a blend of Mughal
and Rajasthani architecture and the royal family
still lives in a part of the Palace. The building
now forms the Maharaja Swai Man Singh II Museum
and on display here are a wide array of royal
costumes, some vary exquisite and precious pashmina
(kashmiri) shawls, Benaras silk sarries sauganeri
prints and folk embroidery. An unusual display
is that of voluminous clothes worn by Maharaja
Sawai Madho Singh I (Ruled 1750 -1768). JANTAR
MANTAR - Jantar Mantar (Observatory) has the Jaiprakash
Yantra, Samrat Yantra, Ram Yantra and the Composite
instrument, which comprises of a sundial and a
massive hemisphere. The Jantar mantar in Jaipur
is the most famous one among the five observatories
built by Sawai Jai Singh. HAWA MAHAL - The Hawa
Mahal, which adjoins the famous City Palace wall,
was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh
and has now become one of the major landmarks
of Jaipur. The palace is shaped like a pyramid
and is a five-storied building, with number of
small windows and screens, with arched roofs.
Since the Hawa Mahal was built at a time when
women of the royal families had to observe strict
purdah, many believe that the Hawa Mahal was built,
just so these ladies could watch the processions
and various activities taking place on the streets.
Night stay in Jaipur.
Day 04 / Jaipur
After a relaxed breakfast proceed for a morning
excursion to Amber Fort. Elephant ride ascent
to the fort. AMBER FORT PALACE - Amber Fort, is
one that cannot be easily described. The Amber
Fort set in picturesque and rugged hills is a
fascinating blend of Mughal Architecture, construct
by Raja Mann Singh in 1592 and completed by Swai
Jai Singh, the fort is made in red sand stone
and white marble. The rugged forbidding exterior
belies an inner paradise with a beautiful of art
and architecture. Amber Fort is the classic and
romantic fort palace with a magnificent aura.
The interior wall of palace depicts expressive
painting scenes with carvings, precious stones
and mirror settings. JAIGARH FORT - Jaigarh Fort
also called the Victory Fort, the Jaigarh Fort
stands in the midst of thorn-scrub hills that
impart a sterner look to the already forbidding
Fort. As one approaches the fort from the steep
road that leads to the main gate, the Dungar Darwaza,
one cannot help but remark at the amazing view
it offers of the city below. The Jaigarh fort
was built to bolster up the defense of Amer, so
one should not be amazed to find that the fort
unlike most palaces and forts of Jaipur is quite
plain and simple. LAXMI NARAYAN TEMPLE - The Laxmi
Narayan is located in the South of Jaipur, and
was built by the Birla family, which is a major
industrialist family of India. This is why, the
temple is also called the 'Birla Mandir'. The
temple is very crowded during the festivals as
Hindus come from all over the state and country
to pay their respect to the Lord. Night stay in
Jaipur.
Day 05 / Jaipur - Agra (By Car)
Breakfast in hotel, after breakfast drive to Agra
enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri – The Imperial
city of the Mughal dynasty. It is very difficult
to express the architectural grandeur city as
one can only experience the aura of these forts.
Famously known as the city of Ghosts, it was built
by the great Mughal Emperor. Fateh Pur Sikri is
a place worth visiting to discover how once the
city could have been which has now turned into
ruins, situated 26 miles west of Agra, it was
build at orders of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. The
buildings at Fateh Pur Sikri blended both Islamic
and Hindu elements in their architectural style.
Continue drive to Agra and transfer to hotel.
Evening free to explore the rich handicrafts of
Agra. Night stay in Agra.
Day 06 / Agra - Delhi (By train Dep 2025
Hrs Arr 2300 Hrs)
Early morning at sunrise visit TAJ MAHAL - A white
marble Tomb building 1631 – 1648 in Agra,
seat of the Mughal Empire by Shah Jahan for his
wife, Arjuman Banu Begum, the monument sums up
many of the formal themes that have played through
Islamic architecture. Its refined elegance is
a conspicuous contrast both to the Hindu architecture
of pre – Islamic India, with its thick walls,
corbelled arches and heavy lintels and to the
Indo Islamic styles, in which Hindu elements are
combined with an electric assortment of motifs
from Persian and Turkish sources. Visit the Agra
fort – situated on the banks of Yamuna river,
north west of the Taj Mahal, this majestic fort
was started by the Emperor Akbar and it developed
as a strong hold of the Mughal Empire, under successive
generations. This majestic fortness of red sandstone
encompasses with in its 2.5 km long endosure walls,
the imperial city of the Mughal rulers. It comprises
many visionary palaces, such as the Jahagir Palace
and the Khas Mahal, built by Shah Jahan, audience
halls such as the Dewan I Khas - and two very
beautiful mosques. Late evening transfer to Agra
railway station to board the superfast airconditioned
Shatabadi train to Delhi. Dinner in the train.
Arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel. Night stay
in Delhi.
Day 07 / Departure
Transfer to International airport to board flight
for onward journey or way back home.
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