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Desert of Rajasthan with Taj & Ganges
GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUR
New Delhi
-> |Jaipur ->|Agra->|New Delhi->| Day (04 NIGHTS / 05 DAYS)
 Day
01:ARRIVAL DELHI
Welcome and garlanding on arrival and
Transfer to Hotel.
 DELHI
– India’s
capital and a major gateway to the country, contemporary Delhi is
a bustling metropolis which successfully combines in its fold the
ancient and the modern. Its strategic location was one of the
prime reasons why successive dynasties chose it as their seat of
power. It is not surprising then, that what constitutes Delhi
today is a conglomerate of seven cities. Overnight
at Hotel
Day
02 DELHI
– JAIPUR
Morning
: Proceed
for half day city tour of Old and New Delhi. Visit Red
Fort – From Mughal India, the chief attraction is the huge
fort that contains within it palaces and impressive public
buildings. Raj Ghat – father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi
was cremated here in 1948, India Gate – in the center of
city is a memorial raised in honor of Indian troops who laid down
their lives during the Afghan war, drive past the Rashtrapati
Bhawan – Residence
of the president of Indian (Entry restricted), Parliament
House – A circular building, the symbol of the Indian
democracy (entry restricted),
Afternoon :
Drive to Jaipur, (260 kms. / approx 05 hrs.), Upon arrival,
transfer to the Hotel.
 JAIPUR
–
The
city blushing pink is the picturesque capital of Rajasthan, more
famous as the ‘Pink City’. It was colour washed pink when
Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria of England visited
India in 1883 A.D.. Founded in 1727 A.D. by Maharaja Sawai Jai
Singh II, Jaipur is the first planned city designed in accordance
with ‘Shilpa Shastra’ – the epochal treatise of Hindu
architecture.
Overnight
at Hotel.
Day
03 JAIPUR
Morning
: Excursion
to Amber Fort – 11 Kms from Jaipur a marvelous
example of the Rajput architecture with its terraces and
ramparts reflected in the maota lake below. Enjoy Elephant
ride
while climbing up to the Amber fort.
Afternoon
: Proceed
for city tour of Jaipur City. A Visit to City Palace
Museum an imposing blend of traditional Rajasthan and Mughal art. The Museum is replanted with its
collection of robes of Royal Princes, an accurate observatory
built in 1726 AD, Hawa Mahal (PALACE OF WIND) a five storeyed
wonder with a spectacular pyramid façade and overhanging windows
with latticed screen, domes and spires.
Overnight
at Hotel.
Day 04 Jaipur – Fatehpur Sikri
– AGRA
Morning : Drive to Agra 225 kms / approx 05 hrs.
Enroute visiting FATEHPUR SIKRI
Fatehpur
Sikri –
The deserted city of sandstone built by the emperor AKBAR. Built
by Akbar, it is the most perfectly preserved and complete Mughal
palace city of all. Although only ruined walls remain of the town, the
magnificent palace complex still stands, the elaborately carved
red sandstone almost as it was 400 years ago.
AGRA
–
 The world’s most opulent court of the 17th
century was once located in Agra, the capital city of the Mughal
emperors under whose reign the city flowered. The city’s piece
de resistance – Taj Mahal is an enduring symbol of an
emperor’s love for his favourite queen. Agra’s Fort gives one
a feeling of space – and here are pleasure-palaces and mansions,
halls of public and private audience, chambers of business and
cloisters of privacy. The celebration of life at Agra Fort stopped
however when the emperor Shah Jahan was imprisoned in it by his
son Aurangzeb.
Afternoon : Upon
arrival at Agra, check-in at Hotel
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 05
AGRA
– DELHI
Morning : Sightseeing tour of Agra, visiting
TAJ MAHAL [
built by Shah Jehan for his queen Mumtaj Mahal ], perhaps the most
perfect architectural monument in the World & the construction
of Taj Mahal believed to have taken 22 Years to complete with over
20,000 craftsmen working round the clock. AGRA
FORT, where you can ramble around the somewhat unkempt high
walls and wide moat, up and down staircases and through the palace
rooms. From the fine
Musamman Burj (octagonal Tower) there is a wonderful view of the
Taj Mahal. Also visit a Marble Factory to see the intricate work
of Gems, precious stones in Marble, etc. Afternoon
: Drive to Delhi, 205 kms / approx 05 hrs. Upon
arrival in Delhi, transfer to the
International Airport to connect
flight for the onward destination.
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