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01 : Arrival Delhi
Arrive
Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to hotel. Night stay in
Delhi.
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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, Red fort , Mahatama
Gandhi Memorial , Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple popularly known as
Birla Temple. Night stay in Delhi.
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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
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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. |
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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
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Day 09
: Departure
Transfer to airport for onward flight.
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India
will sideswipe you with its size, clamour and diversity but if you
enjoy delving in to convoluted cosmologies and thrive on sensual
overload, then it is one of the most intricate and rewarding dramas
unfolding on earth, and you'll quickly develop an abiding passion
for it.
"If
there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of
living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man
began the dream of existence,