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, Mahatama Gandhi Memorial. Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple
popularly known as Birla Temple. Night stay in Delhi
Day
03 / Delhi- An Exclusive Indian Culinary Experience
After breakfast begin the day with a session of “Authentic
Indian Popular Dishes Cooking Classes”. The Indian cuisine
is as diverse as its culture, languages, regions and its climate.
Learn easy delicious recipes. All classes will feature an entire
meal from "Appetizers to Dessert" and feature "hands-on
recipes". So bring your appetite and enthusiasm for a day
of fun and enchantment. Some of the Indian Dishes are:
Dal
Makhani
Split lentils cooked in thick cream sauce with spices and herbs.
Palak
Panir
Palak panir sak contains finely chopped (sometimes pureed) spinach
and chiles along with various seasonings and fried cubes of
cheese.
After
the classes transfer to hotel. Evening at leisure. Nightstay
in Delhi.
Day
04 / Delhi - Agra ( By train Dep 0600 Hrs Arr 0810 Hrs )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway station
to board the superfast air-conditioned train to Agra. Breakfast
in the train. Arrive Agra in approx. 02 hours & transfer
to hotel. Later visit the Agra 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 a clove 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 at sunset 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.
Night stay in Agra.

Day
05 / Agra - Jaipur ( By road )
Early morning a second visit to Taj Mahal at sunrise, Later
drive to Jaipur-the fabled “pink city” of the desert
named after Jai Singh, the former Maharaja of Jaipur. This is
the only city in the world symbolizing the nine divisions of
the universe through the nine rectangular sectors subdividing
it. The palaces and forts of the yesteryears, which were witnesses
to the royal processions and splendours are now living monuments
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 Jaipur in late evening & transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Jaipur.
Day
06 / Jaipur - Delhi ( By train Dep 1745 Hrs Arr 2230 Hrs )
After breakfast checkout from hotel & 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 visit the City Palace,
Palace of Winds also known as Hawa Mahal, this elaborate building,
now little more than a façade, is encrusted with delicate
screen sand carved balconies from which the royal ladies, confined
to their quarters, could sneak views of the outside world. Past,
present and future merge at Jai Singh's observatory, where time
has been accurately measured since the 17th century. Evening
transfer to railway station to board the air conditioned train
to Delhi, Dinner in the train. Arrive Delhi & transfer to
hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day
07 / Departure
Transfer in time to airport to board the onward flight. |