Classical India Tour

Traditional welcome by our executive on your arrival at Delhi’s airport followed by transfer to the hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Delhi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Today morning explore and experience the capital of Muslim India between the 12th and 20th centuries, the Old Delhi. We shall stop at the Red Fort for a photo shoot and then take a Rickshaw ride through the narrow streets of the Old Delhi up to the nearby Jama Masjid Mosque, the largest in India, has a courtyard that can hold 25,000 worshippers. The pay a poignant visit to Rajghat, the site of Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation and a memorial to this humble man who so changed the world.

In the afternoon we explore India’s bustling capital city the New Delhi visiting the Vijay Chowk, “Victory Square”, stopover at the Presidential Palace with its intriguing combination of classical and Indian design elements and the India Gate memorializing Indian soldiers who died in World War I. Then travel far back in time at Humayun’s Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating from 1570 AD and the first garden-tomb on the Indian sub-continent and lastly visit the Qutab Minar, the tallest brick minaret in the world.

Overnight at hotel in Delhi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out and proceed with your journey to our next city Jaipur. Jaipur is also known as the “Pink City” for the striking pink stucco walls of Old Jaipur. On reaching Jaipur check-in to your hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Jaipur.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Start your city tour with the excursion to the splendid Amber Fort, an architectural masterpiece of great historical significance. Begun in the 16th century and built of red sandstone and marble, the seemingly rough exterior gives no hint of the warm and opulent ambiance of the interior, as you’ll discover this morning. Here you also get an opportunity to climb up to the fort on decorated elephant back.

In the afternoon visit the splendid City Palace & Museum which opens a door into the opulent world of the Rajput princes and the treasures with which they surrounded themselves. The City Palace complex is home to several palatial buildings constructed by influential rulers that reflect the blending of Rajasthani and Mughal architectural styles. Maharaja Jai Singh II built Jantar Mantar, the world’s biggest stone observatory, between 1727 and 1733 AD. You’ll be amazed by the “tools” he used to study the heavens – and that still provide accurate information today – during a tour. Further visit the Palace of Winds also known as Hawa Mahal, a five storeyed wonder with a spectacular pyramidal facade and overhanging windows with latticed screens, domes and spires.

Overnight at hotel in Jaipur.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out and proceed with your journey to our next city Agra. En-route visit the old deserted town of Fatehpur Sikri. On reaching Agra check-in to your hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Agra.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Then proceed for a guided tour of the city visiting the Taj Mahal, one of the world’s most admired architectural masterpieces. This majestic marble-domed mausoleum built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife to symbolize unending love, the Agra Fort, with splendid remains of sandstone and marble palaces. And finally on to Itmad ud Daulah, designed by one of the most powerful women in Indian history.

Overnight at hotel in Agra.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Today morning we drive to Orchha.

In the afternoon enjoy your sightseeing of Orchha which an old medieval town known for its Cenatophs. A cenotaph is a monument honoring the dead whose mortal remains lay elsewhere. The historic city of Orchha has fourteen magnificent cenotaphs commemorating deceased heroes and rulers. You’ll be able to admire them, along with the site’s impressive ruins of temples and palaces.

Overnight at hotel in Orchha.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out from hotel and proceed for next destination Khajuraho. By afternoon reach Khajuraho and check in to hotel.

Afternoon proceed for a guided tour of Khajuraho visiting the famous Western group of Temples.

Overnight at hotel in Khajuraho.

Breakfast at the hotel.

In time transfer to the airport to connect your flight to Varanasi, the “Holy City of India,” on the banks of the sacred River Ganges. Since the 6th century BC, devout Hindu pilgrims have flocked to Varanasi from all over India to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges in the belief that doing so washes away sins and cleanses one of all evil. At Varanasi airport our representative will meet and assist you for transfer to hotel.

Evening we take you to the Ganges to view the spectacle of evening prayers on the great “ghats,” stairways leading down to the river, and the ritual of “putting the river to sleep”. You’ll always remember the twinkle of numerous diyas (tiny lamps), as they are set afloat on the river.

Overnight at hotel in Varanasi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

You’ll know that sunrise is a special time on the Ganges as, during an early Morning Cruise on Ganges, you view thousands gathering on the ghats to bathe in its sacred waters as the day begins performing their daily morning rituals. Return back to hotel for breakfast.

Later we proceed for the city tour visiting Benaras Hindu University – which is one of the largest and oldest university in north India and the New Vishwa Nath Temple in the university complex. Then we visit the Durga Temple, Tulsi Manas Temple and the Bharat Mata Temple. Then in the afternoon we visit and discover Sarnath, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism, where Buddha is said to have to have preached his first sermon.

Overnight at hotel in Varanasi.

Breakfast at the hotel.

In time transfer to the airport to connect your flight to Delhi.

On reaching Delhi you will wait at the airport for your late evening/night flight back home.