Agra

Agra Tourist Attraction

"The Planet Earth offers, even today, a dezzling catalogue of momuments, architectural sites, landscapes, natural reserves and ancient cities. Hundred of Sites, scattered throughout the five continents represents the World's collective memory.......stone monuments, reflecting our own images, recounts their everlastingness and questions us about their future. Getting to know these testimonies of our collective memory is the best way to appreciate them, to measure their importance and to understand the necessity to preserving them. it is also a way to building a bridge towards the future"-Federico Mayor, Former Director-General of UNESCO

Located in the heart of India, Agra is invariably included on every travellers itinerary. And why not? It is not only home to three generations of the extremely dynamic Mughal dynasty but also to some of India's most magnificent architecture. Among the several legacies left behind by the Mughals, the Taj Mahal undoubtedly is India's most enduring icon.

An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage. ASK for Tour Itinerary

The Taj Mahal:

Though iconic and familiar from a hundred movies and postcards, nothing prepares you for what you feel when you are face to face with the taj. No photograph ever comes close to capturing the monument's peculiar alchemy. Its towering, flawless beauty movesyou beyond words. It seems to flare and soar; its marble domes and minarates seemingly spun from air.

Taj Mahal stands in the city of Agra, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Yamuna river. It was built in the memory of the beautiful Arjumand Bano Begum, who won the heart of a Mughal prince. She was married at 21 to Emperor Jahangir's third son Prince Khurram and stayed loyally by his side through good times and bad: in the luxurious royal palaces of Agra as well as the transient tents of war camps.