Day 01: Arrive Delhi
Arrival Delhi. Traditional welcome. Transfer and overnight at hotel.
Day 02: Delhi
Full day tour of Delhi - Red Fort, Jama Masjid (Biggest Mosque in the
World), Qutab Minar, Humayun’s Tomb, India Gate, Parliament House &
Chattarpur Temples. Overnight at hotel.
Day 03: Delhi / Jodhpur
Morning transfer to Airport for flight to Jaisalmer. Transfer to hotel.
Afternoon trip to Sam Dunes- enjoy Camel Safari. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 04 Jaisalmer
Morning visit Jaisalmer Fort, housing the entire City as a part of City
Tour. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 05 Jaisalmer- Udaipur
Morning flight to Udaipur. Afternoon free at leisure. Overnight at hotel.
Day 06 Udaipur
Morning visit “City of Lakes”, City Palace, Sheliyon Ki Bari
(Garden) & the Folklore Museum. Evening Boat ride on Lake Pichola &
witness the magnificent sunset at the lake. Overnight at hotel.
Day 07 Udaipur / Jodhpur
Morning free at leisure. Evening transfer to Airport for flight to Jodhpur.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 08 Jodhpur- Jaipur
Morning visit Mehrangarh Fort & Jaswant Thada. Evening transfer to
airport for flight to Jaipur. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Overnight at
Hotel.
Day 09: Jaipur
Morning City sightseeing- City Palace Museum, Jantar Mantar Observatory &
Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds). Afternoon visit Amber Fort. Ascend the Fort on
Elephant back. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 10: Jaipur / Fatehpur Sikri / Agra
Morning drive to Agra. Enroute visit Fatehpur Sikri. Evening visit to view
Taj by moonlight. Overnight at hotel.
Day 11 Agra- Delhi
Morning visit Taj Mahal & Agra Fort. After lunch drive to Delhi and
rest of day free for last minute shopping. Transfer to international Airport
for onward / return flight.
Experience ancient culture and the exquisite beauty of North India’s
vast and diverse art and architecture, spanning the centuries from 200 BC.
Artists, Art History Buffs, Art Teachers and Students will especially enjoy
this focused excursion into India’s colorful and diverse culture. The
tour highlights the Art History of Indo - Aryan and Dravidian architecture
(Sikhara, Nagara and Gopuram styles), Sultanat, Persian, Mughal, Rajput and
Mori carpets and textiles and the marble inlay technique, Pietra Dura.
DAY
01: Arrive Delhi
Arrive at India's bustling capital city of Delhi, where you are greeted
with a traditional Indian welcome and escorted to the hotel. Overnight at
Hotel.
DAY 02: Delhi
Qutab Minar, the oldest Indian Mosque of the 12th century; Red Fort Shah
Jahan’s Jama Masjid, the biggest Mosque in the world, built in 1650,
Safdarjang Maqbarah, the last of the Mughal architecture 19th century Crafts
Museum, the most popular museum for daily life utensils, toys, textiles and
Unique Tribal Art exhibition, the only one of its kind in the country.
DAY 03-04: Khajuraho
Temples from Chandella period of the 9th to 11th centuries, illustrated
with remarkable sculptures of the classical erotic literature, the Kama
Sutra and Jain Temples of the same period and introduction to Jain religion.
DAY 05: Orcha
Jahangir Mahal Palace, Indo - Presian style of the Mughal period and the
Ram Raja Temple of the 17th century.
DAY 06: Agra
Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & introduction to Indo - Persian architecture of
the Timurid Dynasty; the famous marble - inlay work, Pietra Dura, Itimud-
ud- Dualah, the first white marble inlaid grave in Indo- Persian style built
between 1622 and 1628.
DAY 07: Fatehpur Sikri
India’s capital City from 1570 to 1586 of the Great Mughal Empire, a
unique architectural concept reflecting, Akbar’s belief in the unity of
all religions. Derviche Saint Mosque, Pir Sheikh Salim Chisti and
introduction to Islam and Sufism; Wazir Birbal’s house, Astrologer seat
and Panch Manzil Mahal.
DAY 08-09: Jaipur
The only city in India built according to the Vedic Shilpashastra, in 1727.
Amber Fort, the old capital of the kingdom of Kacchawaha Rajputs of 15th to
18th centuries.
DAY 10: Udaipur
Introduction to the world of miniature paintings; Saheliyon-Ki- Bari,
(Ladies Garden), Ranakpur Temples built in 1439 dedicated to Adinath, the
first Jain Tirthankar, famous for their 144 sculptures and pillars, all with
different scenes form Jain mythology and cosmology; situated in the
Haldighati Jungle where monkeys, wild boars and panthers dwell amongst
exotic trees.
DAY 11: Aurangabad
Bibi Ka Maqbarah - The called “Poor - Man’s Taj Mahal”,
grave - mosque, built in 1679 by Aurangzeb Alamgir I, the last of the great
rulers of the Timurid Dynasty and Ajanta Buddhist and Brahmancial caves 200
B.C to 650 A.D.
DAY 12: Aurangabad
Ellora Buddhist, Jain and Brahmanical caves 7th to 10th centuries; the most
extraordinary free standing monolithic Temple (there are only two of these
in India), the Kailash Nath Temple, with unique carving of the Ramayana and
Vishnupurana.
DAY 13-14: Bombay
Prince of Wales Museum - the largest Fine Arts Museum in India, cruise to
Elephanta Caves carved between 450 and 750 AD - the Mahadeva Trimurti and
Ardhanareshvara sculptures, famous iconographical representations of Lord
Shiva.
DAY 15: Departure
Transfer to International airport for onward journey.
