02 Days Private Taj Mahal Tour With Culinary Experience

02 Days Private Taj Mahal Tour With Culinary Experience

Highlight
• You will enjoy the visit of Taj Mahal and other important monuments
• Enjoy the culinary experience
• 2 Lunch and 1 dinner included with soft drinks and mineral water
• Private and professional tour guide for all mentioned monuments
• Interaction with local Indian family

Day 01: Delhi/ Agra

This morning at you will be picked up from your Delhi hotel and drive to Agra.

On arrival, you will check into  your hotel. After lunch, you will visit Agra Fort and Taj Mahal at sunset It is best seen at different times of the day when the white marble reflects the nuances of the changing light from the sun. Described by poet laureate, Rabindranath Tagore as “a teardrop on the cheek of eternity”, the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum and a symbol of the enduring love of Emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died during childbirth in 1631

In the evening, you will enjoy the culinary experience followed by your dinner.

Overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 02  Agra/Delhi

After breakfast, you will drive to visit Fatehpur Sikiri

About an hour outside Agra, you will stop to see one of the Mughal Empire’s most inspired creations, Fatehpur Sikri (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). 

This was temporarily the capital of the Mughal Empire under Akbar the Great. Built by the Emperor to honor the saint who foretold the birth of Akbar’s son and heir, this complex was constructed entirely in vibrant red sandstone and is as pristine as when it was first chiseled. Architecturally, it draws its inspiration from Hindu, Persian and Islamic styles. 

After visiting this, you will enjoy your lunch at local restaurant.

After lunch you will drive to visit Baby Taj and followed by old city walking tour of Agra we will take you on a specially designed walking tour of the Old city.  You will begin at the Fort station, which reflects the influence of colonial architecture at the time the British began converting Agra from an Imperial city to an industrial one.  The walk will take you past the gigantic Jama Masjid, to the silver lingam of the Shiva temple. Following the narrow lanes, you will pass shops selling items used in decorating the images of gods and goddesses. In the spice market of Rawat Para you will see the ornamental and decorated facades of houses. At Namak Ki Mandi, you will see craftspeople beat metal to extract the gold and silver used in Ayurvedic medicines and the walk will end at the Akbari Mosque which leads to the 16th-century stone paved streets of Kinari Bazaar

Afterwards, you drive to Delhi