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Delhi - Agra
- Jaipur - Delhi ( 06 Nights / 07 Days )
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 Day
01 / Arrival Delhi
Arrive Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to hotel. Night
stay in Delhi.
Day
02 / Delhi
After a leisurely breakfast sightseeing tour of New Delhi where ornate
buildings recall the days when India was the Jewel in the crown of the
British empire. Visit the 11th century Qutab Minar, India Gate and the
grand government buildings, The President’s House, Mahatama Gandhi
Memorial. Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple popularly known as Birla Temple.
Night stay in Delhi
Day
03 / Delhi- An Exclusive Indian Culinary Experience
After breakfast begin the day with a session of “Authentic Indian
Popular Dishes Cooking Classes”. The Indian cuisine is as diverse
as its culture, languages, regions and its climate. Learn easy delicious
recipes. All classes will feature an entire meal from "Appetizers
to Dessert" and feature "hands-on recipes". So bring
your appetite and enthusiasm for a day of fun and enchantment. Some
of the Indian Dishes are:
Dal
Makhani
Split lentils cooked in thick cream sauce with spices and herbs.
Palak
Panir
Palak panir sak contains finely chopped (sometimes pureed) spinach and
chiles along with various seasonings and fried cubes of cheese.
After
the classes transfer to hotel. Evening at leisure. Nightstay in Delhi.
Day
04 / Delhi - Agra ( By train Dep 0600 Hrs Arr 0810 Hrs )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway station to
board the superfast air-conditioned train to Agra. Breakfast in the
train. Arrive Agra in approx. 02 hours & transfer to hotel. Later
visit the Agra fort - the rusty and majestic red-sandstone fort of Agra
stands on the banks of the river Yamuna and the construction was started
by Emperor Akbar in 1566. At the Diwan-I-Am (hall of public audience),
a colonnaded hall of red-sandstone with a throne a clove of inlaid marble
at the back, the Emperor heard public petitions. At the Diwan-I-Khas
(hall of private audience) where marble pavilions with floral inlays
lend an ethereal ambience, the Emperor sat on his gem-studded Peacock
Throne and met foreign ambassadors and rulers of friendly kingdoms.
Evening at sunset visit the magnificent Taj Mahal - one of the seven
wonders of the world surely the most extravagant _expression of love
ever created. 20,000 men laboured for over 17 years to build this memorial
to Shah Jahan's beloved wife. Night stay in Agra.
 Day
05 / Agra - Jaipur ( By road )
Early morning a second visit to Taj Mahal at sunrise, Later drive to
Jaipur-the fabled “pink city” of the desert named after
Jai Singh, the former Maharaja of Jaipur. This is the only city in the
world symbolizing the nine divisions of the universe through the nine
rectangular sectors subdividing it. The palaces and forts of the yesteryears,
which were witnesses to the royal processions and splendours are now
living monuments enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri-a perfectly preserved
red sandstone “ghost town" which was the estranged capital
of mughal emperor Akbar, built in 1569 and deserted when its water supply
failed. Arrive Jaipur in late evening & transfer to hotel. Night
stay in Jaipur.
Day
06 / Jaipur - Delhi ( By train Dep 1745 Hrs Arr 2230 Hrs )
After breakfast checkout from hotel & visit the majestic Amber Fort,
is one that cannot be easily described. Ride up on Elephants to the
former capital of the royals set against the backdrop of the wooded
hills. Later visit the City Palace, Palace of Winds also known as Hawa
Mahal, this elaborate building, now little more than a façade,
is encrusted with delicate screen sand carved balconies from which the
royal ladies, confined to their quarters, could sneak views of the outside
world. Past, present and future merge at Jai Singh's observatory, where
time has been accurately measured since the 17th century. Evening transfer
to railway station to board the air conditioned train to Delhi, Dinner
in the train. Arrive Delhi & transfer to hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day
07 / Departure
Transfer in time to airport to board the onward flight. |
