Secrets of Taj mahal tour

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Private & exclusive tour with Oral historian

Spend a full day with Historian & Storyteller in Agra

Duration – 13 hrs (Except Friday)

What to expect? 

This Taj mahal tour in Agra is for those travellers who want in-depth detail of monument, history , architecture , local food, local people & hidden narrow lanes of old Agra along with photography. This kind of knowledge can be provided by only a local expert guide who has born & rose up in these streets of Tajmahal. Your Tour guide who is also a historian and a storyteller who has mastered the art of delivering history in form of theatrical performance. When you travel with him on his private guided tour of secrets of Tajmahal then you will feel that you are seeing a movie in a theatre. They are first choice of Ministry of Tourism for delivering lectures on Mughal architecture and history.

Detailed itinerary

06:00Am

You will depart for discovery of a hidden monument of Agra from you hotel/ airport/ railway station in the morning at 06:00 Am in a private Air-conditioned car via Yamuna Express Way.

 

09:00Am

You will reach Agra, the city of Taj Mahal, which is also considered as city of love at around 09:00AM. Your private tour guide will join you here for a day tour.

09:30 Am

You will visit Taj Mahal, for a private guided tour.

Along with your tour guide, you will dig out deeper in history to find out here about the truth or myths associated with this beautiful monument. Your tour guide will help you to figure out the questions like the why Tajmahal was built, what was the motivation behind it, why is it respect to womanhood, how the queen died and how king ended up in a house arrest?

11:30 Am After knowing the interesting stories of the wonder of the world, it is the time to walk for exploring local’s life in Taj Ganj. Taj Ganj is a colony established by the king for the craftsmen of Taj Mahal, where the decedents of the same are living with pride. Your tour guide will narrate the stories of local’s daily routine how do they live? What are their struggles & challenges, how arts they performed are now considered as dyeing arts of India. You can also interact with locals.   01:00 PM now taste the local ( hygienic food for Foreign travellers too) in an air coned & upper-class restaurant and discuss the stories of local food preparation, origin & history of the famous Agra cuisine.   02:30 Pm After tasting local food it is time to meet artisans of Agra. Artisans & craftsmen from Tajmahal never left Agra. Their descendants still practice the local arts like rug making, cutting & shaping of gemstones & marble inlay artifacts.  How these arts evolved, find out by yourself in this local interaction at Nonprofit Organization and try your own hands on these arts, tools & techniques.   04:30 Pm You will be driven back to Delhi, via Yamuna Express way and dropped at the desired location.