Taj Mahal and Handicrafts of Agra - Private Tour

Get picked up from your desired location in Delhi. Enjoy 3 hours drive from Delhi to Agra via Yamuna expressway way. Enjoy beautiful views from your air conditioning car.

Stop at the midway for having coffee/tea or for using the lavatory.

Arrive In Agra. Meet your local tour guide and proceed to the Taj Mahal by battery-operated rickshaw or by walk. 500 meters distance from the main road to the Taj Mahal's ticket window. After buying entrance tickets from ticket window (or tickets can be arranged before your Agra arrival if you wish ) we will enter inside the Taj Mahal bypassing security check.

Explore the Taj Mahal with your local guide and he will give you a detailed explanation about this temple of love which was built by fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It took 22 years to get completed by the labor of 20 thousand artisans from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Taj is the finest example of Indo-Islamic art.

After visiting the Taj Mahal we will head to visit marble inlay factory where you will be introduced with the descendants of those workers who worked in the Taj Mahal. Art is known as an inlay work of semi-precious stones. Same art used in the Taj Mahal. The white marble mausoleum is all over decorated with semi-precious stones, inlaid in marble. It was done by hands and still, the same technique is being used. Welcome drinks will be served here. Enjoy this unique art and company of great artisans.

After visiting inlay work be ready for exceptional cooking of Agra in an Indian restaurant. Enjoy your lunch here and discuss Indian culture and traditions with your local tour guide.

After lunch, we will move to see Agra's tapestry. Which is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom? Ladies of the Mughal family used to get their dresses designed and decorated with the tapestry.

Now we will visit the art gallery which is world-famous for its gemstone art where we will meet with the descendants of those lapidaries who worked for royal Mughal families and designed jewelry for their ladies.

Free time for shopping, we will visit Agra's famous tea center where one can taste all kinds of Indian tea and buy not only tea but textile, handicrafts, and other souvenirs as well.

Goodbyes, I hope you enjoyed your day and got familiar with our local arts. Hope to see you soon.

Return to Delhi in the same air-conditioning car. Transfer to hotel or airport.