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 - Jaipur ( By Train )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway station
to board the airconditioned train to Jaipur. Breakfast in the train.
Arrive Jaipur and transfer to hotel. Later sight seeing tour of
Jaipur covering:
CITY PALACE - A delightful blend of Mughal and traditional Rajasthani
architecture, the City Palace sprawls over one-seventh of the area
in the walled city. It houses the Chandra Mahal, Shri Govind Dev
Temple and the City Palace Museum.
JANTAR
MANTAR - This is the largest and the best preserved of
the five observatories built by Jai Singh II in different parts
of the country. This observatory consisting of outsized astronomical
instruments is still in use.
HAWA
MAHAL - The ornamental facade of this "Palace of Winds"
is a prominent landmark in Jaipur. Their five-storey structures
of sandstone plastered pink encrusted with fine trelliswork and
elaborate balconies. The palace has 953 niches and windows. Built
in 1799 by Pratap Singh, the Mahal was a royal grandstand for the
palace women. Night stay in Jaipur.
Day
04/ Jaipur - Agra
Morning 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 drive to Agra 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
Agra & transfer to hotel. Evening at leisure. Night stay in
Agra.
 Day
05/ Agra - Varanasi ( By Train )
Morning at sunrise 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, Also visit the
Red 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 alcove 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. Later transfer
to railway station to board the overnight train to Varanasi .
 Day
06/ Varanasi
Arrive Varanasi, said to be the India’s most sacred city situated
on the western bank of the holy river Ganga. It is also the oldest
living city in the world. As a place for devotion and worship, with
hundreds of temples dotting the city, sunrise on the river front
as seen from a boat can be a spiritually uplifting sight. It has
a fascination uniquely its own, a quality of sublime beauty, a timeless
eternal appeal. Varanasi is the city which cannot be described,
only experienced. Meet assist at the railway station and transfer
to hotel. Later sight seeing of Varanasi (the oldest and holiest city
of India) covering Temples, Aurangazeb’s Mosque and one of
the biggest university of India. Evening view “Aarti”
ceremony on the Ghats. Night stay in Varanasi.
Day
07/ Varanasi
Morning boat cruise at the river Ganges to observe the way of life
of pilgrims by the Ghats. Later excursion to Sarnath, 10kms. East
of Varanasi, is one of the Buddhism’s major centers of India.
After attaining enlightenment, the Buddha came to Sarnath where
he gave his first sermon. Visit the deer park and the museum and
later back to Varanasi . Night stay in Varanasi.
Day
08/ Varanasi - Delhi ( By Flight )
After a relaxed breakfast transfer to airport for flight to
Delhi. Arrive Delhi & transfer to hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day
09/ Departure
Transfer to airport for onward flight. |
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