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Destination Feature on: Agra
 
City of love, Agra
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Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Last updated on: Friday, Apr 13, 2007
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City of love, Agra, once the capital of the mughals has a rich historical background. It is the most famous destinations in India. Special feature in Agra is the Taj Mahal – symbol of love, but there is a lot more to visit in Agra, like the Agra Fort and the Fatehpur Sikri. Agra has a historical attachment to Mughal Empire. Shahjahan made Taj mahal in memory of his beloved wife. In his later years, his son Aurenjeb dethroned him, and imprisoned him in the Agra Fort.

Agra for is another milestone of the ancient Indian architecture. View of Taj mahal from agra for is awesome and mesmeising.

Fatehpur Sikri is 40 km away from Agra and is easily commutable by a commercial jeep or bus. Fatehpu Sikri includes a amazing collection of monuments, some of them are, Panch Mahal, the Buland Darwaza, a mosque dedicated to Sheikh Salim Chisti, a tomb for the Sufi saint within the mosque, a prayer hall, the Diwan-i-am and Diwan-i-Khas.

 Agra is near about 200 KM away from Delhi, 118 KM away from Gwalior, 363 KM from Lucknow and 232 Km from Jaipur. Best time to visit agra is spring.

Submitted by: Gagga
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Sight-Seeing


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Overall Agra is a beautiful city to visit with friends or family. As this city has a close historical connection, mnuments are the main sight seeing places in Agra. Sight Seeing places in Agra are:

Taj Mahal: Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of world, is an emperor's gift to his beloved wife. Shah Jahan the constructed the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal stands on the bank of the Yamuna and is built on red sandstone base.

Agra Fort: The Agra Fort has many beautiful palaces and mansions, which you can visit when on a tour of Agra.

Fatehpur Sikri: Fatehpur Sikri, is 40 kms from the city of Agra, This place  have many wonderful monuments like mausoleum of the Sufi fakir, Saleem Chisti 175 feet Buland Darwaza, Panch Mahal, deewan-e-aam and deewan-e khaas.

Overall, Agra, gives you a glimpse of old mughal days.

 

Submitted by: Gagga
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Monuments

Most important thing to do in Agra is to visit the monuments and museums that reflects the charisma of mughal architecture. And always keep a good guide with you, who can explain all the  history associated with Agra.

Also go slowly when you are enjoying the beauty of Agra, coz this is the way, by which you can see the real Agra.

Shopping

Speciality of agra is ofcourse, its famous Panchi ka petha and dalmoth. Apart from that handicrafts, marble, metal artware, rugs and leatherwork like shoes, bags and belts are the speciality of Agra. You can shop at the main markets near the Taj Mahal complex. These areas include Sadar Bazaar, Kinari Bazaar and Munro Road.

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Hotels


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You can find all range of hotels in Agra, be it, a nominal class or a star hotel. some of the good hotels  of Agra are

  • Hotel Amar
  • Hotel Deedar-e-Taj
  • Hotel Amar Yatri Niwas
  • Hotel Kant
  • Hotel Mayur Tourist Complex
  • Hotel Trident Hilton
  • Hotel Clarks Shiraz
  • Hotel Holiday Inn
  • Hotel Mansingh Palace
  • Hotel Howard Park Plaza
  • Hotel Sarang
  • Grand Hotel

      ofcourse there is lot more ..............................

       

 

 

 

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Generally, like any other city, all kind of food is avaliable  in Agra. Be it, Mughlai, north Indian, South India and even continental.

But speciality of Agra is ofcourse, Panchi ka Petha and Dalmoth.

After that Mughlai cuisine of Agra is a delicacy.

Also for all the vegetarian travellers there are many delicacies waiting for you.

You can find all classes of restaurants and food joints in Agra. Lots of food outlets opend in tourist places like Agra fort, which looks more like a colleg canteen. You can enjoy the delicacy of Agra's cuisine in a road side Dhabha to a five star restaurant. Just take care, while consuming the road side stuff, that it is healthy or not.

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Taj, at sunset
Taj, at sunset
People at Agra
People at Agra
Agra Fort
Agra Fort
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal
Buland darwaza
Buland darwaza
   

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Map of agra
Map of agra
   

 9 Comments on: Destination Feature on Agra

By poojaalld|Sat,Jun 09, 2007
Please dont copy and paste from other sites.Write what u felt like while visiting the city and what all u did

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By Mukesh Kumar|Tue,May 08, 2007

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By Kethy|Wed,Apr 25, 2007
hi, nice feature, pics are really nice, specially the sunset one.

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By Jyoti Koul|Mon,Apr 23, 2007
nice pictures....

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By Gagga|Sun,Apr 22, 2007
Hi frnds, i apologize that i disapointed u on the great city of love, i hope now this will not atleast disappoint.

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By Jishnu Biswas|Sat,Apr 21, 2007
Disappointed

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By pOLo|Fri,Apr 20, 2007
featureless feature... where_s the stuff, left very disappointed

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By Great Ambler|Tue,Apr 17, 2007
you really had my hopes up, i was looking for some info on sight-seeing, the usual and the unusual and hotel info. are you planning to add to this feature?

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By abhineet|Fri,Apr 13, 2007
quite frankly, this qualifies for the travel talk section... not for destination review. Checked in for some info on Agra.... left dissapointed :-(

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