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Duration: 5 Days
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Day 1: Flight arrival in Delhi
Arrive in Delhi and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 2: Tours Delhi
In the morning, visit Delhi, starting with the oldest part and the remains of the second city of nine that have existed here, of the Hindu rulers from the tenth century A.D., and Qutab Minar, the victory tower of the first Muslim invaders who established the Slave Dynasty in the twelfth century and lived within the same premises. Continue by visiting New Delhi, built by the British during the Raj, with its beautiful avenues, Secretariat, Parliament (then called Assembly), President’s House (then called Viceroy’s House) and India Gate built to honour the Indian soldiers who died during the first world war and the Afghan wars. End the tour at Humayun’s Tomb, the first specimen of the Great Mughal architecture that flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth century and culminated into the masterpiece called The Taj Mahal. Humayun’s Tomb is the only monument ever built by a lady in the memory of her beloved husband.
In the afternoon, visit Old Delhi. The walled city called Shahjahanabad was established by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1648. While Louis XIV in France was building his escape city of Versailles, Shah Jahan's city was being built and peopled. Traders built katras and kuchas (enclosed markets and lanes), the aristocrats their havelis and karkhanas (mansions and workshops), philanthropists built serais, shifakhanas, and madarsas (inns, hospitals and schools) and the pious built masjids (mosques). Shahjahanabad today is a thriving commercial and trading centre and more people work here than ever before.
Red Fort, built of red sandstone, it houses the famous Diwan-i-Khas, the beautiful audience chamber where the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan held court, seated on the Peacock Throne. There is a Sound-and-Light show every evening at the Fort.
Jama Masjid: Opposite the fort is the largest mosque in India – the Jama Masjid, and as you descend its steps, you walk into the teeming Chandni Chowk.
Chandani Chowk, the Moonlight Square, is the famous market place that started as a boulevard along a pool of water that reflected the moon. Historical accounts of this market are legion, of times when merchants came from Turkey, China, Holland, and other distant lands, with weapons, exotic birds, pearls, and tapestry. There was nothing that was not available here. Now the katras or wholesale markets are sandwiched between the shops, offices, churches, mosques, temples, and gurudwaras. The market has spread and is famous for silks, cotton, voiles, muslin, brocades, braids, and much, much more.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 3: Drive Delhi–Agra, Tour Taj Mahal
In the morning, drive to Agra (205 km/4.5 hrs). Check in at hotel.
In the afternoon, visit Agra Fort. The glorious rise of Agra started with the Mughal rule in India during the golden period of the Mughal Empire during te sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was built by the Mughal emperor Akbar as his citadel over the years 1565–73 in the finest architectural style.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 4: Tour Taj Mahal, drive Agra–Delhi
Visit Taj Mahal, built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved spouse Mumtaz who died in 1630. The complex is said to have taken 18 years (1631–48) to build.
Nothing, neither photographs nor descriptions, can prepare you for the experience of this monument, the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, where the cherished companion of Emperor Shah Jahan was laid to rest. The Taj Mahal is an acclaimed architectural masterpiece and every individual sees in it many, and often different, wonders. It is described as one of the seven wonders of the world. It is recorded that 20,000 workers and artists, some coming from Europe and Persia, spent years working on this monuments of love wrought in sandstone, marble, and semi-precious jewels.
Return to Delhi.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 5: Delhi – departure
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