Golden Triangle with Amritsar

• On arrival in Delhi, you will be Greeted and Escorted by Pretty Planet Travels Executive to your Hotel. Room will be available from 1200 Hrs In its 3000 years of existence; seven cities have risen where the present capital of India stands. Here you'll encounter a fascinating blend of the ancient and the contemporary. Where government buildings, medieval palaces and bazaars exist beside a modern metropolis. Delhi is a city waiting to be explored.
• Overnight in the Hotel.

• After breakfast enjoy a full day city tour of Old and New Delhi. Visit the Red Fort the 17th century imposing fortress built in red sandstone is surrounded by a huge 33m high boundary wall. Inside are exquisite palaces and beautiful gardens. (IMP: Red Fort Remains closed on Monday)
• Opposite the Red Fort lies Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque) made of red sandstone and white marble, completed in 1656 at a cost of one million Rupees has perfect proportions. India's largest mosque where more than 20.000 people can kneel in prayer. The interior of the prayer hall is divided into aisles by arches. The walls and floors are of marble inlay panels.
• Also visit the Raj Ghat on the banks of the river Yamuna is Mahatma Gandhi's Memorial, where he was cremated following his assassination in January 1948. The memorial lies in the midst of landscaped gardens and made of a simple square platform of black marble inscribed with his last words "Hey Ram". An eternal flame burns 24 hours.
• Drive through Lutyens Delhi and see India Gate Built of Bharatpur stone, commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who died in the 1st world war. 13516 names of British and Indian soldiers killed in the Afghan War of 1919 are engraved on the arch and foundations. Photo stop at Rashtrapati Bhawan once the Viceroy's residence is now the official residence of the President of India.
• Later in the afternoon explore New Delhi. Visit the Humayun's Tomb, built by his wife Haji Begum in the 16th. Century. An early example of Mughal architecture considered the predecessor of the Taj Mahal. The elements in its design a squat building, lighted by high arched entrances, topped by bulbous dome and surrounded by the char bagh (garden divided into quadrants), water channels and fountains.
• Later visit the Qutub Minar the landmark of Delhi, a huge tower of victory started in 1199 and completed in 1368. The Minar is 72.5m high with a diameter at the base 14.4m and 2.7m at the top. The tower has 379 steps to the top.
• Overnight in the Hotel

• After breakfast drive to Jaipur. Maharaja Jai Singh II built Jaipur in the 18th century. It is a planned city built with ancient Hindu rules as the colonial capital of a richly colorful state. The whole city was painted pink to welcome the visit of Prince Albert in 1853.
• On arrival in Jaipur, check in at hotel. Rest of the Day Free for Leisure.
• Overnight in the Hotel.

• After breakfast, half-day excursion trip takes you to Amber Fort with Elephant or Jeep ride. This city Fort is situated 130m high with the Aravali hills around 11 km north of Jaipur. It was the ancient capital of the Kachhawaha Rajputs till 1037. En route, make a photo stop at the palace of winds the Hawa Mahal. A 5 storied building with 25cm thick facade from the 18 century having 953 windows and niches so that ladies of royal family could see the procession and events in the city without being visible to the people. In the afternoon, visit City Palace occupies the center of Jaipur. It now houses the Royal residence and museums with collections of textiles and costumes, armoury, manuscripts, paintings etc.
• Later visit Jantar Mantar (1728-34) by king astrologer Jai Singh II. The instruments are built of stone with marble facing on the important plains for measuring the harmony of the heavens. Each instrument serves a particular function and each gives an accurate reading. Overnight in the hotel.

• After breakfast drive to Agra. On the way visit Fatehpur Sikri. It is a beautiful and deserted medieval city built by Akbar the Great in the 16th century to serve as the capital of his vast empire. The Mughals later abandoned this city for lack of water.
• Later continue your drive Agra. On arrival at Agra, transfer to the hotel and check in.
• Agra stands on the right bank of the river Yamuna, was once the seat of the Mughal rulers, the zenith of art and an en shrined romance. A town famous for its beautiful medieval monuments. The passion of the Mughals for building endowed it with some of the loveliest buildings in the world.
• In the afternoon visit the Taj Mahal- a poem in white marble, built by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in the memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaj Mahal. Today India's most fascinating
• and beautiful masterpiece, this perfectly symmetrical edifice is set amidst landscaped gardens on the banks of the Yamuna River. Its marble exterior reflects rose and golden tints at sunrise and sunset, while it is dazzling white during the day and glows pearl-like in the moonlight and during the monsoon.
• (IMP: Taj Mahal Remains closed on Friday)
• Overnight in the hotel

• After breakfast visit Agra Fort. Designed and built by Akbar in 1565 A.D., the fort is surrounded by a 70 feet high wall. It houses the beautiful Pearl Mosque and numerous palaces. The Agra fort happens to be on the same bank of the river Yamuna as the Taj Mahal, which is visible in all its beauty from one side of the fort. Emperor Shahjahan, a prisoner of his son Aurangzeb in his old age was put in a cell from where he could gaze at the Taj Mahal at a distance from his cell in the Agra Fort. It is an imposing structure with walls of red sandstone almost three kilometers long.
• After sightseeing continue drive to Delhi. On arrival, transfer to the hotel and check in. Overnight in the hotel.

• After breakfast, departure to Amritsar by train “Swarna Shatabdi (0720/1325 hrs) from Delhi. Pick time from hotel lobby would be 0620hrs Arrive Amritsar at 1325 hrs; check in at hotel Later in evening visit Golden Temple to watch the evening ceremony.
• Overnight in the hotel.

• After breakfast enjoy sightseeing of Amritsar.The city of Amritsar is capital of Punjab and one of the holy city of the Sikhs. The sightseeing of Amritsar comprises a visit to the Golden Temple, one of the holiest of Sikh shrines and the complex has important edifices such as the Akal Takht and the Harmandir Sahib and the holy pond surrounding it.
• Also in Amritsar is the Jallian Wala Bagh-notorious for the massacre that took place here under British rule in 1919 General Dyer personally led the troops to this walled ground and ordered his men open fire on a group of peacefull protestors. At the east end of the garden there is a large memorial built in memory of those who died here.
• Later this afternoon visit the Wagha Border- the international border between India and Pakistan where the pomp and pageantry of the Beating Retreat and Change of Guard ceremonies make for a most charming spectacle. Overnight in the hotel.

In time transfer to the international Airport to bo*ard the flight for onwards journey. IMP: Rooms will be available till 1200 Hrs End of our Services.