Golden Triangle (3n/4d)

Agra – Jaipur

  • All transport using air-conditioned car as per the program.
  • English speaking professional guide throughout the tour.
  • Accommodation at selected hotels for 03 nights
  • Daily breakfast
  • All presently applicable taxes
  • Duration: 3 Nights / 4 Days
  • Overview: Attached

 

OVERVIEW

If you are coming first time to India, then your trip cannot be complete without visiting the famous Golden Triangle. In this tour you will visit the world-famous city of Taj Mahal – Agra and then the Royal city of Rajasthan – Jaipur.

Tour Highlights

    • Visit to the Taj Mahal – one of the seven wonders of the world.
    • Visit to the majestic fort of Jaipur – Amber fort.

Meal Plan

  • Bed and Breakfast


ITINERARY DETAILS

Day 01: Agra by surface (205 km: 03 hrs)

Our vehicle will pick you from your hotel at 0800 hrs and proceed by road to Agra, on arrival check in at hotel.

Agra, situated on the banks of Yamuna river, came into limelight during the rule of Afghan King Sikandar Lodhi - who had made it the capital of his empire. Later in 1526 A.D., the Mughal Emperor Babar took upon himself the task for rendering Agra, a unique character and beauty of its own. The next few hundred years of Agra witnessed the rise of the pomp and pageantry of three great Mughal monarchs - Emperor Akbar, Jehangir and Shahjahan. In modern times, the city of Agra is a thriving carpet industry where you can also find leather workers; sandstone and marble sculptors, some of whom claim to be direct descendants of the craftsmen who had helped build the Taj Mahal.

Afternoon visit to the majestic Red fort of Agra and during sunset view the world-famous Taj Mahal – a symbol of love (Taj mahal remains closed on Friday). It took around 22 years for 20,000 artisans to complete this poignant mausoleum that blends subtlety with grandeur, and a massive overall design with immaculately intricate execution.
Overnight at the hotel

Day 02: Agra / Jaipur by surface (240 km: 05 hrs)

Breakfast at hotel

Morning proceed by road to Jaipur en-route visiting the magnificent fortified ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri - built by Emperor Akbar in 1569 as his capital and abandoned 15 years later, allegedly due to a severe scarcity of water. It is a place where Islamic architecture fuses with Hindu and Jain decorative art.
After your visit continue drive to Jaipur, on arrival check in at hotel.

Jaipur (City of Victory) was founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727. It is the only city in the world symbolizing the nine divisions of the Universe through nine rectangular sectors sub-dividing it. The architect who formalized the city’s plans on the Shilpa Shastra, the epic Hindu treatise on architecture, mixed it with the sublimity of the Mughal and Jain influences of those times. The city was painted pink in 1853 in honour of the visit by Prince Albert. Except for the busy traffic of bicycles, cars and buses, little seems to have changed.

Overnight at the hotel

Day 03: In Jaipur

Breakfast at hotel

Morning half day excursion to Amber fort. While going to Amber fort take a photography stop at Hawa Mahal.

Amber fort - Visit the ancient Rajput capital of Amber, 11 km from the city. This fort-palace was begun by Raja Man Singh and used by the Rajputs as their stronghold until Sawai Jai Singh II moved to the newly created Jaipur. See the Diwan-I-Am or hall of public audience, Kali temple, Jai Mandir or hall of victory with its inlaid panels and mirror ceiling, and Sukh Niwas. The fort provides breathtaking views of the lake below.

Afternoon city tour of Jaipur visiting visiting the Maharaja’s City Palace and the Jantar Mantar Observatory. Jaipur’s walled City Palace (1732 AD) occupies one-seventh of the city’s area. See the Mubarak Mahal, museums of textiles and armoury etc, and the Diwan I Khas and Diwan I Am. Jantar Mantar, literally meaning “instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens” is the oldest in India. Each instrument has a specific purpose and gives an accurate reading.

Evening visit to the Birla temple and view aarti ceremony.

Overnight at the hotel

Day 04: Jaipur / Delhi by surface (260 km: 05 hrs) & Depart Delhi by flight

Breakfast at hotel

Morning in time pick up from the hotel and proceed by road to Delhi, on reaching Delhi directly transfer to international airport to connect flight for onward journey, check-in for international flight starts 03 hrs prior to departure timing of flight.

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