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Day 1
Delhi
You will be welcomed – garland inclusive – by our local agent for your transfer to your first hotel. Overnight in Delhi.
RED FOX 3*+ (STANDARD)
LEMON TREE PREMIER 4* (SUPERIOR)
Day 2 - 3
Jaipur
After breakfast you are driven to Jaipur, known as the ‘Pink City’. Jaipur is worldwide famous for its unmatched architecture, distinct forts and monuments, unequalled tourist palaces, etc… right up to its unique food. The pink colour is the Indian traditional way of wishing you visitors welcome. Afternoon at leisure. Evening walk through the old, colourful bazaar famous for jewels, pottery, fabric, silk, embroidery, carpets, spices etc.
Overnight in Jaipur. The next morning you drive to nearby Amber where you will ride an elephant up the slope to the 16th-century hilltop fortress-palace and its richly decorated apartments. In the afternoon you will visit the City Palace - a city within a city - which includes the Govind Deo Temple, the Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory and the Maharaja’s museum with his personal collection of weaponry, miniature paintings, royal attire and jewellery. Don’t miss the fabulous façade of the Hawa Mahal, the 'Palace of Winds'.
MANDAWA HAVELI 3* (STANDARD)
ALSISAR HAVELI HERITAGE HOTEL 4* (SUPERIOR)
Day 4 - 5
Agra
Along the route you will pause a while at Fatephur Sikri, the medieval ‘city of victory’ made by Mughal Emperor Akbar (today a ghost town). The site has been classified a UNESCO World heritage. It was abandoned 15 years after construction due to a pressing need for water. Today you visit India's most celebrated 16th-century monument, the world-renowned Taj Mahal. This jewel of Mughal architecture was built as a temple dedicated to the expression of eternal love by Shah Jahan to the bride Mumtaz.
The construction of the mausoleum required 20.000 craftsmen and took 22 years to complete. Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands another edifice of importance: the Red fort of Agra, built in 1565 on the banks of the Yamuna River, which fed the moats around the fortress-palace. This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the imperial city of the Mughal rulers. It comprises many fairy-tale palaces, such as the Jahangir Palace and the Khas Mahal, built by Shah Jahan; audience halls, such as the Diwan-i-Khas; and two very beautiful mosques. Later in the afternoon you visit Sikandra, the Mausoleum of Akbar.
CRYSTAL SAROVAR PREMIER 3*+ (STANDARD)
GRAND IMPERIAL 4* (SUPERIOR)
Day 6
Delhi
After breakfast you return to Delhi. Late in the afternoon, a city tour will take you around the most important buildings and monuments of New Delhi: Qutab Minar, The India Gate, the Presidential residence, the grand government and Parliament buildings. All date back to the time of British Raj. Your transfer to the airport is foreseen in the evening.