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Golden Triangle
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Name Golden Triangle
Days 07 Nights / 08 Days
Routing Delhi/ Agra -via - Sikandra / Jaipur - via F.P.S - / Delhi
Description

Day:1: Arrive Delhi 
Arrive in Delhi. After completion of your arrival formalities, please proceed to the exit, where you are greeted with a traditional Indian welcome and escorted to your hotel. Overnight at Hotel 

Day:2: Full day in Delhi
After breakfast proceed to the sight seeing tour of Old & New Delhi , The 17th century Old walled city of Shahjehanabad was at one time surrounded by a sturdy defensive wall, only fragments of which remain. Its citadel the Red Fort was the opulent residence of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan,Builder of the Taj Mahal. Its great mosque the Jami Masjid is both the largest congregational mosque's in India and the final extravagance of Shahajahan. The main street of Old Delhi is the colorful shopping bazaar known as 'Chandni Chowk" (Silver Street). Outside the Old City are the ruins of Feroz Shah Kotla, a fortress palace wherein lies a 13m high sandstone Ashoka Pillar inscribed with Ashoka's edicts and Raj Ghat the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi.in New Delhi, you will visit the Humayun's Tomb, the precursor of the Taj Mahal; the Bahai Temple an architectural marvel constructed in the shape of the Lotus flower, the Qutab Minar Complex, dominated by the 234-footVictory Tower. A drive down the spectacular Rajpath (The Kingsway) passing the India Gate the memorial built on behalf of the unknown soldier, the President's House, the House of Parliament. Enjoy a brief respite at Birla Mandir, a modern temple.  Overnight at Hotel

Day:3: Drive Delhi / Agra- via Sikendra (205Kms.4hrs.30Min)
Afterbreakfast drive to Agra enroute visiting Sikandra, the tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Continue drive on to Agra  Overnight at hotel 

Day:4: Sight seeing in Agra
After breakfast sightseeing tour of Agra You will visit the world famous Taj Mahal, a monument that requires no introduction. Built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, this poem in white marble took 22 years to complete. You will visit the Agra Fort, a citadel whose forbidding exteriors hide an inner paradise where Hindu & Muslim architecture merge in splendour. This is where Shahjahan was kept under house arrest by his son Aurangzeb and he spent his time gazing at the Taj Mahal through the little window in his room Overnight at Hotel

Day:5: Agra / Jaipur -via - Fatehpur Sikri ( 240 Kms./ 5hrs.30Min.)
After breakfast travel by road to Jaipur. enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri the ghost city 35 kms from Agra. Fatehpur Sikri built in red sandstone in honour of Saint Salim Chisti, who foretold the birth of 3 sons to Emperor Akbar, is an example of robust stability combined with originality. Each important edifice here represents a type by itself Overnight at Hotel

Day:6: Full day in Jaipur
After breakfast excursion to the hill fortress of Amber. Enjoy an elephant ride to reach the top of the fort. Riding like royalty atop elegantly draped and painted elephants, into the high mountain fortress of Amber. Once the capital of royals, the fort is a superb example of Rajput architecture – a complex of palaces, temples, exquisite marble and mirror-inlaid halls and apartments, In this afternoon city tour of Jaipur, an old city, still encircled by a crenelated wall, visit the Hawa Mahal or "Palace of Winds," City Palace, and the ancient observatory Overnight at Hotel .

Day:7: Drive Jaipur / Delhi (260 Kms./ 6 hrs)
Afterbreakfast Continue drive on to Delhi  Overnight at hotel 

Day:8: Depart Delhi
After breakfast, you will be transfered to International airport to fly back Home