Government of India Tourist Office, 191 The Mall (tel 72377) is open 9 am to 5.30 pm Monday-Friday, 9 am to 1 pm Saturday, closed Sunday. It’s a small, helpful office with plenty of printed information in five languages. You ...
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If you can afford about Rs200 per head excluding tax, you can eat very well in Agr . The lunchtime buffets at the Mughal Sheraton (Chinese or Continental), at the Ta View (variety of cuisines) and at the Clarks Shiraz ...
Read More »Where To Stay In Agra
Luxury/Expensive (US$50-150 per room night) Agra’s most expensive hotel, the five-star Mughal Sheraton, Fatehabad Rd (tel 101701, fax 0562-361730, tlx 0565-210), is a somewhat pretentious place with a president elephant, a resident camel, and an astrologer in the lobby. Still, ...
Read More »Shopping In Agra
Agra is a positive mecca of handicraft shops and emporia, selling a wide rang goods from marble curios, brassware and embroidery to ivory, wood carvings, saris and ready-made garments, and carpets and jewellery. Every taxi and auto-rickshaw driver will try ...
Read More »Peripheral Attractions in Agra
Itmud-ud-Daulah’s Tomb-Chini ka Rauza-Ram Bagh Gardens-Sikandra lay two, first visit Agra’s most underrated sight: Itmud-ud-Daulah ‘s Tomb, 4 km(21/2 miles) upstream from the Taj and across the Yamuna River. The journey one bank to the road bridge across the river ...
Read More »The Taj is something to be seen at leisure, not rushed
The Taj is something to be seen at leisure, not rushed. Instead of bolting down to see it at close quarters, start with a general appreciation from the mammoth entrance gate: first the beautiful canals, fountains and tanks (sometimes with ...
Read More »When To Go – Agra
Most people visit Agra during the cooler winter months of October to March. Possibly the best month is October, when the town is wreathed in crimson bougainvillaea and yellow mustard, there is no dust, and the Taj, washed by the ...
Read More »Agra Delhi Jaipur Tour
Delhi, Jaipur and Agra tourism is the most important and historical cities of India. Delhi is the capital of India, and the ancient historical city. Jaipur is another historical city full of amazing architectural structure and Agra is famous for ...
Read More »PALACE ON WHEELS
Palace on wheel a unique train for the royal and extraordinary people. It is an historical train with all the modern conveniences and facilities. There is a chance to live a week of splendor which take you in the royal ...
Read More »TAJ MAHAL IN INDIA
The Taj Mahal – the glorious marble beauty and one of the seven wonder of the world. This white milky marble tomb built by the emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 – 48 in Agra, near the bank of Yamuna river ...
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