Duration : 07 Nights/08
Days
Destinations Covered : Delhi- Agra- Jaipur - Goa
Day 01: Arrival Delhi
Welcome to the capital of India! meet assist at the airport by our tour representative
& then transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay in Delhi.
Day 02 / Delhi
Breakfast in Hotel, after a leisurely breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour
of Old & New Delhi where ornate buildings recall the days when India was
the Jewel in the crown of the British empire. Visit the Red Fort, Mahatama Gandhi
Memorial, 11th century Qutab Minar, India Gate and The President’s House,
Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple popularly known as Birla Temple. Overnight stay
in Delhi hotel.
Day 03 / Delhi - Agra - Jaipur
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway station to board
the superfast airconditioned Shatabdi Express train to Agra. Breakfast in the
train, arrive Agra in approx. 02 hours, visit the magnificient monuments in
Agra. Taj Mahal – A white marble Tomb building 1631 – 1648 in Agra,
seat of the Mughal Empire by Shah Jahan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum, the
monument sums up many of the formal themes that have played through Islamic
architecture. Its refined elegance is a conspicuous contrast both to the Hindu
architecture of pre - Islamic India, with its thick walls, corbelled arches
and heavy lintels and to the Indo Islamic styles, in which Hindu elements are
combined with an electric assortment of motifs from Persian and Turkish sources.
AGRA FORT- Fort built in red sandstone with its magnificent palaces, halls of
public and private audience and the beautiful gardens. This is where Emperor
Shah Jahan was kept under house arrest by his third son Aurangzeb and spent
the last year of his life viewing the Taj Mahal from across the river Jamuna.
Afternoon drive to Jaipur enroute visiting, Fatehpur Sikri-a perfectly preservedred
sandstone "ghost town" which was the estranged capital of mughal emperor
Akbar, built in 1569 and deserted when its water supply failed. Arrive Jaipur
& transfer to Hotel. Overnight stay in Jaipur hotel.
Day 04 / Jaipur
Breakfast in Hotel, after breakfast proceed for sightseeing in Jaipur. Amber
Fort Palace - Amber is the classic romantic Rajasthani fort palace. Its construction
was started by Man Singh I in 1592, and completed by his descendent Jai Singh
I. Its forbidding exterior belies an inner paradise where a beautiful fusion
of Mughal and Hindu styles finds it's ultimate expression. 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. Overnight stay in Jaipur hotel.
Day 05 / Jaipur - Goa
Breakfast in Hotel. Morning transfer to airport to board the flight for Goa
via Bombay. Arrive Goa & transfer to hotel. Day at leisure. Overnight stay
in Goa hotel.
Day 06 / Goa
Breakfast in Hotel, proceed on a half day sightseeing tour of Goa, visiting
Miramar Beach, Basilica of Bom Jesus and the city of Panjim- bustling with
shops and tourists. The afternoon is at leisure to relax on the beach. Overnight
stay in Goa hotel.
Day 07 / Goa
Breakfast in Hotel, Day at leisure. Laze on the beach, go for swim, explore
the shops for cashewnuts, buy holiday wear. Overnight stay in Goa hotel.
Day 08 / Goa - Delhi/Bombay
Breakfast in Hotel, after breakfast transfer to airport for flight to Delhi
or Bombay to connect the onward flight.
