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Content

  • 1 How to get here
    • 1.1 Search for airline tickets to Delhi (nearest a / p to Agra)
  • 2 Climate of Agra
  • 3 Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Agra
    • 3.1 Taj Mahal
    • 3.2 The grave of Itmad-Ud-Daul
    • 3.3 Krasny Fort
    • 3.4 Fatehpur Sikri
    • 3.5 Also recommend

How to get here

From Delhi to Agra there is a train called "Shatabdi Express", which departs from New Delhi Station at 6:00 am, back to 20:40 (journey time is 2 hours). "Taj Express" departs from the station Nizamuddin Station at 7:15, back to 18:50 (travel time 3 hours). In addition to them, all the trains to Calcutta, Mumbai and Gwalior go through Agra.

In addition, you can get to Agra by bus (express from 3 hours), taxi (2000 INR) or by ordering a group tour (from 1500 INR, including entrance tickets).

Search for airline tickets to Delhi (nearest a / p to Agra)

Climate of Agra

Agra March 1, Sunday
Cloudy, rain, thunderstorms
+20 ° C in the afternoon
+18 ° C at night
° С water
Agra 2 March, Monday
Cloudy, rain, thunderstorms
+22 ° C in the afternoon
+17 ° C at night
° С water
Agra March 3, Tuesday
Partly cloudy, light rain, storm Thunderstorms
+22 ° C in the afternoon
+15 ° C at night
° С water
Weather in Agra on 10 days

Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Agra

Agra is an interesting tourist town, perfectly preserved its old medieval appearance with narrow, crowded streets, shops with silver and gold products, historical buildings and masterpieces of Mughal architecture.

Taj Mahal

The city is known all over the world thanks to the mausoleum of his beloved wife Shah Jihan, the pearl of Indo-Islamic architecture - the Taj Mahal. Located on the banks of the Yamuna River, decorated with marble, covered with verses from the Koran, the monument is a fabulous work of art floating in the air. Pay attention to the 22 domes above the gate, symbolizing the time spent on building an ideally symmetrical monument with a beautiful garden and park ensemble.

The interior of the building will amaze with its luxury, decorated with precious and semiprecious stones, over which the real masters of jewelry business worked.

The entrance costs about 750 INR, video and photography with professional equipment is prohibited, the permission to shoot with a conventional camera will cost an additional 25 INR.
Taj Mahal

The grave of Itmad-Ud-Daul

Small Taj or the Tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daul is another unique historical monument located in the center of the Persian Park. The tomb was built for the parents of Empress Nur Jehan. This is a small building of yellow marble, decorated with white and black patterns. They are also called a "jewel box" for the beautiful interior decoration, a rich mosaic of gems and elegant openwork marble panels.

Krasny Fort

Red Fort or Fort Agra - a fortification structure of red sandstone was built in 1565, today is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The construction of the Fort began under the emperor of the Great Moghuls Akbar, finally the Fort was completed during the reign of Shah Jahan in the early 17th century.

The fort has the form of a crescent, internally trimmed with marble and ornamental stone, surrounded by a double crenellated wall, whose height is approximately 21 meters.

The complex includes several mosques, halls for audiences, palaces and gardens. The features of Islamic and Hindu architecture are present in the architectural style of the fort, giving it a special charm and beauty.

Map of Agra

Fatehpur Sikri

No less interesting for tourists is Fatehpur-Sikri or the City of Mosques of Emperor Akbar .With the appearance of this amazing place, a number of legends are associated, one of which says: Emperor Akbar so wanted a son that he went in search of the Sufi mystic Salim Shihti, he prayed for help at the site of the future city and soon the son really had a son .After the miracle happened Akbar vowed to build a dream city on this place, and it happened .For a long time the city surprised residents and visitors from all over the world with its beauty .The inner fortress of the city, mint and square to this day remind us of the perfect feat and skill of the architects of that time .Here is the grave of Sheikh Salim Shihti, where thousands of pilgrims come from all over India .

Emperor Akbar, who did so much for the city, died in 1605. The mausoleum he began to build during his lifetime, having chosen for this the park of the square layout of Chahar Bagha. The emperor's tomb is made of red sandstone, decorated with marble mosaic and carved panels.

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