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Golden Triangle Tour 7N/8D With Odyssey of fort
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Day 01 / Arrival Delhi
Arrive Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to
hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
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.
Day 03 / Delhi-Jaipur (By train Dep 0610 Hrs Arr
1040 Hrs )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway
station to board the superfast airconditioned train to
Jaipur. Breakfast in the train. Arrive Jaipur and transfer
to hotel. Later sight seeing tour of Jaipur covering:
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. Night stay in Jaipur.
Day 04 / Jaipur-Agra ( By Road )
Morning drive to Agra via 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 and transfer to
hotel. Night stay in Agra.
Day 05 / Agra
Morning at sunrise visit the magnificient 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.
Evening free to explore the rich handicrafts of Agra. Night
stay in Agra.
Day 06 / Agra - Gwalior- Orchha
Morning transfer to railway station to board the train to
Gwalior. Arrive Gwalior and proceed for sightseeing of
Gwalior. The entire city is a visual and aesthetic feast,
for the builders of Gwalior were great architects. Take a
walk through the streets of the city and you will discover
old havelis with exquisitely carved doorways and windows; at
almost every street crossing you will find statues of the
Scindia family. Museumes and art galleries are treasure
houses and beautifully maintained palaces give the city its
inimitable regal flavour. Sightseeing in Gwalior is a
magical trip into the centuries gone by. Visit The Fort:
Standing on a steep mass of sandstone, Gwalior Fort
dominates the city and is its most magnificent monument. It
has been a scene of momentous events : imprisonments,
battles and jauhars. A steep road winds upwards to the Fort,
flanked by statues of Jain tirthankaras, carved into the
rock face. The magnificent outer walls of the Fort still
stand, two miles in length and 35 feet high, bearing witness
to its reputation for being one of the most invincible forts
of India. This imposing structure inspired Emperor Babar to
describe it "the pearl amongst the fortresses of Hind."
Later drive to Orchha & transfer to hotel. Night stay in
Orchha.
Day 07 / Orchha - Jhansi - Delhi
Orcha is a small town between Jhansi and Khajuraho. In the
18th century, Jhansi became an important center, eclipsing
Orcha (18 kms), but in 1803 the British East India Company
got a foot in the door and gradually assumed control over
the state. The last of the string of none to competent rajas
died without a son in 1853 and the British, who had recently
passed a neat law allowing them to take over any princely
state under their patronage when the ruler died without a
male heir, pensioned the rani off and took full control.
Later visit, Jhansi Fort and museum, which was built in 1613
by Maharaja Bir Singh Deo or Orchha. The British ceded the
fort to the Maharaja of Scindia in 1858, but later exchanged
it for Gwalior in 1866. The fort is much in ruins and below
is the government museum which houses a small collection of
9th to 12th century sculptures.
Evening transfer to railway station to borad the train to
Delhi. Late evening arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Delhi.
Day 08 / Departure
Transfer to airport to board the flight for onward journey.
