Destinations Covered : Delhi » Jaipur » Agra » Delhi
Duration: 9 nights / 10 days
Day 01 -- Delhi
A warm welcome awaits you at Delhi International Airport by New Age representative and you are transferred to hotel. Overnight at the hotel
 Day 02 -- Delhi
Morning you will visit of Old Delhi, explore the Red Fort with its pearl mosque and exquisite audience halls. See Jama Masjid mosque with its marble domes and splendor minarets, Raj Ghat (where Gandhiji was cremated), the Ashoka Pillar and mile long Chandni Chowk Bazaar where craftsmen sell their wares Rickshaw ride at Chandni Chowk
Afternoon you will visit New Delhi, a city designed and built by the British in the 1920s. It is a city of wide boulevards, impressive Government buildings, green parks and gardens. See the buildings of British, many of which were built by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Qutab Minar and Emperor Humayun's Tomb. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 03 -- Delhi - Jaipur drive 260 kms
Morning proceed to Jaipur, afternoon at leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 04 -- Jaipur
Morning after breakfast visit Amber fort, Ride by elephant high up to Amber, a spectacular fortress - palace, protecting a complex of palaces, temples, exquisite marble and mirror in laid halls and apartments. Its glorious hilltop fortress. You ascend the Fort on Elephant back and visit the Kali Mandir, which has solid-silver doors. The Sheesh Mahal is bejeweled with gleaming mirror fragments
Afternoon proceed for city tour of Jaipur which is called "PINK CITY" since a great deal of the older part of it is built of the old city is called the "HAWA MAHAL". It is a high and intricately carved wall behind which women of the court were sequestered while watching processions. Also see the city palace, which house an excellent collection of Rajasthani costumes, miniatures and an armory of Rajput weapons, special Rajasthani. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 05 -- Jaipur - Agra 235 kms
Morning proceed to Agra visiting enroute Fatehpur Sikri built to commemorate the birth of Akbar's son. The building of this capital was substantially completed in 1574 but 14 years later the city was abandoned, perhaps at the whim of an imperial favorite, and the immense labor of building the "CITY OF VICTORY" went for nothing. Visit the red stone mosques, courtyards and the palace where Akbar once played chess using slave girls as pawns. Afterwards proceed to Agra. On arrival Agra check in at the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
 Day 06 -- Agra
Morning sightseeing tour starts from Agra Fort, a fort, which represents the architecture in the periods of the three great Mughal Emperors. Late evening, you visit Taj Mahal by sunset - the most perfect architectural monument in the world, erected by Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, Queen Mumtaz Mahal. Begun in 1632, completion of the white marble edifice required the work of 20,000 men for 21 years
Afternoon at leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 07 -- Agra - Delhi 204 kms.
Morning proceed to Delhi in time to board the flight for onward destination.
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