As the triangle has three sides, visiting Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra makes it triangularly golden..
Golden Triangle Tour
As the triangle has three sides, visiting Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra makes it triangularly golden. A blessing especially for the first time visitor, Golden Triangle Tour is the most worthwhile tour when it comes to explore the world famous beauty of India. Suffused with the colonial grandeur of Delhi, the royal aura of Jaipur, and the serene beauty of the Taj Mahal, Golden Triangle Tour indeed becomes one of the best tours of the world. Indeed, the tour offers the best way to explore the Indian soil filled with ravaging beauty and enviable magnificence.
What is there for you so special in the
Golden Triangle Tour is the ability to take you deeper to gain the insights of modern Indian life along with the fabulous historic sites. What more, the Golden Triangle Tour exposes you to the versatile beauty of Rajasthan. Our experts guide glide you though the best sightseeing of the destinations covered in this tour package. The Golden Triangle Tour exposes you to enjoy the perennial highlights of India.
Your tour starts from the heart of India, its capital, New Delhi. As Delhi is an
historical city, you get a chance to witness its rich glory bit by bit on the first day. We take you to the vicinities of Delhi and enable you to interact with its daily hustle bustle. The uniqueness lies in the fact that you do it in a much more calm way.
We come to Jaipur next. As it is famously known as the ‘pink city’, its
royal culture still reverberates in the vicinities of the city. It is the capital of Rajasthan and despite of its busy streets, you will enjoy its calmness and high hospitality standards of its people.
As Agra is famously known for its Taj Mahal all over the world, we include places such as
Fatehpur Sikri, Panch Mahal, Anup Talao, Diwan-e-Khas, sacred Tomb of Chisti and Buland Darwaza along with many other sub-monuments. Our Golden Triangle Tour package comprehensive as it covers all the aspects of the places it explores.
Golden
Triangle Tour
Duration : 7 Days
Destinations : Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Delhi |
Brief Tour Schedule
Day 1: Delhi
Arrive Delhi by an international flight. Meet and greet on arrival and transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2: Delhi
Delhi morning, Full day city sightseeing tour of old delhi visiting Rajghat and Shanti Vana- the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, Red Fort, Jama Masjid and drive past Chandni Chowk.
Afternoon, city sightseeing tour of new delhi visiting India Gate [war memorial], Lakshminarayn Temple, Qutab Minar, drive past president House, Parliament buildings.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 3: Agra
Delhi/Agra morning drive to Agra [200kms] enroute visiting akbars tomb at Sikandra- is a aymbol of the steadfastness and quiet dignity that marked therule of this great Mughal. Akbar had began to build his mausoleum during his lifetime but it was completed in 1613, eight years after his death by his son jehangir, the base of the structure is in earthy sandstone. Therafter proceed for agra and on arrival transfer to hotel.Afternoon, visit the world famous tajmahal nuilt by emperoer Shahjahn in memory of his beloved queen Mumtaz mahal. Shahjahan who came to the throne in1628 was the most lavish builder of all. Thousands of artisans were employed and no cost spared to creat this glorious moument which strongly reflects the imagery of paradise. The large marble dome represents the vault of heaven, the square platform upon which it rests the material universe and the octagonal towers the transition phase. The tomb has been lavishly ornamented with calligraphy which includes verses from the quran the pristine purity of the white marble glimmers and is clearly reflected in the canals reminiscent of paradise.
Day 4: Agra - Jaipur
Agra/Jaipur morning, drive to jaipur [about 6 hrs drive] via fatehpur sikri- the greatest architectural achievement of Akbar was his dream city atop the ridge at sikri. The emperor's tribute to the sufi saint, Sheikh Salim Chisti,emperor Akbar and his queen, Jodhabai made a pilgrimage to sikri to seek the blessings of the same when the emperor was childless. With the blessing of Salim Chisti, three sons were born to Akbar. He named his first born Salim after the saint, in 1571, Akbar built his magnificent capital and embellished it with palaces. The mosque was the first structure to be built in the courtyard is the tomb of Salim chist, an exquisite structure in marble with gorgeous ornamentation. Fatehpur sikri was akbar s imperial capital for fifteen years though agra remained the military stronghold, sikri was his personal dream, his artstisc and intellectual center. Thereafter , proced for Jaipur [about 6 hrs drive] and on arrival transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 5: Jaipur
Jaipur morning, excursion to amber fort, the most exquisite fort of all was built by Raja Mansingh, a total contrast to the earlier forts of Jaigarh and Nahargarh. The fort is located very strategically, surrounded by a circle of hills forming a protective cover no enemy could approach the fort without being seen. At the entrance is the grand gateway, the ganesh pol, exquisitely carved and painted with frescoes - in a distinctly mughal styel of decoration.The gateway leads to the hall of public audience with its cooling pools and cascades and a hall of mirrors which was the envy of the mughals. The halls are decorated with mirrors. The nerve center of jaipur is the city palace-the largest structure in the city built by Sawai Jai Singh. Visit hawa mahal the best known example pf fanciful architecture.
Jaipur, in fact, came to be known as the pink city when Sawai Ram Singh spruced it up to welcome the prince of wales in 1876, he painted all the buildings pink, giving the royal city a romantic, delicate and fragile appearance in keeping with its fairy tale image.
Visit Jai Singh Jantar Mantar, an open air observatory.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6: Jaipur - Delhi
Jaipur/Delhi morning, drive to delhi [about 5 hrs drive] and on arrival transfer to hotel, evening at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: Delhi
Leave Delhi in time transfer to airport to connect flight for onward destination.