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Day 1
- Delhi :-Arrive at Airport/Station and
transfer to hotel PM City tour of New Delhi - the new
capital designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. Drive past the
Presidential Palace, the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the
secretariat buildings - the centre of all government
activity and down the main avenue, the impressive Rajpath
to the World War I memorial arch, the India Gate, the High
Court Building and the Old Fort. |
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Visit Humayun’s Tomb built in 1565 AD
by his grieving widow Haji Begum, the Qutub Minar, 72
meters high and the ruins of Quwat-ul-Eslam (Light of
Islam) Mosque. See Delhi’s most curious antique, the
uncorroded Iron Pillar, which dates back to the 4th
century AD. Visit the Birla (Laxmi Narayan) Temple, with
its many idols. |
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Overnight:
Hotel Regent Continental / Similar. |
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Day 2 - Delhi :- Breakfast
at hotel AM City tour of Old Delhi -the 300-year-old
walled city built by Emperor Shah Jehan in 1648 as his
capital and named after him. The magnificent Red Fort
built of red sandstone dates from the very peak of the
Mughal power. Within its walls are marble palaces and a
grand audience chamber, the Diwan-i-Khas, where Moghul
emperors held court and the Peacock Throne once stood. |
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Red fort is closed to visitors on
Mondays. Opposite the fort are the black and white onion
dome and minarets of the Jama Masjid, the most elegant
mosque in India. Drive past Kotla Firoze Shah, ruins of an
old fort of the 14th century with the 13 metre high Ashoka
Pillar of 3rd BC. Visit Raj Ghat, where Mahatma Gandhi was
cremated in 1948. Drive through the old city subject to
traffic restrictions PM Free for shopping. |
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Overnight:
Hotel Regent Continental / Similar. |
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Day 3 - Delhi
:- Breakfast at hotel AM Depart for Agra by road
204kms/04hrs approx. Enroute visit Akbar’s Tomb at
Sikandr. This is the site of Emperor Akbar’s
mausoleum. It lies inside a large garden. Slim minarets
of the imposing gateway sprout from a wealth of Mohall
inlay work in stone. Each floor of the four-storied
mausoleum is a series of arcades, tapering to a marble
cloister, which seems to float on the top |
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Agra :-
Arrive and transfer to hotel, Half day tour - visiting
Taj Mahal - the greatest love story ever told. On the
death of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, in wild
extravagance, Shahjehan built her this memorial. 20,000
men laboured for over 17 years to build this wealth of
white marble and precious stone. Visit Agra Fort - behind
its forbidding red sandstone battlements lie palaces that
tell the story of the Moghul Empire. The most impressive
part of the Fort is the Dewan-e-Aam, where the Emperor sat
on his throne to dispense to his subjects, and the
Dewan-e-Khas where he received foreign dignitaries. |
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The Taj Mahal is closed to visitors on
Fridays. A brief visit is also made to the marble inlay
workshop- where one can see the art that went into the
inlay work at the Taj Mahal. This workshop has brought
back into India this almost forgotten art style, tomb of
Itmad-ud-dullah, father of Queen NurJehan – a two
storied tomb bearing mosaics in inlaid semi-precious
stones. |
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Overnight: Mansingh Palace /
Similar. |
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Day 4 - Agra , Jaipur :-
Breakfast at hotel. AM Depart for Jaipur by road
which is 237kms/05hrs approx Enroute visit Fatehpur Sikri
which is 37 kms/01hrs -West of Agra lies the ghost city of
Fatehpur Sikri - an epic poem in red sandstone, built by
Emperor Akbar the Great in 1569 and deserted 14 years
later because its water supply failed. Its glorious
courtyards and palaces conjure up dreams of the mysterious
past. Buland Darwaza, the victory gate looms 134 feet
high. |
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There’s the imperial Jama Masjid, the
tomb of Shaik Salim Chisti who predicted the birth of
Akbar’s son Jehangir, the Panch Mahal, a strange
building which resembles a Buddhist Temple, a cloistered
courtyard which was the Hall of Public Audience and the
Pachchisi paved with black and white where the Emperor
played chess using slave girls as figurines. Due to the
fact that for most it’s existence this city was
deserted, damage to the interiors is minimum by the many
different rulers that ruled after Akbar. Jaipur PM Arrive
and transfer to hotel. |
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Overnight:
Hotel Mansingh /Similar. |
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Day 5 - Jaipur :-
Breakfast at hotel AM Excursions to Amber fort - Just 7
miles north of Jaipur is Amber with its a honey-coloured
fortress-palace in the Aravalli Hills which can be mounted
by elephant (additional cost). It has been described as
“the sleeping beauty of Rajasthan”. The sombre
exterior belies the richness of the royal apartments,
which open on to striking views of the gorge. It also
possesses a Chamber of Mirrors. The Hall of Victory
presents a galaxy of decorative art - panels of alabaster
with fine inlay work of the tenderness hues. |
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City tour of Jaipur -Visit ‘Hawa
Mahal’ (Palace of Winds) an elaborate building encrusted
with delicate honeycomb screens and carved balconies from
which the royal ladies, confined to their quarters, could
view the world outside. |
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Jai Singh’s Observatory built in the
17th century by the founder of Jaipur who, besides being a
prince was also soldier, astronomer and builder. City
Palace, a part is now a museum that contains fine Rajput
and Moghul paintings, rare manuscripts and an armory, old
carpets, and even amazingly embroidered clothes of the
Maharajas and the Maharanis. |
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Overnight:
Hotel Mansingh/Similar. |
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Day 6 - Jaipur :- After
breakfast, transfer to Airport/Station. |
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Standard Package :- |
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City |
HOTEL |
NO. OF Nights |
| 4 Delhi |
4 Hotel
Regent Continental / Similar |
4
02 |
| 4 Agra |
4 Mansingh
Palace / Similar |
4
01 |
| 4 Jaipur |
4 Hotel
Mansingh / Similar |
4
02 |
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** Check-in/Check-out 12 noon unless otherwise specified. |
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| 4 Per
person on twin sharing basis: |
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USD 460 |
| 4 Extra
bed: |
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USD 150 |
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Meal charges for child below 5 years to be paid directly. |
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Payments can be made using PayPal / Master / Visa / Amex
Cards online
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| Includes: |
| 4
Accommodation on twin sharing basis in standard hotels mentioned or
similar. |
| 4 Meal
plan :– Breakfast at all hotels. |
| 4 Transfers &
sightseeing by non a/c small car as per the itinerary. |
| 4 All luxury
taxes at hotels as on date. Any future levies will be charged extra. |
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| Excludes: |
| 4 ASI,
entrance fees and guide charges for all monuments / sightseeing
places. |
| 4 Any air /
train fare. |
4 Items of a
personal nature - i.e. drinks, laundry, tips & gratuities, still/video
camera fees at monuments or any items not specified above. |