From The Maharaja to the City of Joy - Rajasthan, Varanasi & Calcutta (All Inclusive Tour with domestic flights)

Upon arrival, customs formalities are handled, meeting with our representative and transfer to the hotel for overnight stay.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Transportation, Local Assistance

Guided tour of the old city, the Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in the world and Rajghat where "Mahatma Gandhi" was cremated. Rikshaw ride in older part of town. Afternoon visit of New Delhi, the Sikh Temple and Qutub Minar. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transportation, Tour Guide, Entrance Fees, Rikshaw Tour

Highlight: Qutub Minar, India Gate, Rikshaw Tour

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport. Flight to Udaipur. Arrival in Udaipur and meet with our local representative.Visit of Udaipur, the City Palace, now transformed into a museum, from the palace you can enjoy a vast panorama of Lake Pichola. The palace has innumerable wonders and curiosities, such as the twenty stables for the elephants, the Peacock courtyard , designed with thousands of pieces of colored glasses, the dazzling riches of the prince's apartment. The eastern shore of the lake is occupied by the palace, the southern one hosts a luxuriant garden, while wide steps leading to the shore rise on the northern one. At the center of the lake there are two islets, reachable by boat, with the former summer residences of the princes, in granite and white marble. One of these is the Lake Palace, now transformed into a princely hotel. Sunset boat ride on Lake Pichola with a stop at Jag Mandir Island. Dinner and overnight.

Inclusions: Internal Flight, Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transportation, Tour Guide, Entrance Fees

Highlight: City Palace, Boat ride in Lake Pichola

Departure for Jodhpur. Along the way we visit the temples of Ranakpur: Jain temple inserted in a splendid and isolated valley. Like all buildings of this cult, it has a stunning magnificence and richness of decoration, sometimes so exuberant as to seem excessive. It is one of the most important Indian masterpieces of Jainism.

Arrival and take a walking tour in old city of Jodhpur and in the market of fabrics and spices. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlight: Temples of Ranakpur

Early morning, walk in the blue city to see the old houses and also the old part. Continue to visit the Mehrangarh fort built in the 15th century, sentinel at the gates of the Thar Desert, with walls lined with Indian, Persian and Turkish cannons since centuries. Inside the fort are courtyards and palaces that house extraordinary collections of objects connected with Indian royalty, including a series of howdahs, seats for traveling on the back of elephants, miniatures from various schools of painting, furniture, clothing and armor.

From the Fort, built on top of a rock that rises right in the center of Jodhpur, you can enjoy a splendid view of the old city, with its palaces and houses with a characteristic light blue color. Continue with the visit of the Jaswant Thada mausoleum, built in white marble.

Departure for Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan is called the "Pink City". Jaipur has strong contrasts and chaotic but colorful traffic: carts loaded with fruit pulled by camels make their way through the streets cluttered with cars, rickshaws, bicycles, mopeds and pedestrians trying to juggle as best they can. Men in Rajput costumes sport colorful turbans and slicked mustaches, arguing heatedly outside restaurants serving spaghetti Bolognese and American ice cream. Strong colors dominate the streets of the lively bazaars, from those of the saris to those of a thousand goods for sale. The atmosphere is particularly suggestive in the evening, when the buildings painted in pink and ocher magically reflect the light of the sunset. Arrival and accommodation at the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlight: The blue city, Mehrangarh fort

In the morning excursion to Amber Fort: originally the palace was built by Raja Mansingh and later additions were made by Sawai Jai Singh. It is one of the finest examples of Rajput architecture. Visit of the multiple rooms and wings of the palace, famous for their design and decorations.

In the afternoon city tour with a visit to the exceptional Jantar Mantar, a magnificent stone observatory built by Raja Jai ​​Singh in 1728. You will drive past the Hawa Mahal, the intriguing Palace of the Winds: in reality it was a facade, built in 1799, to allow women to see the city from the windows. Then visit the opulent City Palace, the former royal residence built in a combination of Rajasthani and Mughal styles, with sumptuous museums displaying an excellent collection of miniature paintings, costumes and armor.

Here you can buy a wide range of traditional Rajasthani products. Dinner and overnight in Jaipur.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlight: Amber Fort, City Palace, Observatory

Transfer to Agra. Along the way, stop to visit the abandoned citadel of Fatehpur Sikri, a red sandstone city built between 1571 and 1585 by Emperor Akbar and abandoned after only twelve years. The citadel retains the charm of the medieval atmosphere that characterized it at the time of Akbar, the most enlightened of all the Mughal emperors.

Arrival in Agra and at sunset, Visit the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders in the world, a magnificent marble dream that rises in the middle of a lush garden like a pearl in a kind of immaculate landscape. Its beauty transcends all description, built by the Mughal Emperor Shahjehan in 1631 in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died during the part of her 14th child after 17 years of marriage. To erect the monument, precious stones of all kinds, pearls, corals were collected and 20,000 of the best craftsmen were called from all over the realm, who took 22 years to complete this masterpiece. Visit of the Red Fort, the former residence of the great Mughals. Dinner and overnight at the hotel

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlight: Tajmahal, Abandoned City in Fatehpur Sikri

Note: Tajmahal is closed on Friday

Transfer to Delhi airport and flight to Varanasi.

Arrival in Varanasi, the holy city, which appears first blurred and then more and more detailed, with the “ghats” teeming with people and the colorful saris spread out on the banks of the river. In the afternoon visit the Ghat to attend the evening prayer. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight.

Inclusions: Internal flight, Accommodation, Breakfast, Dinner, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlight: Evening Prayer in Varanasi

Early in the morning, a boat trip on the sacred river Ganges along the Bathing Ghats, the stone steps where pilgrims go to greet the sunrise with ritual ablutions.

Walk in the old town. During the visits you will walk through the labyrinth of narrow streets that wind through the Chowk, the most animated bazaar in the city, famous for its perfumes and incense, embroidered silks, copper and worked brass.

Visit of Sarnath, where buddha made his first preaching.

At the end of the visits, transfer to the airport for departure by scheduled flight to Calcutta. Arrival in Calcutta, you will meet our local representative and transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Inclusions: Internal flight, breakfast, dinner, transport, tour guide, entrance fees, boat ride

Highlight: Sunrise boat ride, Old city, Sarnath

In the morning, visit the colorful flower market. Photo stop at the giant Howrah Bridge over the river Ganga. Then we visit the Kumartuli potter's street and then a panoramic tour of the most important colonial buildings, dating back to the time when the city was the capital of the British Empire. In the afternoon, visit the tomb of Mother Teresa. Stop at the orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity. Dinner and overnight stay.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Dinner, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlight: Flower Market, Kumartuli, Colonial Calcutta

Morning visit to the temple of the Goddess Kali. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport. Flight to Delhi. Upon arrival, transfer to the airport. No Overnight.

Inclusions: Domestic Flight, Breakfast, Transportation, Tour Guide, Entrance Fees

Highlight: Temple of Goddess Kali