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and sit for about 10 minutes in the prayer (named after Maharajah Jai Singh, prince
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hall to observe the visitors and listen to the and astronomer, who designed and founded
prayer. After lunch, a visit to New Delhi will the city in 1727) including the astronomical
ITINERARY allow you to discover the Qutab Minar (12th observatory that the monarch himself built,
Day 1 - DELHI century), gracefully fluted and totally hand- equipped with instruments designed by
Upon arrival in Delhi, our representative will carved on its shaft; nearby is the Iron Column, himself whose precision is difficult to match
meet you in the arrivals hall with a sign. He which has witnessed the misfortunes of Time even today. Continue with a visit of the
will welcome you with a garland of flowers. impassively and is not even rusted, after 1500 Maharaja's Palace, a former royal residence
Private transfer to the hotel for check-in years of history. Dinner and overnight. and today a museum of manuscripts, Rajput
formalities. Overnight. and Mughal paintings and weapons. Then
DELHI - The modern capital of India is also an Day 3 - DELHI drive through the residential and business
ancient city whose origins are lost in legend. Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Lotus temple areas of the "pink city", passing in front
Hundreds of monuments adorn it, with its of Bahai religion (Closed on Mondays), of the Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds),
carved and millenary history. From this city famous for the message of peace and one of the best known landmarks in Jaipur.
numerous Hindu and Muslim dynasties, coexistence, and Humayun's tomb, a world Dinner and overnight.
including the Mughals, ruled India. No less heritage site and the earliest example of
than 7 successive cities existed here before such Mughal architecture in India. In the
the arrival of the British, who would create, afternoon, excursion to the Akshardham
by the hand of Sir Edwin Lutyens, the capital temple. (Closed on Mondays), a complex
of their dreams. made of pink stone and white marble,
decorated with 234 columns carved in stone
and more than 20,000 sculptures and statues
of divinities. Then visit.the Laxmi Narayan
Temple (Birla temple), the Garishly coloured
modern temple, erected by the industrialist
Birla, the Sikh temple of Gurudwara Bangla
Sahib. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 4 - DELHI - JAIPUR
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning,
departure to Jaipur, the "Pink City" of
Rajasthan. Jaipur is perhaps one of the most
picturesque cities in the world. It was built
according to the canons of the Shilpa Shastra,
the ancient Hindu treatise on architecture.
Surrounded by steep hills in three of its
cardial points, the city is guarded by a
powerful fortified wall, with seven gates. In Day 6 - JAIPUR - ABHANERI - FATHEPUR SIKRI
the afternoon, panoramic tour of the city of - AGRA
Jaipur, where in addition to an orientation Breakfast at the hotel In the morning,
tour of the pink city and its bazaars, you departure to Agra visiting the Abhaneri
will be able to contemplate the Albert Hall Stepped Well and Fatehpur Sikri en route. The
Day 2 - DELHI (Palace built by the Maharaja of Jaipur to Chand Baori a famous stepped well located
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning start the commemorate the visit of King George of in front of the Harshat Mata temple in the
visit with a photo stop at the Red Fort, nearby England), then converted into a museum, and village of Abhaneri and is one of the largest
is Chandni Chowk, once imperial avenue view the Birla temple of the Hindu religion and deepest in India. This incredible stepped
that Shah Jahan liked to ride on horseback. (outside). Dinner and overnight. well was a practical solution to the water
From here enjoy a stroll through the alleys problem in this part of India, where the arid
of Old Delhi and reach Jama Masyid, one of Day 5 - JAIPUR - AMBER - JAIPUR climate forced local inhabitants to dig deep
the India's largest mosques, built by Mughal Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, for underground streams and a legend says
Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century. excursion to Amber Fort, the former capital it was built by ghosts in one night. We then
Then visit Gandhi's Tomb and drive through of the State until 1728. A unique experience: stop at the dead city of Fatehpur Sikri, built
the New Delhi area to see the India Gate, the we will climb on the back of elephants to by Emperor Akbar in 1569 and abandoned
Presidential Palace and the Parliament. End access the top of the hill where the fort due to his inability to provide it with a water
with a visit to the temple of the Sikh religion stands. Following, panoramic tour of Jaipur supply. The buildings of the city are incredibly

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